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US 2019/0291491 A1Published application
Recording device and recording method for recording device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKimitaka KAMIJO
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Abstract
Provided are a head unit, feeding rollers configured to feed a medium, a carriage configured to cause the head unit to perform scanning, and a control unit configured to control the head unit, the feeding rollers, and the carriage. The control unit performs recording with a first ink and a first reaction solution to form a first layer onto the medium by a first pass operation, performs recording with the first ink to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation, performs recording with a second ink and a second reaction solution to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation, and performs recording with the second ink to form a fourth layer on the third layer by a fourth pass operation.
Claims7
A recording device comprising:
- a recording unit including,
- a first nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a first liquid are arranged,
- a second nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a second liquid are arranged, and
- a third nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a reaction solution acting on the first liquid and the second liquid are arranged,
- the first nozzle group, the second nozzle group, and the third nozzle group overlapping in an arrangement direction of the nozzles;
- a feeder configured to feed a medium in a feeding direction relatively to the recording unit;
- a scanner configured to cause the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium in a scanning direction intersecting with the feeding direction;
- and
- a controller configured to control the recording unit, the feeder, and the scanner to repeat, during a scanning operation of the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium, a pass operation causing the nozzles to perform recording with at least one of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the reaction solution onto the medium, and a feeding operation causing the recording unit to move relatively to the medium, wherein
- the controller
- performs recording with the first liquid and the reaction solution to form a first layer on the medium by a first pass operation,
- performs recording with the first liquid to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation after the first pass operation,
- performs recording with the second liquid and the reaction solution to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation after the second pass operation, and
- performs recording with the second liquid to form a fourth layer on the third layer by a fourth pass operation after the third pass operation.
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A recording device comprising:
- a recording unit including,
- a first nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a first liquid are arranged,
- a second nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a second liquid are arranged, and
- a third nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a reaction solution acting on the first liquid and the second liquid are arranged;
- a feeder configured to feed a medium in a feeding direction relatively to the recording unit;
- a scanner configured to cause the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium in a scanning direction intersecting with the feeding direction;
- and
- a controller configured to control the recording unit, the feeder, and the scanner to repeat, during a scanning operation causing the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium, a pass operation causing the nozzles to perform recording with at least one of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the reaction solution onto the medium, and a feeding operation causing the recording unit to move relatively to the medium, wherein
- the recording unit includes:
- an overlapping part where the first nozzle group and the third nozzle group overlap in an arrangement direction of the nozzles;
- an upstream-side non-overlapping part provided with the third nozzle group upstream of the overlapping part in the feeding direction;
- and
- a downstream-side non-overlapping part provided with the second nozzle group downstream of the overlapping part in the feeding direction, and
- the controller
- performs recording with the reaction solution from the upstream-side non-overlapping part to form a first layer on the medium by a first pass operation,
- performs recording with the first liquid and the reaction solution from the overlapping part to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation after the first pass operation, and
- performs recording with the second liquid from the downstream-side non-overlapping part to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation after the second pass operation.
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A recording device comprising:
- a recording unit including,
- a first nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a first liquid are arranged,
- a second nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a second liquid are arranged, and
- a third nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a reaction solution acting on the first liquid and the second liquid are arranged;
- a feeder configured to feed a medium in a feeding direction relatively to the recording unit;
- a scanner configured to cause the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium in a scanning direction intersecting with the feeding direction;
- and
- a controller configured to control the recording unit, the feeder, and the scanner to repeat, during a scanning operation causing the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium, a pass operation causing the nozzles to perform recording with at least one of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the reaction solution onto the medium, and a feeding operation causing the recording unit to move relatively to the medium, wherein
- the recording unit includes
- an overlapping part where the third nozzle group and the first nozzle group or the second nozzle group overlap in an arrangement direction of the nozzles;
- and
- a non-overlapping part provided with the first nozzle group or the second nozzle group downstream of the overlapping part in the feeding direction, and
- the controller
- performs recording with the second liquid and the reaction solution from the overlapping part to form a first layer on the medium by a first pass operation,
- performs recording with the second liquid from the non-overlapping part to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation after the first pass operation,
- performs recording with the first liquid and the reaction solution from the overlapping part to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation after the second pass operation,
- performs recording with the first liquid from the non-overlapping part to form a fourth layer on the third layer by a fourth pass operation after the third pass operation, and
- performs recording with the second liquid from the non-overlapping part to form a fifth layer on the fourth layer by a fifth pass operation after the fourth pass operation.
