Patent ID: 8240837

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a fluid ejecting section that ejects a colored fluid and a colorless 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 colorless fluid is ejected on an image that is made of the colored fluid that landed on the fluid ejection target medium, and after the start of the agglomeration of the colorless fluid that landed on the image, the controlling section performing control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the colorless fluid, wherein, under the control of the controlling section, the image is formed as a result of the ejection of the colorless fluid on the colored 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 colorless fluid before the start of the agglomeration of the colorless fluid; the controlling section performs control so that the colorless fluid is further ejected on the colorless fluid that has cured due to exposure to the ultraviolet rays; and then, after the start of the agglomeration of the colorless fluid, the controlling section performs control so that ultraviolet rays are irradiated onto the colorless fluid.