摘要 |
In the case of using a glossy ink, a high ink stability and a high gloss can be both appropriately achieved. A printer 10 performing inkjet printing on a medium 50, said printer 10 comprising a head for glossy ink that is an inkjet head ejecting ink droplets of a glossy ink, a heater 22 and a ultraviolet light source 18, wherein: the glossy ink comprises a ultraviolet curable resin curing upon irradiation with ultraviolet light, a glossy pigment and a solvent for dispersing the pigment; the glossy pigment has a particle size of 0.5 μm or smaller; the heater 22 heats the medium so as to volatilize off the solvent in the glossy ink; and the ultraviolet light source 18 irradiates dots of the glossy ink on the medium 50 with ultraviolet light when a preset standby time elapses after the ink droplets of the glossy ink landing on the medium. |