Liquid ejecting apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8991999-B2
Application number	US-201314108092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2013
Priority date	Jul 2, 2009
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a head that ejects liquid to be cured by receiving irradiation of an electromagnetic wave onto a medium; a provisional-curing irradiation section that emits a first electromagnetic wave to a dot formed on the medium by the liquid; and a main-curing irradiation section that emits a second electromagnetic wave, which has irradiation intensity higher than that of the first electromagnetic wave, to the dot to which the first electromagnetic wave is emitted. When the main-curing irradiation section emits the second electromagnetic wave, a dot forming surface of the medium faces the lower side in the direction of gravity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
a supporting member that contacts a medium when the medium is transported;
a head ejecting a liquid to the medium while the medium contacts the supporting member, the head positioned so as to face the supporting member; and
a light source that emits an electromagnetic wave to the liquid that has been ejected to the medium by the head,
wherein, when the light source emits the electromagnetic wave to the liquid tha…

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Fujisawa Kazutoshi

Classifications

• B41J2/2114 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J11/002 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J11/00214

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B41J11/00218

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic