Printing system and printing method

Abstract

A printing system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a print head configured to discharge a first ink and second ink to a medium, the first ink having a first color and being curable, and the second ink having a second color and being curable; a control unit configured to control discharge of the first ink and the second ink, a curer, and a sensor. The curer is configured to cure the first ink and the second ink discharged to the medium at different timings. The control unit is configured to control the print head to form a first pattern with the first ink. The control unit is configured to control the print head to discharge the second ink to the medium on which a product after the first ink of the first pattern is cured is formed in a way that the second ink is discharged to a second region containing a first region where the product is formed. The curer is configured to cure the second ink in the second region after a predetermined period elapses from the discharge of the second ink. The sensor is configured to sense a printed result using the first ink and the second ink after curing by the curer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.