Patent ID: 8708446
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. A printing device comprising: a first head configured to eject a photo-curing ink from a nozzle array to a medium; a conveyance unit configured to convey the medium in a conveyance direction intersecting the nozzle array; a partial photo-irradiation device configured to radiate light to the photo-curing ink ejected on the medium and partially cure the photo-curing ink, the partial photo-irradiation device being disposed downstream relative to the first head in the conveyance direction; a main photo-irradiation device configured to radiate light to the photo-curing ink ejected on the medium and fully cure the photo-curing ink, the main photo-irradiation device being disposed downstream relative to the partial photo-irradiation device in the conveyance direction; and a controller configured to control the partial photo-irradiation device and the main photo-irradiation device, the controller being configured to, while a first printing mode is selected, control the partial photo-irradiation device and the main photo-irradiation device such that the main photo-irradiation device radiates light to the photo-curing ink ejected to the medium while the partial photo-irradiation device stops radiating light, and the controller being configured to control the partial photo-irradiation device and the main photo-irradiation device such that the partial photo-irradiation device and the main photo-irradiation device radiate light to the photo-curing ink ejected to the medium while a second printing mode is selected, the second printing mode being a mode in which an image having a degree of gloss lower than a degree of gloss in the first printing mode is formed.