Abstract
“The present disclosure relates to a printing apparatus and a printing method.“In the related art, a printing apparatus that performs printing on a surface of a three-dimensionalworkpiece by an ink jet method using a robot is known. For example, JP-A-2022-70443 describes aprinting operation in which a liquid ejecti on head ejects an ink toward a workpiece while a robot movesthe liquid ejection head along a movement path. In this printing operation, a distance between a su rfaceof the workpiece and the liquid ejection head is maintained constant over the entire movement path of thehead.