Patent ID: 6412897
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A method of printing a print image on a printing object by using ink, comprising the steps of:detecting factors causing a change in a penetration rate of at least one kind of ink into said printing object; setting printing control conditions in dependence on results of detection of said factors causing said change in said penetration rate; and printing said print image on said printing object by using said at least one kind of ink based on print image data representative of said print image and said printing control conditions; and wherein said factors causing said change in said penetration rate include a condition of whether a transparent laminating material is laminated onto said printing object; and the method further includes the steps of: detenrinig whether said transparent laminating material is to be laminated onto said printing object; and laminating said transparent laminating material onto said printing object such that said transparent laminating material covers said print image printed on said printing object, when it is determined that said transparent laminating material is to be laminated onto said printing object.