| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To properly suppress quality deterioration of an image. <P>SOLUTION: A printing apparatus includes a transporting unit which transports a medium, a head unit which ejects a plurality of types of ink onto the medium, a storage unit which stores white ink of the plurality of types of ink, a plurality of supply flow paths for supplying the white ink from the storage unit to the head unit, a plurality of bypass flow paths which are bridged between different supply flow paths from each other, and a controller which repeatedly performs a transport operation in which the transporting unit is controlled to transport the medium, a color print operation in which ink for color printing of the plurality of types of ink is ejected from the head unit to perform color printing and a white print operation in which the white ink is ejected from the head unit to perform white printing so that an image forming process which forms an image on the medium is performed and circulates the white ink in a circulation flow path which is formed only of the supply flow paths and the bypass flow paths among the storage unit, the head unit, the supply flow paths and the bypass flow paths, when the color print operation is performed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
