Liquid discharging apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToyohiko Mitsuzawa
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Abstract
A liquid discharging apparatus includes: nozzles which discharge liquid which is cured by the irradiation of electromagnetic waves; an irradiation section which irradiates the electromagnetic waves to dots formed on a medium by the liquid discharged from the nozzles; and a controller which controls the discharging of the liquid from the nozzles and changes the irradiation amount of the electromagnetic waves that the irradiation section irradiates, according to methods of forming the dots.
Claims7
A liquid discharging apparatus comprising:
- nozzles which discharge liquid which is cured by the irradiation of electromagnetic waves;
- an irradiation section which irradiates the electromagnetic waves to dots formed on a medium by the liquid discharged from the nozzles,
- wherein the irradiation section includes a preliminary irradiation section which irradiates the electromagnetic waves of a first irradiation amount which suppresses the spread of dots, and a main irradiation section which irradiates the electromagnetic waves of a second irradiation amount larger than the first irradiation amount after the irradiation by the preliminary irradiation section;
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- a controller which controls the discharging of the liquid from the nozzles and changes the first irradiation amount of the electromagnetic waves that the irradiation section irradiates, according to methods of forming the dots.
An image forming method of a liquid discharging apparatus, which forms an image on a medium by discharging liquid from nozzles, the method comprising:
- discharging liquid which is cured by the irradiation of electromagnetic waves, from the nozzles;
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- irradiating the electromagnetic waves to dots formed on the medium by the liquid discharged from the nozzles,
- wherein the irradiation section includes a preliminary irradiating which irradiates the electromagnetic waves of a first irradiation amount which suppresses the spread of dots, and a main irradiating which irradiates the electromagnetic waves of a second irradiation amount larger than the first irradiation amount after the irradiation by the preliminary irradiating, and
- wherein the first irradiation amount of the electromagnetic waves is changed according to methods of forming the dots.
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