JP2014094490A - Liquid discharge device and tool for three-dimensionally-shaped printing object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of a user.SOLUTION: A liquid discharge device has: a head for discharging liquid to the front face and the side face of a three-dimensionally-shaped printing object having the front face and the side face; and a rotary member which supports the three-dimensionally-shaped printing object, and which is rotated in the state where one face between the front face and the side face faces to the head, thereby to allow the other face to face to the head.

Description

  The present invention relates to a liquid ejection apparatus and a jig for a three-dimensional printed material.

  A liquid ejection apparatus having a head for ejecting liquid is already well known. An example of such a liquid ejection device is an ink jet printer. In some cases, printing (liquid ejection) is performed on a three-dimensional printed material using the liquid ejection apparatus.

JP 2007-136664 A

Some of the three-dimensional printed materials include a front surface and a side surface. Conventionally, when printing (liquid ejection) is performed on the front and side surfaces of such a three-dimensional printed material, for example, the three-dimensional printed material is set so that the front surface faces upward, and printing (liquid ejection) is performed. After that, the three-dimensional printed material is manually set again so that the side faces face upward.
This has increased the burden on the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and an object of the present invention is to improve user convenience.

The main present invention is a head for discharging liquid to the front and side surfaces of a three-dimensional printed material having front and side surfaces;
A rotating member that supports the three-dimensional printed material and rotates one of the front surface and the side surface from the state facing the head, thereby causing the other to face the head;
It is a liquid discharge apparatus characterized by having.
Other features of the present invention will become apparent from the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of a printer. 1 is an overall configuration block diagram of a printer. It is a perspective schematic diagram of the jig for cover 40. 3 is a schematic front view of a rotating member 42. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a rotating member 42. FIG. It is the front schematic diagram which showed a mode that the smart phone cover 1 was supported by the rotating member. It is the figure which showed the printing mode at the time of printing on the smart phone cover 1 with the printer 10 which concerns on this embodiment. It is the schematic diagram which showed the jig 40 for covers which concerns on a modification.

  At least the following will be made clear by the description of the present specification and the accompanying drawings.

A head for discharging liquid to the front and side surfaces of a three-dimensional printed material having a front surface and a side surface;
A rotating member that supports the three-dimensional printed material and rotates one of the front surface and the side surface from the state facing the head, thereby causing the other to face the head;
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
According to such a liquid ejection device, it is possible to improve user convenience.

Further, when the rotating member rotates from the state, it may have a changing mechanism that changes the position of the rotating member in the vertical direction in order to adjust the distance between the head and the three-dimensional printed material. .
In such a case, the image quality can be improved.

Next, a three-dimensional printed material jig installed on a stage of a liquid discharge apparatus having a head for discharging liquid to the front and side surfaces of a three-dimensional printed material having a front surface and a side surface,
A rotating member that supports the three-dimensional printed material and rotates one of the front surface and the side surface from the state facing the head, thereby causing the other to face the head;
A jig for a three-dimensional printed material, comprising: a rotating member support portion that rotatably supports the rotating member.
According to such a jig for a three-dimensional printed material, it is possible to improve user convenience.

=== Regarding Configuration Example of Printer 10 ===
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration example of an ink jet printer (hereinafter simply referred to as a printer 10) as an example of a liquid ejection apparatus. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the overall configuration of the printer 10.

  The printer 10 includes a non-movable portion 12 and a movable portion 14, and the movable portion 14 can move in the Y direction with respect to the non-movable portion 12.

  The non-movable unit 12 includes a stage 22, an operation panel 24 including an operation key 24 a for operating the printer 10, a display 24 b for displaying operation items, and the like, and a power source for turning the printer 10 on and off. And a button 26.

  The stage 22 is a rectangular flat plate member on which printing paper, a film, or the like is placed. That is, printing is performed by ejecting ink, which is an example of liquid, by a head 27 described later on a printing paper, a film, or the like placed on the stage 22. The stage 22 can be slightly moved in the vertical direction. The stage 22 has a suction function for vacuum suction of printing paper, film, and the like.

  In the present embodiment, not only printing on a thin sheet-like printed material such as printing paper or film but also printing on a three-dimensional printed material can be performed. Hereinafter, a three-dimensional printed material having a front surface and a side surface as a three-dimensional printed material, specifically, a smartphone cover (hereinafter referred to as a smartphone cover 1) will be described as an example.

