Patent ID: 8662654
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing device comprising: a plurality of heads ejecting ink cured by irradiation of light and arranged in a transport direction of a medium; a plurality of temporary curing light sources provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of heads and respectively irradiating light for temporary curing to dots formed on the medium by the respective heads; and a main curing light source irradiating light for main curing to the dots to which the plurality of temporary curing light sources have irradiated the light, wherein the printing device has a first printing mode that includes wherein the printing device has a second printing mode that includes wherein an irradiation energy of the light irradiated by the one of the temporary curing light sources corresponding to the one of the heads that ejects the clear ink in the second printing mode is smaller than the irradiation energy of the light irradiated by the one of the temporary curing light sources corresponding to the one of the heads that ejects the clear ink in the first printing mode.