INKJET PRINTER FOR SPHERE MEDIA PRINT AND PRINTING METHOD USING THE SAME

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inkjet printer for printing images on a spherical printing face of the outer periphery of a spherical media. PSOLUTION: The inkjet printer has an X direction moving mechanism 120 moving the spherical media 20 supported by the supporting means 100 in an X axial direction of a supporting means, a Y direction moving mechanism 130 moving the spherical media in a Y axial direction of the supporting means, a Z direction moving mechanism 140 moving the spherical media in a Z axial direction of the supporting means, an X axial rotating mechanism 140 rotating the spherical media around the X axis of the supporting means, and a Y axial rotating mechanism 150 rotating the spherical media around the Y axis of the supporting means. Further the inkjet printer has a returning means 200 rotating and returning the spherical media 20 around the X axis of the supporting means to the rotating starting position, and an image correcting means 300 adding and introducing blanks between dots of ink formed by discharging the ink from an inkjet head 10 and shooting the same onto the spherical printing face 22 directly under the inkjet head and lining in the Y direction for image printing to correct the distortion of the image printed on the spherical printing face 22. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT