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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2015
Mimaki Engineering Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
When an image is printed by inkjet printing on a print surface of a target medium, an overcoat layer is formed in a more appropriate manner. A printing method uses color ink headsas exemplified colored ink heads, a clear ink head, and ultraviolet irradiators. The printing method includes a color printing step of printing a print image using a colored ink in at least a partial region on a print surface of a medium, a non-colored region clear printing step of applying a UV clear ink for printing in a region at least including a non-colored region in which ink droplets are not discharged in the color printing step, and an overcoat layer forming step of forming an overcoat layer that covers the print image using the UV clear ink in a region covering at least the print image printed in the color printing step.