Patent ID: 9308752
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. A printing apparatus that uses photocurable ink comprising: an ink discharge section that discharges photocurable ink onto a printing medium; a light irradiation section that irradiates curing light onto the photocurable ink that has been discharged onto the printing medium; a tension application mechanism that applies a tension to the printing medium; and a control section that controls the respective actions of the ink discharge section, the light irradiation section and the tension application mechanism, wherein the control section discharges the photocurable ink onto the printing medium by controlling the ink discharge section, subsequently applies a first tension, which is greater than a discharge tension which is applied that at the time of ink discharge, to the printing medium by controlling the tension application mechanism, and causes curing light to be irradiated from the light irradiation section onto the photocurable ink that has been discharged onto the printing medium in a state in which the first tension is being applied to the printing medium.