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A recording method for a recording device including:
- a recording unit including,
- a first nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a first liquid are arranged,
- a second nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a second liquid are arranged, and
- a third nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a reaction solution acting on the first liquid and the second liquid are arranged,
- the first nozzle group, the second nozzle group, and the third nozzle group overlapping in an arrangement direction of the nozzles;
- a feeder configured to feed a medium in a feeding direction relatively to the recording unit;
- and
- a scanner configured to cause the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium in a scanning direction intersecting with the feeding direction,
- the recording device being configured to perform recording by repeating, during a scanning operation causing the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium, a pass operation causing the nozzles to perform recording with at least one of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the reaction solution onto the medium, and a feeding operation causing the recording unit to move relatively to the medium,
- the recording method comprising:
- performing recording with the first liquid and the reaction solution to form a first layer on the medium by a first pass operation;
- performing recording with the first liquid to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation after the first pass operation;
- performing recording with the second liquid and the reaction solution to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation after the second pass operation;
- and
- performing recording with the second liquid to form a fourth layer on the third layer by a fourth pass operation after the third pass operation.
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A recording method for a recording device including:
- a recording unit including,
- a first nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a first liquid are arranged,
- a second nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a second liquid are arranged, and
- a third nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a reaction solution acting on the first liquid and the second liquid are arranged;
- a feeder configured to feed a medium in a feeding direction relatively to the recording unit;
- and
- a scanner configured to cause the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium in a scanning direction intersecting with the feeding direction,
- the recording unit including:
- an overlapping part where the first nozzle group and the third nozzle group overlap in an arrangement direction of the nozzles;
- an upstream-side non-overlapping part provided with the third nozzle group upstream of the overlapping part in the feeding direction;
- and
- a downstream-side non-overlapping part provided with the second nozzle group downstream of the overlapping part in the feeding direction,
- the recording device being configured to perform recording by repeating, during a scanning operation causing the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium, a pass operation causing the nozzles to perform recording with at least one of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the reaction solution onto the medium, and a feeding operation causing the recording unit to move relatively to the medium,
- the recording method comprising:
- performing recording with the reaction solution from the upstream-side non-overlapping part to form a first layer on the medium by a first pass operation;
- performing recording with the first liquid and the reaction solution from the overlapping part to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation after the first pass operation;
- and
- performing recording with the second liquid from the downstream-side non-overlapping part to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation after the second pass operation.
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A recording method for a recording device including:
- a recording unit including,
- a first nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a first liquid are arranged,
- a second nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a second liquid are arranged, and
- a third nozzle group in which nozzles configured to perform recording with a reaction solution acting on the first liquid and the second liquids are arranged;
- a feeder configured to feed a medium in a feeding direction relatively to the recording unit;
- and
- a scanner configured to cause the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium in a scanning direction intersecting with the feeding direction,
- the recording unit including:
- an overlapping part where the third nozzle group and the first nozzle group or the second nozzle group overlap in an arrangement direction of the nozzles;
- and
- a non-overlapping part provided with the first nozzle group or the second nozzle group downstream of the overlapping part in the feeding direction,
- the recording device being configured to perform recording by repeating, during a scanning operation causing the recording unit to perform scanning relatively to the medium, a pass operation causing the nozzles to perform recording with at least one of the first liquid, the second liquid, and the reaction solution onto the medium, and a feeding operation causing the recording unit to move relatively to the medium,
- the recording method comprising:
- performing recording with the second liquid and the reaction solution from the overlapping part to form a first layer on the medium by a first pass operation;
- performing recording with the second liquid from the non-overlapping part to form a second layer on the first layer by a second pass operation after the first pass operation;
- performing recording with the first liquid and the reaction solution from the overlapping part to form a third layer on the second layer by a third pass operation after the second pass operation;
- performing recording with the first liquid from the non-overlapping part to form a fourth layer on the third layer by a fourth pass operation after the third pass operation;
- and
- performing recording with the second liquid from the non-overlapping part to form a fifth layer on the fourth layer by a fifth pass operation after the fourth pass operation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.