  As described above, when the substrate is a thin sheet-like substrate, the substrate is placed on the stage 22. On the other hand, when the substrate is a three-dimensional substrate (smartphone cover 1), the smartphone It is placed (fixed) on a jig dedicated to the cover (corresponding to a jig for a three-dimensional printed material, hereinafter referred to as a cover jig 40).

  In the present embodiment, the cover jig 40 is an accessory to the printer 10 and is usually removed from the printer 10. When printing on the smartphone cover 1, the cover jig 40 is attached to the printer body 10 a. That is, the cover jig 40 is installed at a predetermined position on the stage 22 as shown in FIG. The details of the cover jig 40 will be described later.

  The movable part 14 includes a head 27, an ultraviolet irradiation unit 28, a carriage 29, and a bridge part 32.

  The head 27 is for ejecting ink onto the above-described printing paper, film, smartphone cover 1 and the like. A plurality of nozzles (not shown) are provided on the lower surface of each head 27. Each nozzle is provided with a pressure chamber containing ink and a drive element for changing the volume of the pressure chamber to eject ink. When the drive signal is applied to the drive element, the drive element is deformed, and the pressure chamber expands / contracts along with the deformation, and ink is ejected.

  In this embodiment, an ultraviolet curable ink that is cured by being irradiated with ultraviolet rays is used as the ink. Here, the ultraviolet curable ink (hereinafter also referred to as UV ink) is prepared by adding an auxiliary agent such as an antifoaming agent or a polymerization inhibitor to a mixture of a vehicle, a photopolymerization initiator and a pigment. The vehicle is prepared by adjusting the viscosity of a photopolymerization-curing oligomer, monomer or the like with a reactive diluent. The UV ink includes both water-based ink and oil-based ink.

  The printer 10 according to the present embodiment can eject seven colors of UV ink. That is, the head 27 includes a nozzle for ejecting white ink W, a nozzle for ejecting black ink K, a nozzle for ejecting cyan ink C, and a nozzle for ejecting magenta ink M. A nozzle for discharging yellow ink Y, a nozzle for discharging light magenta ink Lm, and a nozzle for discharging light cyan ink Lc are provided.

The ultraviolet irradiation unit 28 is for irradiating the UV ink discharged from the head 27 with ultraviolet rays to cure the UV ink. The ultraviolet irradiation unit 28 includes a lamp (for example, a metal halide lamp or LED) that irradiates the UV ink with ultraviolet rays and cures the UV ink.
The head 27 and the ultraviolet irradiation unit 28 are provided on the carriage 29. As shown in FIG. 1, the carriage 29 can reciprocate in the X direction. That is, the carriage 29 is configured to move in the X direction integrally with the head 27 and the ultraviolet irradiation unit 28 by driving a motor (not shown). The movable portion 14 is provided with a guide rail (not shown) extending in the X direction, and the carriage 29 is reciprocated in the X direction while being guided by the guide rail.

  The bridge portion 32 is for supporting the carriage 29 (the head 27 and the ultraviolet irradiation unit 28). As shown in FIG. 1, the bridge portion 32 has an arch shape and is provided on the upper side of the non-movable portion 12 (stage 22) so as to surround the non-movable portion 12 (stage 22). ing.

  As described above, the bridge portion 32 supports the carriage 29 (the head 27 and the ultraviolet irradiation unit 28) so as to be able to reciprocate in the horizontal direction. However, the bridge portion 32 itself can also reciprocate in the horizontal direction. ing. In other words, the bridge portion 32 performs relative movement with respect to the stage 22 in the Y direction (as described above, the bridge portion 32 moves in the present embodiment). That is, the bridge portion 32 is configured to move in the Y direction integrally with the carriage 29 (the head 27 and the ultraviolet irradiation unit 28) by driving a motor (not shown).

  The operation of ejecting UV ink while the head 27 moves integrally with the carriage 29 in the X direction and the operation of moving the head 27 integrally with the bridge portion 32 in the Y direction are repeated. An image is printed on the printing paper, film, smartphone cover 1 and the like placed on the stage 22 and the cover jig 40.

  The non-movable part 12 is provided with a guide part 23 extending in the Y direction, and the bridge part 32 is guided by the guide part 23 to reciprocate in the Y direction.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the printer 10 includes a controller 60 and a detector group 70. The printer 10 that has received a print command (print data) from the computer 100, which is an external device, controls each unit (head 27, ultraviolet irradiation unit 28, carriage 29, bridge portion 32, stage 22, cover jig 40) by the controller 60. To form an image on printing paper, film, smartphone cover 1 and the like. Further, the detector group 70 monitors the situation in the printer 10, and the controller 60 controls each unit based on the detection result.

