Patent ID: 9132638
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. An inkjet printer, comprising: an ink head unit for ejecting ink toward a medium; a moving mechanism for moving the ink head unit in a left-right direction; a transfer mechanism for transferring the medium in a forward-rearward direction; and a control device for controlling the ink head unit, the moving mechanism, and the transfer mechanism, wherein the ink head unit includes a first ink head for ejecting process color ink, an additional first ink head for ejecting additional process color ink, and a second ink head for ejecting transparent ink, the additional first ink head is located leftward or rightward to the first ink head; the second ink head is located forward or rearward to the first ink head; the control device performs first printing of causing the first ink head and the additional first ink head to eject the process color ink and the additional process color ink, respectively, while sequentially transferring the medium forward and second printing of causing the second ink head to eject the transparent ink while sequentially transferring the medium rearward after the first printing, and the first ink head and the additional first ink head do not eject the process color ink and the additional processor color ink, respectively, during the second printing so that only the transparent ink is ejected by the ink head unit to the medium during the second printing.