Patent ID: 8979258
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B41J,G01J,H04N

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejection device comprising: a feeding mechanism configured and arranged to feed a medium in a feed direction; a nozzle configured and arranged to eject a liquid to be cured by irradiation of light toward the medium in a print region; an irradiating section configured and arranged to radiate the light toward the liquid landed on the medium in the print region; and a color meter disposed in a color measurement region on a downstream side of the feed direction with respect to the print region so as to perform color measurement of an image generated on the medium, the color meter being configured and arranged such that calibration of the color meter is performed by reading a reference in the color measurement region, the irradiating section being configured and arranged to radiate the light in the print region while the color meter reads the reference in the color measurement region to perform the calibration of the color meter, the calibration of the color meter being performed in a state where a tip end of the medium is located in the print region and no liquid is ejected onto the medium.