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Granted Patent B2
US 9,242,467 · App. 14/202,734 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Liquid ejecting method and liquid ejecting apparatus

Inventor: Kinya Ozawa (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41J2/145B41J2/2114B41J2/2117
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Patent No.
US 9,242,467
App. No.
14/202,734
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

After one ink of a white ink or a silver ink is ejected in a predetermined position of a recording medium such as a piece of recording paper to form a base layer, the other ink thereof is ejected on the base layer to form an intermediate layer, and a clear ink is ejected on the intermediate layer to form an epidermal layer.

Claims (21)

1. A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising:

a liquid ejection head that ejects liquid from nozzles of a nozzle row,

wherein the liquid ejection head discharges the liquid so that the following layers are formed:

a base layer that is formed by ejecting one liquid of a white-based liquid or a gloss-based liquid in a predetermined position of a landing object;

an intermediate layer that is formed by ejecting the other liquid of the white-based liquid or the gloss-based liquid on the base layer; and

an epidermal layer that is formed by ejecting a translucent clear liquid on the intermediate layer,

wherein an ejection volume of the translucent clear liquid ejected from a nozzle is smaller than that of the white-based liquid and that of the gloss-based liquid.

2. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of liquid droplets of the translucent clear liquid are ejected with respect to a single ejection from a single nozzle of the white-based liquid and one landing position of the gloss-based liquid.

3. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a liquid ejection head that ejects liquid from nozzles of a nozzle row;

a first clear nozzle row for ejecting a translucent clear liquid, the first clear nozzle row being disposed at a front side in a first relative movement direction relative to a landing object in the liquid ejection head;

a first color nozzle row that includes a white-based correspondence nozzle group for ejecting a white-based liquid and a gloss-based correspondence nozzle group for ejecting a gloss-based liquid, the first nozzle row being disposed at a rear side in the first relative movement direction in the liquid ejection head from the first clear nozzle row;

a second color nozzle row that includes a white-based correspondence nozzle group and a gloss-based correspondence nozzle group, the second nozzle row being disposed at a rear side in the first relative movement direction in the liquid ejection head from the first color nozzle row; and

a second clear nozzle row for ejecting a translucent clear liquid, the second clear row being disposed at a rear side in the first relative movement direction in the liquid ejection head from the second color nozzle row,

wherein, in the movement in the first relative movement direction, after a base layer is formed by ejecting one liquid of the white-based liquid or the gloss-based liquid the first nozzle row, an intermediate layer is formed by ejecting the other liquid of the white-based liquid or the gloss-based liquid on the base layer from the second color nozzle row, and an epidermal layer is formed by ejecting the translucent clear liquid on the intermediate layer from the second clear nozzle row, and

wherein, in the movement of a second relative movement direction opposite to the first relative movement direction, in the movement in the first relative movement direction, after a base layer is formed by ejecting one liquid of the white-based liquid or the gloss-based liquid the second nozzle row, an intermediate layer is formed by ejecting the other liquid of the white-based liquid or the gloss-based liquid on the base layer from the first color nozzle row, and an epidermal layer is formed by ejecting the translucent clear liquid on the intermediate layer from the first clear nozzle row.

4. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein an ejection volume of the translucent clear liquid ejected from a nozzle is smaller than that of the white-based liquid and that of the gloss-based liquid.

5. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein a plurality of liquid droplets of the translucent clear liquid are ejected with respect to a single ejection from a single nozzle of the white-based liquid and one landing position of the gloss-based liquid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2014
From: OZAWA, KINYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032395/0209 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-062166 · Mar 18, 2010 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 13049224 · Mar 16, 2011
Related Publication 20140192113A1 · Jul 10, 2014