Patent ID: 8668323
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A printing device comprising: a plurality of heads configured to discharge inks cured by light irradiation and arranged in a transport direction of a medium; a plurality of pre-curing light sources provided in correspondence with the plurality of heads and configured to irradiate pre-curing light to dots formed on the medium by the heads; and a completely-curing light source configured to irradiate completely-curing light to the dots to which the light from the plurality of pre-curing light sources is irradiated, wherein a first printing mode includes wherein a second printing mode includes wherein irradiation energy of the light irradiated by the one of the pre-curing light sources corresponding to the one of the heads that discharges the background ink in the second printing mode is less than irradiation energy of the light irradiated by the one of the pre-curing light sources corresponding to the one of the heads that discharges the background ink in the first printing mode.