Patent ID: 11945163
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 14:
15. A three-dimensional object printing apparatus comprising:
a liquid discharge head having a nozzle surface on which a plurality of nozzles which discharge a liquid are provided;
a moving mechanism that changes a position and a pose of the liquid discharge head relative to a three-dimensional workpiece; and
a controller a configured to control the moving mechanism and the liquid discharge head in a first printing operating of performing printing,
when the nozzle surface has a nozzle array including a plurality of nozzles arrayed, a first end in a direction intersecting an array direction of the plurality of nozzles, and a second end on a side opposite to the first end,
the workpiece has a first surface and a second surface that forms a corner bent or curved in a convex shape between the first surface and the second surface, and
the first printing operation of performing printing on the first surface the controller is configured to execute the first printing operation in a state in which the nozzle surface is tilted with respect to the first surface such that a distance between the first end and the first surface is larger than a distance between the second end and the first surface and a distance between the first end and the second surface is smaller than a distance between the second end and the second surface.