Patent ID: 8746823
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. A printing device comprising: a color ink head configured to eject color ink to a medium; a clear ink head configured to eject transparent clear ink to the medium; and a controller configured to control ejection of the clear ink so that the clear ink is ejected to a region in which an ejection quantity of the color ink per unit area of the medium is less than a predetermined quantity, and the clear ink is not ejected to a region in which the ejection quantity of the color ink per unit area of the medium is greater than the predetermined quantity, the controller controlling the clear ink head to eject the clear ink so as to be adjacent to the color ink, when an image having a first degree of gloss is formed, and controlling the clear ink head to eject the clear ink so as not to be adjacent to the color ink, when an image having a second degree of gloss lower than the first degree of gloss is formed.