Patent ID: 8496325

Claim:
A liquid discharging apparatus comprising: a first discharging unit that discharges first droplets of a liquid onto a medium, wherein the liquid is cured by irradiation of electromagnetic waves onto the liquid; a second discharging unit that discharges second droplets of the liquid onto the medium, wherein the second discharging unit is located downstream of the first discharging unit in a medium transport direction; a first irradiation unit that irradiates the at least one of the first and the second droplets with electromagnetic waves, wherein the first irradiation unit is located downstream of the first and second discharging units in the medium transport direction; a third discharging unit that discharges third droplets of the liquid onto the medium, wherein the third discharging unit is located downstream of the first irradiation unit in the medium transport direction; a fourth discharging unit that discharges fourth droplets of the liquid, wherein the fourth discharging unit is located downstream of the first irradiation unit and upstream of the third discharging unit in the medium transport direction; a second irradiation unit that irradiates at least one of the first, second, third, and fourth droplets with electromagnetic waves, wherein the second irradiation unit is located downstream of the third and fourth discharging units in the medium transport direction; wherein a first distance between the first discharging unit and the first irradiation unit is longer than a second distance between the second discharging unit and the first irradiation unit, and a third distance between the third discharging unit and the second irradiation unit is shorter than a fourth distance between the fourth discharging unit and the second irradiation unit, wherein the first discharging unit is located to one side of the second discharging unit in a transverse direction that is generally transverse to the medium transport direction, and the third discharging unit is located to the one side of the fourth discharging unit in the transverse direction.