Patent ID: 8465145

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a fluid ejecting section that ejects a first fluid and a second fluid toward a fluid ejection target medium; an irradiating section that irradiates ultraviolet rays onto a fluid that lies on or over the fluid ejection target medium so as to cure the fluid; and a controlling section that controls the fluid ejecting operation of the fluid ejecting section and the ultraviolet ray irradiating operation of the irradiating section, the controlling section performing control so that the second fluid is ejected on an image that is made of the first fluid that landed on the fluid ejection target medium, and after the start of agglomeration of the second fluid that landed on the image, the controlling section performing control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the second fluid; wherein a convex is formed over the image as a result of the curing of the second fluid due to exposure to the ultraviolet rays after the start of the agglomeration thereof; and the controlling section changes the degree of the agglomeration of the second fluid either by changing the ejection amount of the second fluid or by changing the timing of the irradiation of ultraviolet rays, or by changing both of them, so as to adjust a size of the convex that is formed over the image, wherein, under the control of the controlling section, the image is formed as a result of the ejection of the second fluid on the first fluid that landed on the fluid ejection target medium and then was exposed to ultraviolet rays and the subsequent irradiation of ultraviolet rays onto the second fluid before the start of the agglomeration of the second fluid; the controlling section performs control so that the second fluid is further ejected on the second fluid that has cured due to exposure to the ultraviolet rays; and then, after the start of the agglomeration of the second fluid, the controlling section performs control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the second fluid.