Patent ID: 8573736

Claim:
An inkjet printer that includes an inkjet head that discharges towards a printing medium an ink droplet of a metallic ink or a pearl-colored ink, wherein the inkjet head includes a nozzle that discharges the ink droplet towards the printing medium, wherein the nozzle is formed on the inkjet head on a nozzle surface thereof that faces the printing medium, and an air blowing unit that generates an airflow towards the printing medium along the ink droplet discharged from the nozzle, wherein the air blowing unit includes a primary-airflow blowing port that generates a primary airflow towards the printing medium along the ink droplet discharged from the nozzle, and that is formed adjacent to the nozzle on the nozzle surface, and a secondary-airflow blowing port that generates a secondary airflow towards the printing medium along the ink droplet at a position that is at a greater distance from the ink droplet than a distance from the ink droplet to the primary airflow, and that is formed adjacent to the nozzle on either side of the primary-airflow blowing port on the nozzle surface.