  The controller 60 includes an interface unit 61, a CPU 62, a memory 64, and a unit control unit 63. The interface unit 61 transmits and receives data between the computer 100 that is an external device and the printer 10. The CPU 62 is an arithmetic processing unit for controlling the entire printer 10. The memory 64 is for securing an area for storing a program of the CPU 62, a work area, and the like, and includes storage elements such as a RAM that is a volatile memory and an EEPROM that is a nonvolatile memory. The CPU 62 controls each unit via the unit control unit 63 according to a program stored in the memory 64.

  Further, the controller 60 presents information to the user by controlling the display 24b, and receives instructions from the user via the operation keys 24a and the power button 26.

<<< About Cover Jig 40 >>>
Next, the cover jig 40 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the cover jig 40. FIG. 4 is a schematic front view of the rotating member 42. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of the rotating member 42. FIG. 6 is a schematic front view showing a state in which the smartphone cover 1 is supported by the rotating member 42.

  The cover jig 40 includes a rotating member 42 and a rotating member support portion 56.

  The rotating member 42 supports the smartphone cover 1, and one of the front and side surfaces of the smartphone cover 1 (in the present embodiment, the front surface) rotates from a state facing the head 27, thereby rotating the other (this embodiment). In the embodiment, the side surface is opposed to the head 27. That is, the printer 10 according to the present embodiment performs the second printing process for printing the other after performing the first printing process for printing one of the front surface and the side surface of the smartphone cover 1. The rotating member 42 is rotated from a state in which the one of the smartphone covers 1 faces the head 27 so that the second printing process can be started in a short time after the first printing process is completed. It is designed to face each other.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating member 42 is a long skewer-like member and is rotatably supported by the rotating member support portion 56 (specifically, both ends of the rotating member 42 in the longitudinal direction). Are supported by the rotating member support 56). The rotating member 42 includes a fixed portion 43, a fixed portion support base 48, and a rotating shaft portion 50.

  The fixing portion 43 is where the smartphone cover 1 is fixed. The fixing portion 43 includes a front back contact member 44 that contacts a back side surface (hereinafter referred to as front back) of the smartphone cover 1 and a back side surface (hereinafter referred to as side back) of the side surface of the smartphone cover 1. And a spring member 46 for urging the side back contact member 45 against the side back.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the front and back contact member 44 has a rectangular shape (when viewed from above) (in this embodiment, has a square shape), and the length of one side thereof. This is smaller than the width of the smartphone cover 1. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, when the smartphone cover 1 is placed on the front back contact member 44 so that the front surface is directed upward and the front surface is directed downward, the front surface of the smartphone cover 1 is in contact with the front surface. The smartphone cover 1 is supported by the front and back contact member 44 in a state where it is in contact with the member 44.

  The side surface back contact member 45 has a rectangular shape (when viewed from the side) as shown in FIG. 5, and one end of a spring member 46 is attached to the side surface 45a as shown in FIG. It has been. The other end of the spring member 46 is attached to the side surface 44 a of the front back contact member 44. Therefore, the side surface back contact member 45 can move in the horizontal direction (specifically, the direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the rotating member 42) by the expansion and contraction of the spring member 46 (that is, the front back surface). The contact member 44 can be approached or moved away).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, since the side surface back contact member 45 and the spring member 46 are also attached to the side surface opposite to the side surface 44a, the smartphone cover 1 is placed on the front back contact member 44. In this state, the smartphone cover 1 can be sandwiched from the inside by the two side surface back contact members 45. That is, each side surface back contact member 45 is pressed against the side surface back surface of the smartphone cover 1 by the biasing force of the spring member 46, and the smartphone cover 1 is fixed by the fixing portion 43. As a result, even when the side surface of the smartphone cover 1 faces the head 27, the state in which the smartphone cover 1 is fixed by the fixing portion 43 is appropriately maintained.

  The fixed portion support base 48 is for supporting the fixed portion 43 and has a cylindrical shape as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. The fixed portion support base 48 is fixed to the fixed portion 43 (specifically, the front back contact member 44) and the rotary shaft portion 50, and intersects the axial direction of the rotary shaft portion 50 from the rotary shaft portion 50. It is the extension part extended in the crossing direction (The extension direction of the extension part is along the normal line direction of the front back contact member 44). Therefore, the fixed portion support base 48 rotates with the rotation of the rotary shaft portion 50 while supporting the fixed portion 43. That is, the fixed portion 43 is attached to the rotary shaft portion 50 via the fixed portion support base 48.

