# US 8,783,849 B2 · Printing method and printing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,783,849 B2 - Document ID: US8783849B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/429,562 - Filed: 2012-03-26 - Published: 2012-10-04 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-03-28 - Assignees: Seiko Epson Corporation - Applicants: Yuya Haneda - Inventors: Yuya Haneda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783849B2 ## CPC - B41J 11/00214: {using UV radiation} - B41J 2/14274: {of stacked structure type, deformed by compression/extension and disposed on a diaphragm} - B41J 3/407: for marking on special material - B41J 11/0015: {for treating before, during or after printing or for uniform coating or laminating the copy material before or after printing (selective coating B41J2/2114)} - B41J 11/0024: {using conduction means, e.g. by using a heated platen} - B41M 7/0081: {using electromagnetic radiation or waves, e.g. ultraviolet radiation, electron beams} - B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) ## Abstract A printing method includes: discharging droplets of a liquid curable by active light rays from a nozzle of a discharge head onto a semiconductor device while the semiconductor device is in a heated state; and irradiating the droplets on the semiconductor device using the active light rays. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A printing method comprising: heating a first surface of a first mounting portion to a predetermined first temperature before a semiconductor device is mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion; mounting the semiconductor device on the first surface of the first mounting portion; discharging droplets of a liquid curable by active light rays from a nozzle of a discharge head onto the semiconductor device mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion while the semiconductor device is in a heated state; and irradiating the droplets on the semiconductor device mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion using the active light rays; and prior to the discharging of the droplets, performing a surface treatment of the semiconductor device by irradiating the semiconductor device with ultraviolet rays, wherein the performing of the surface treatment includes heating a second mounting portion to a predetermined second temperature before the semiconductor device is mounted on the second mounting portion, mounting the semiconductor device on the second mounting portion, and irradiating the semiconductor device mounted on the second mounting portion with the ultraviolet rays while the semiconductor device is heated. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the discharging of the droplets includes discharging the droplets onto the semiconductor device while the semiconductor device mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion is heated to at least 80° C. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the discharging of the droplets includes discharging the droplets onto the semiconductor device while the semiconductor device mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion is heated to at least 120° C. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The printing method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined first temperature is set to be equal to a temperature of the semiconductor device that is heated on the second mounting portion. ### Claim 5 A printing device comprising: a first mounting portion configured to mount a semiconductor device thereon; a discharge head having a nozzle for discharging, onto the semiconductor device mounted on a first surface of the first mounting portion, droplets of a liquid curable by active light rays; a first heating unit installed in the first mounting portion, and configured and arranged to heat the first surface of the first mounting portion to a predetermined first temperature before the semiconductor device is mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion; an irradiation unit configured and arranged to irradiate, using the active light rays, the droplets discharged onto the semiconductor device mounted on the first surface of the first mounting portion; and a surface treatment unit configured and arranged to irradiate the semiconductor device with ultraviolet rays to perform a surface treatment of the semiconductor device, wherein the surface treatment unit includes a second mounting portion configured to mount the semiconductor device thereon, a second heating unit installed in the second mounting portion, and configured and arranged to heat the second mounting portion to a predetermined second temperature before the semiconductor device is mounted on the second mounting portion, and a treatment portion configured to irradiate the semiconductor device mounted on the second mounting portion with the ultraviolet rays while the semiconductor device is heated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The printing device according to claim 5, wherein the first heating unit is configured and arranged to heat the semiconductor device on the first surface of the first mounting portion to at least 80° C. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The printing device according to claim 5, wherein the first heating unit is configured and arranged to heat semiconductor device on the first surface of the first mounting portion to at least 120° C. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The printing device according to claim 5, wherein the predetermined first temperature is set to be equal to a temperature of the semiconductor device that is heated on the second mounting portion.