Patent ID: 9592672
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid supplied from a supply source and has a nozzle forming surface having nozzles formed therein; a pressurizing portion which is located further to the supply source side than the nozzles and can pressurize the liquid supplied to the nozzles; and a wiper which has a convex-curved surface and a flat surface capable of wiping the nozzle forming surface and is elastically deformable, wherein a first wiping operation in which the convex-curved surface wipes the nozzle forming surface is performed in a state where the pressurizing portion is driven and a pressure of the liquid in the nozzles is set to be equal to or greater than atmospheric pressure, and a second wiping operation in which the flat surface wipes the nozzle forming surface wiped by the convex-curved surface during the first wiping operation is performed in a state where the flat surface is in contact with the nozzle forming surface, wherein a contact pressure between the flat surface and the nozzle forming surface is less than a contact pressure between the convex-curved surface and the nozzle forming surface.