Printing apparatus and printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsKazunaga Suzuki, Toshio Kumagai
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Abstract
A printing apparatus includes: a head including a nozzle disposed on a nozzle surface and configured to discharge ultraviolet-curable ink onto a recording medium; first and second irradiation units as an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate the ultraviolet-curable ink discharged onto the recording medium with an ultraviolet ray; and a smoke supply unit configured to supply smoke to a part of an advancing path from the first and second irradiation units to the nozzle surface of an ultraviolet ray irradiated from the first and second irradiation units and entering the nozzle surface.
Claims11
A printing apparatus comprising:
- a head including a nozzle disposed on a nozzle surface and configured to discharge ultraviolet-curable ink onto a recording medium;
- an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate the ultraviolet-curable ink discharged onto the recording medium with an ultraviolet ray;
- and
- a smoke supply unit configured to supply smoke to a part of an advancing path, from the ultraviolet irradiation unit to the nozzle surface, of an ultraviolet ray irradiated from the ultraviolet irradiation unit and entering the nozzle surface.
A printing method of a printing apparatus comprising a head including a nozzle disposed on a nozzle surface and configured to discharge ultraviolet-curable ink onto a recording medium, an ultraviolet irradiation unit configured to irradiate the ultraviolet-curable ink discharged onto the recording medium with an ultraviolet ray, and a smoke supply unit configured to supply smoke to a part of an advancing path, from the ultraviolet irradiation unit to the nozzle surface, of an ultraviolet ray irradiated from the ultraviolet irradiation unit and entering the nozzle surface,
- the method comprising:
- supplying the smoke from the smoke supply unit;
- emitting an ultraviolet ray from the ultraviolet irradiation unit;
- and
- performing main scanning for discharging ultraviolet-curable ink from the head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.