Patent ID: 8657435

Claim:
A printing apparatus comprising: a carriage that is movable in a first direction with respect to a medium; a recording head that is provided in the carriage and ejects color inks or a clear ink which are irradiated with light and cured; color ink nozzle rows that are provided in the recording head and ejects the color inks which are irradiated with light and cured; a clear ink nozzle row that is provided in the recording head and ejects the clear ink which is irradiated with light and cured; a moving mechanism that causes the medium to move relatively in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a light irradiating section that is provided in the carriage and irradiates light; and a controller, wherein the controller controls to perform a first operation in which the carriage moves in the first direction and the color inks are ejected from the color ink nozzle rows moving in the first direction, thereby the color image is formed on the medium, and at the same time, the light from the light irradiation section is irradiated to the color image formed at that time, thereby the color image is cured, and after the first operation, a second operation in which the carriage moves in the first direction and the clear ink is ejected from the clear ink nozzle row moving in the first direction, thereby a clear ink layer is formed on the medium, and at the same time, the light from the light irradiation section is irradiated to the clear ink layer formed at that time, thereby the clear ink layer is cured, and the first operation is different in movement speed of the carriage from the second operation.