  The rotating shaft 50 rotates to change the orientation of the smartphone cover 1 fixed to the fixing unit 43 by rotating the fixing unit 43 (the front surface is directed upward or the side surface is directed upward). ) As described above, the rotation shaft portion 50 is a long member, and in a state where the cover jig 40 is installed at a predetermined position on the stage 22 (hereinafter simply referred to as an installation state), the rotation shaft portion 50 The axial direction of 50 is along the Y direction. Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, three fixed portions 43 are provided on one rotating shaft portion 50 so as to be arranged in the Y direction. Two such rotating shaft portions 50 are provided so as to be aligned in the X direction. That is, a maximum of six smartphone covers 1 can be simultaneously attached to the cover jig 40 in the present embodiment (however, the number is not limited to this number).

  In addition, a gear (not shown) is provided at the end in the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft 50 according to the present embodiment, and when the cover jig 40 is installed at a predetermined position on the stage 22, It meshes with a gear provided on the printer body 10a side. The rotary shaft 50 is rotated by driving a motor provided on the printer main body 10a side. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the motor may be provided on the cover jig 40 side.

  In the present embodiment, an unillustrated encoder (one of the detector groups) for detecting the rotation angle of the rotating shaft portion 50 is provided, and based on the output of the encoder, The rotation of the rotary shaft 50 is controlled. In the present embodiment, the control of the cover jig 40 (that is, the control of the rotation of the rotary shaft 50) is performed by the controller 60 on the printer body 10a side, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be performed by a dedicated controller on the 40 side.

  In the present embodiment, a stopper (not shown) for holding the stationary state of the rotating shaft part 50 when the rotating shaft part 50 is stationary (not rotating) is provided.

  The rotating member support 56 is for rotatably supporting the rotating member 42. The rotating member support portion 56 has a rectangular shape. As shown in FIG. 3, the rotating member support portion 56 has a space in the center of the rectangle, and the two rotating members 42 are arranged in the space.

  The rotating member support portion 56 includes four legs 58, and the rotating member support portion 56 is installed on the stage 22 when the four legs 58 are grounded to a predetermined position of the stage 22. It is like that.

=== Regarding Operation Example of Printer 10 ===
Next, an operation example of the printer 10 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a printing mode when printing is performed on the smartphone cover 1 by the printer 10 according to the present embodiment. Note that various operations of the printer 10 when the printing process is executed are mainly realized by the controller 60. In particular, in the present embodiment, it is realized by the CPU 62 processing a program stored in the memory 64. And this program is comprised from the code | cord | chord for performing the various operation | movement demonstrated below.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of print modes are provided for printing on the smartphone cover 1. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, printing on the front surface of the smartphone cover 1 → printing on one side surface of the smartphone cover 1 (see FIG. 6) → other side surface of the smartphone cover 1 (see FIG. 6, opposite to the one side surface) Printing in the order of printing on the side (side side), and printing in the order of printing on the front side → printing on one side (printing on the other side is not performed) ) The second printing mode and the printing on the front side → the printing on the other side are performed in this order (the printing on one side is not performed) The third printing mode and the first printing only on the front side There are four printing modes, a fifth printing mode for performing printing only on one side, and a sixth printing mode for performing printing only on the other side.

  Hereinafter, the first print mode will be mainly described.

  When the controller 60 receives print data and mode information (here, the first print mode) in the installation state described above, it prepares for printing on the front surface of the smartphone cover 1. That is, the controller 60 controls the rotating member 42 so that the front surface of the smartphone cover 1 faces the head 27 (that is, the front surface faces upward).

  The operation of ejecting UV ink to the front while the head 27 moves integrally with the carriage 29 in the X direction and the operation of moving the head 27 integrally with the bridge portion 32 in the Y direction are performed by the controller 60. Repeatedly, images are printed on the front of up to six smartphone covers 1.

  Next, the controller 60 prepares for printing on one side of the smartphone cover 1. That is, the controller 60 rotates the rotating member 42 by about 90 degrees so that one side surface of the smartphone cover 1 faces the head 27 (that is, the one side surface faces upward).

  The operation of ejecting UV ink to the one side while the head 27 moves in the X direction integrally with the carriage 29 and the operation of the head 27 moving in the Y direction integrally with the bridge portion 32 are performed by the controller 60. The image is printed on one side of up to six smartphone covers 1 repeatedly.

