Patent ID: 8215761

Claim:
An inkjet printer comprising: a medium supporter to support a print medium; a print head configured to eject ink droplets toward the print medium supported by said medium supporter; an ultraviolet light irradiation device configured to irradiate the print medium with ultraviolet light to cure ink deposited on said print medium; and a carriage on which said print head and said ultraviolet light irradiation device are mounted to face said medium supporter and which is reciprocally movable relative to the print medium in a first direction and which is movable relative to the print medium in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, said ultraviolet light irradiation device being arranged on a side in the first direction of said print head, said print head being arranged to project toward an upstream side of a feeding direction in the second direction by a predetermined length relative to said ultraviolet light irradiation device, wherein said print head is configured to eject a predetermined amount of ink to the print medium every time said print head is moved in the first direction by said carriage in a predetermined plural number of times, the predetermined amount corresponding to the predetermined plural number; and wherein the predetermined length is set to be larger than X/A, wherein X is a width of said print head in the second direction and A is the predetermined plural number.