Patent ID: 9308740
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: B41J,B41M

Claim Text:
1. A printing method that is performed by using a first nozzle row ejecting a photo-curable color ink, a second nozzle row ejecting a photo-curable clear ink, a coating unit coating a photo-curable clear ink, and a first irradiation unit and a second irradiation unit that each emit electromagnetic waves for curing photo-curable ink, the printing method comprising: a first ejecting step that prints an image constituted by color dots on a medium by ejecting the color ink from the first nozzle row so as to form the color dots on the medium; a second ejecting step that forms clear dots on the medium in areas other than the image by ejecting the clear ink from the second nozzle row; a first emitting step that emits a first electromagnetic wave from the first irradiation unit onto the color dots and the clear dots; a coating step that coats the color dots and the clear dots with a clear ink after the first emitting step by using the coating unit; and a second emitting step that emits a second electromagnetic wave from the second irradiation unit onto the clear ink with which the color dots and the clear dots are coated, wherein the color dots and the clear dots are not irradiated by any electromagnetic wave from any irradiation unit of the apparatus before the first emitting step.