  Next, the controller 60 prepares for printing on the other side of the smartphone cover 1. That is, the controller 60 rotates the rotating member 42 by about 180 degrees so that the other side surface of the smartphone cover 1 faces the head 27 (that is, the other side surface faces upward).

  The operation of ejecting UV ink to the other side surface while the head 27 moves integrally with the carriage 29 in the X direction and the operation of moving the head 27 integrally with the bridge portion 32 in the Y direction are performed by the controller 60. Is repeated, and images are printed on the other side surfaces of up to six smartphone covers 1.

  Through the above printing process, images are printed on the front and two side surfaces of a maximum of six smartphone covers 1.

=== Effectiveness of Printer 10 and Covering Jig 40 According to the Present Embodiment ===
As described above, the printer 10 according to the present embodiment supports the head 27 that discharges UV ink on the front surface and the side surface of the smartphone cover 1 that includes the front surface and the side surface, and the smartphone cover 1. A rotating member 42 that rotates from a state in which one of them faces the head 27 and makes the other face the head 27. Therefore, it is possible to improve user convenience.

  Conventionally, when printing is performed on the front and side surfaces of such a smartphone cover 1, for example, the smartphone cover 1 is set so that the front side is facing upward, printing is performed, and then the side surface is facing upward. The smartphone cover 1 was manually set again. This has increased the burden on the user.

  On the other hand, in this Embodiment, a user is released from the troublesomeness which resets the smart phone cover 1 by providing the rotating member 42 mentioned above. Therefore, according to the printer 10 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to improve user convenience.

  Further, the cover jig 40 according to the present embodiment supports the smartphone cover 1 and rotates from the state where one of the front surface and the side surface faces the head 27 so that the other faces the head 27. It has the member 42 and the rotation member support part 56 which supports the rotation member 42 rotatably. Therefore, according to the jig 40 for a cover concerning this Embodiment, it becomes possible to improve a user's convenience for the same reason as the above.

=== Other Embodiments ===
The above-described embodiments are for facilitating the understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and it is needless to say that the present invention includes equivalents thereof. In particular, the embodiments described below are also included in the present invention.

  In the above embodiment, the liquid ejecting apparatus (liquid ejecting apparatus) is embodied as an ink jet printer, but a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects or ejects liquid other than ink may be employed. The present invention can be used for various liquid ejecting apparatuses including a liquid ejecting head that ejects an amount of liquid droplets. In addition, a droplet means the state of the liquid discharged from the said liquid ejecting apparatus, and shall also include what pulls a tail in granular shape, tear shape, and thread shape. The liquid here may be any material that can be ejected by the liquid ejecting apparatus. For example, it may be in the state when the substance is in a liquid phase, such as a liquid state with high or low viscosity, sol, gel water, other inorganic solvents, organic solvents, solutions, liquid resins, liquid metals (metal melts ) And a liquid as one state of a substance, as well as a material in which particles of a functional material made of a solid such as a pigment or metal particles are dissolved, dispersed or mixed in a solvent. Further, representative examples of the liquid include ink and liquid crystal as described in the above embodiment. Here, the ink includes general water-based inks and oil-based inks, and various liquid compositions such as gel inks and hot melt inks. As a specific example of the liquid ejecting apparatus, for example, a liquid containing a material such as an electrode material or a color material used for manufacturing a liquid crystal display, an EL (electroluminescence) display, a surface emitting display, a color filter, or the like in a dispersed or dissolved state. It may be a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting, a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a bio-organic material used for biochip manufacturing, a liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting a liquid as a sample used as a precision pipette, a textile printing apparatus, a microdispenser, or the like. In addition, transparent resin liquids such as UV curable resin to form liquid injection devices that pinpoint lubricant oil onto precision machines such as watches and cameras, and micro hemispherical lenses (optical lenses) used in optical communication elements. A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects a liquid onto the substrate or a liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects an etching solution such as an acid or an alkali to etch the substrate may be employed. The present invention can be applied to any one of these injection devices.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the smart phone cover 1 was mentioned as an example as a three-dimensional printed material provided with a front and a side, it is not limited to this, What is provided with a front and a side? It may be a thing. For example, a lunch box or chopsticks may be used.

  In the above embodiment, the printer 10 has been described by taking the printer 10 that can print on both a thin sheet-like printed material such as printing paper and a film and a three-dimensional printed material as an example. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the printer 10 dedicated to printing on a three-dimensional printed material may be used.

