Patent ID: 8668325

Claim:
A control method of a liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a first liquid ejecting nozzle which ejects UV-curable first liquid, a second liquid ejecting nozzle which ejects UV-curable second liquid which is different from the first liquid, a UV illumination light source which illuminates the first liquid and the second liquid, and a control unit which performs control of ejection of the first liquid from the first liquid ejecting nozzle, ejection of the second liquid from the second liquid ejecting nozzle, and UV illumination of the ejected first liquid and the second liquid, the control method causing the control unit to perform control so as to sequentially perform: forming flushing dots using UV-curable ink by ejection from the first liquid ejecting nozzle on a recording medium, the ejection being not based on image data; illuminating the flushing dots with UV light; forming background dots using UV-curable ink by ejection from the second liquid ejecting nozzle on the flushing dots, the ejection being based on the image data; illuminating the background dots with UV light; forming image dots using UV-curable ink by ejection from the first liquid ejecting nozzle on the background dots, the ejection being based on the image data; and illuminating the image dots with UV light, wherein illumination energy of the UV light illuminating the flushing dots in the illuminating of the flushing dots is lower than illumination energy of the UV light illuminating the background dots in the illuminating of the background dots.