Patent ID: 9073307
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a first nozzle through which to discharge color ink to form a first dot; a second nozzle through which to discharge at least one of white ink, clear ink, and first glitter ink to form a second dot; a third nozzle through which to discharge second glitter ink, lower in diffuse reflection rate than the ink discharged from the second nozzle, to form a third dot; and a control unit that controls discharge of the ink through the first nozzle, the second nozzle, and the third nozzle, wherein the control unit performs control in such a manner that an image to be visually recognized from the opposite side of an image formation side via a printable medium is formed by forming a glittering base layer, resulting from the third dot, on a color image and the second dot using the third nozzle, after forming the color image, resulting from the first dot, on the printable medium using the first nozzle, and forming the second dot on the first dot making up the color image using the second nozzle.