  In the above embodiment, the rotating member 42 is provided on a jig that can be attached to and detached from the printer main body 10a. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the rotating member 42 may be provided directly on the printer main body 10a (for example, the stage 22).

  Moreover, although the rotating member 42 which concerns on the said embodiment decided to make the side surface of the smart phone cover 1 oppose the head 27 by rotating from the state in which the front surface of the smart phone cover 1 opposed the head 27, it is limited to this. Instead, the front surface may be made to face the head 27 by rotating from a state in which the side surface faces the head 27.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although demonstrated taking the example of the right side surface and left side surface of the four side surfaces of the smart phone cover 1 as a side surface (one side surface and another side surface), it is limited to this. Instead, for example, the upper side surface and the lower side surface may be used.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8 (the example of FIG. 8 is referred to as a modification), when the rotating member 42 rotates from the above state (one of the front and the side faces the head 27), In order to adjust the distance between the head 27 and the three-dimensional printed material (smartphone cover 1), a changing mechanism that changes the position of the rotating member 42 in the vertical direction (that is, a groove 80 (particularly, a vertical extending portion 80b) described later). ).

  That is, as shown in FIG. 8, in the cover jig 40 according to the modification, a groove 80 is provided on the inner surface of the rotating member support portion 56, and both end portions of the rotating shaft portion 50 are formed in the groove 80. It is supported. The rotating member 42 (rotating shaft portion 50) can move along the groove 80.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the groove 80 extends in the vertical direction (lowered) at the horizontal extension 80a extending in the horizontal direction (X direction) and the left end of the horizontal extension 80a in FIG. ) A vertically extending portion 80b. Therefore, when the rotating member 42 (rotating shaft portion 50) moves along the groove 80 (movement from the position P1 to the position P2, see the arrow in the groove 80), the rotating member 42 falls downward.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, an image is printed on the front surface at the position P1, and an image is printed on the side surface (one side surface and the other side surface) at the position P2. The height of the front when the image is printed on the front (in other words, the position in the vertical direction) is the same as the height of the side when the image is printed on the side (in other words, For example, the length in the vertical direction of the vertically extending portion 80b is set such that the front height at the position P1 and the side height at the position P2 are the same). Therefore, since the distance between the head 27 when printing an image on the front and the printing surface of the smartphone cover 1 is the same as the distance when printing an image on the side, a sense of unity is obtained with respect to the image quality on the front and side. , Improve the image quality.

  Thus, in the printer 10 according to the modification, in order to adjust the distance between the head 27 and the smartphone cover 1 (in this embodiment, the same is applied when printing on the front side and when printing on the side surface. Since the groove 80 (vertical extending portion 80b) as a changing mechanism for changing the position of the rotating member 42 in the vertical direction is provided, the image quality can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Smartphone cover 10 Printer, 10a Printer main body 12 Non-movable part, 14 Movable part 22 Stage, 23 Guide part 24 Operation panel 24a Operation key, 24b Display 26 Power button 27 Head, 28 Ultraviolet irradiation unit 29 Carriage 32 Bridge part 40 For cover Jig 42 Rotating member 43 Fixed portion 44 Front back contact member, 44a Side surface 45 Side back contact member, 45a Side surface 46 Spring member 48 Fixed portion support base 50 Rotating shaft portion 56 Rotating member support portion, 58 Leg 60 Controller, 61 Interface portion 62 CPU, 63 Unit control unit 64 Memory, 70 Detector group 80 Groove 80a Horizontal extending unit, 80b Vertical extending unit 100 Computer

Claims (3)

A head for discharging liquid to the front and side surfaces of a three-dimensional printed material having a front surface and a side surface;
A rotating member that supports the three-dimensional printed material and rotates one of the front surface and the side surface from the state facing the head, thereby causing the other to face the head;
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: The liquid ejection apparatus according to claim 1,
A liquid mechanism comprising: a changing mechanism for changing a position of the rotating member in a vertical direction in order to adjust a distance between the head and the three-dimensional printed material when the rotating member rotates from the state. Discharge device. A jig for a three-dimensional printed material installed on a stage of a liquid ejection apparatus having a head for ejecting liquid on the front and side surfaces of a three-dimensional printed material having a front surface and a side surface,
A rotating member that supports the three-dimensional printed material and rotates one of the front surface and the side surface from the state facing the head, thereby causing the other to face the head;
A jig for a three-dimensional printed material, comprising: a rotating member support portion that rotatably supports the rotating member.

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