Patent ID: 8590997
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a first nozzle group that ejects a first fluid; a second nozzle group that ejects a second fluid; a movement mechanism that moves the first nozzle group and the second nozzle group relative to a medium in a movement direction; a transportation mechanism that transports the medium relative to the first nozzle group and the second nozzle group in a predetermined direction; a controlling section that performs control for repeating image formation operation and transportation operation, the image formation operation being operation for ejecting the first fluid from the first nozzle group and ejecting the second fluid from the second nozzle group while moving the first nozzle group and the second nozzle group in the movement direction by means of the movement mechanism, the transportation operation being operation for transporting the medium relative to the first nozzle group and the second nozzle group in the predetermined direction by means of the transportation mechanism; and a third nozzle group that does not eject any fluid; wherein the controlling section performs control for forming a first image by using the first nozzle group and performs control for forming a second image on the first image by using at least the second nozzle group, the first nozzle group is located upstream of the second nozzle group in the predetermined direction, and the third nozzle group is located downstream of the first nozzle group in the predetermined direction and is located upstream of the second nozzle group in the predetermined direction.