Patent ID: 8814343
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a carriage that allows a head ejecting liquid which is curable by light irradiation to move along a guide shaft intersecting a transporting direction in which a medium is transported, the head having at least one nozzle array extending in the transporting direction; a precuring light source that is provided for the carriage and radiates light for precuring dots formed by applying the liquid ejected from the head onto the medium, an end of the precuring light source in the transporting direction extending further downstream in the transporting direction than a downstream end of the at least one nozzle array in the transporting direction; and a full curing light source that is provided for the carriage so as to be located downstream of the precuring light source in the transporting direction and radiates light for full curing the dots which have been irradiated with light for procuring; wherein a length in the transporting direction of the full curing light source is the same as a length of the at least one nozzle array.