Patent ID: 8267507

Claim:
A printing method that is performed by using a first nozzle ejecting color ink that is used for printing an image on a medium and is cured in a case where irradiation of an electromagnetic wave is received, a second nozzle ejecting a process solution that is used for processing the surface of the medium and is cured in a case where irradiation of an electromagnetic wave is received, and an irradiation unit emitting the electromagnetic wave, the printing method comprising: printing an image constituted by color dots on the medium by ejecting the color ink from the first nozzle so as to form the color dots on the medium and forming process dots in areas other than the image on the medium by ejecting the process solution from the second nozzle; emitting the electromagnetic wave onto the color dots and the process dots; transporting the medium in a direction opposite to a transport direction after the electromagnetic wave is emitted onto the color dots and the process dots; coating the color dots and the process dots with the process solution after the medium is transported in the direction opposite to the transport direction; and emitting the electromagnetic wave onto the process solution with which the color dots and the process dots are coated.