Patent ID: 8262213

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a liquid ejection head which ejects photo-curable liquid from a nozzle; a supporting member which supports, from a side opposite to the liquid ejection head, an ejection target to which the liquid is ejected from the liquid ejection head; a light applying apparatus which applies light for curing the liquid ejected from the liquid ejection head; and a control device which controls the liquid ejection head and the light applying apparatus, the control device controlling the liquid ejection head and the light applying apparatus to execute: a liquid ejection mode in which the liquid is ejected from the liquid ejection head to the ejection target supported by the supporting member and the liquid on the ejection target is cured by application of the light from the light applying apparatus to the ejection target; and a liquid curing mode, executed after the liquid ejection mode, in which the light is directly applied from the light applying apparatus to at least a portion of the supporting member on which the ejection target was supported in the liquid ejection mode, such that the liquid adhering to the supporting member is cured.