Patent ID: 9022545
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus, comprising: a head unit that ejects a yellow UV curable-type ink onto a medium; an irradiating section that irradiates the UV light; and a controller that works such that when the first mode is set, control is carried out so that after the UV light with the first energy is irradiated on the UV curable-type ink ejected onto each unit area of the medium, the UV light with the second energy higher than the first energy is irradiated, and such that when the second mode is set for printing an image with a glossiness higher than that of the image printed according to the first mode, control is carried out so that the UV light with an energy higher than that of the first energy is irradiated on the UV curable-type ink ejected on the unit area of the medium; a conveyor that supports the medium at the position facing the head unit and conveys the medium to the downstream side in the conveyance direction, wherein the irradiation section has an upstream portion located on the upstream side in the conveyance direction and a downstream portion located on the downstream side in the conveyance direction; the upstream portion can be moved in the direction crossing the irradiated surface of the upstream portion, when the first mode is set, the first distance from the irradiated surface to the supporting section of the medium in the downstream portion in the conveyance direction is longer than the second distance from the downstream portion in the conveyance direction to the supporting section of the medium, and when the second mode is set, the first distance is shorter than the second distance.