Patent ID: 11890860
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising:
a discharging head configured to discharge ultraviolet-curable ink at a printable medium;
a relative movable assembly configured to move the printable medium and the discharging head relatively in a predetermined direction when the discharging head discharges the ink at the printable medium; and
a lighting unit including a plurality of light sources configured to emit light for curing the ink, the plurality of light sources including a part of the plurality of light sources and another part of the plurality of light sources, wherein:
the part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a first lighting area,
the another part of the plurality of light sources is arranged in a second lighting area,
a quantity of the light sources per unit area in the second lighting area is smaller than a quantity of the light sources per unit area in the first lighting area, and
a direct distance from the discharging head to the second lighting area in a direction parallel to the predetermined direction is shorter than a direct distance from the discharging head to the first lighting area in the direction parallel to the predetermined direction.