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Printing apparatus and printing method

US8430499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2010
Grant dateApr 30, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 2, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/2117
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image.

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