Patent ID: 8622496

Claim:
A printing device comprising: a print head having a specialty gloss ink ejection head for ejecting a specialty gloss ink creating a special gloss effect and a dye-based color ink ejection head for ejecting a dye-based color ink, the specialty gloss ink ejection head including a first nozzle and a second nozzle that are arrayed in a first direction of the print head, the dye-based color ink ejection head including a third nozzle and a fourth nozzle that are arrayed in the first direction, the first nozzle and the third nozzle being arranged in a second direction of the print head that is perpendicular to the first direction, the second nozzle and the fourth nozzle being arranged in the second direction; and an ejection control unit configured to carry out ejection of the specialty gloss ink from the specialty gloss ink ejection head in the second direction and ejection of the dye-based color ink from the dye-based color ink ejection head in the second direction, and to carry out printing of a special gloss area using the specialty gloss ink and printing of a reproduction area onto the special gloss area using the dye-based color ink, the ejection control unit having a first printing mode for carrying out printing of the reproduction area onto the special gloss area in a main scan in the second direction by using the fourth nozzle without using the third nozzle, which chronologically follows a main scan of the print head in which printing of the special gloss area is carried out in the second direction by using the first nozzle without using the second nozzle.