Patent ID: 9573374
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle formed surface on which a nozzle which is capable of ejecting a liquid towards a target is formed; a support portion which can support the target to which the liquid is ejected; a carriage which can reciprocate in a scanning direction and which can hold the liquid ejecting head; a maintenance section which is detachably mounted on a maintenance area outside the support portion in the scanning direction to perform maintenance on the liquid ejecting head, the maintenance section including a plurality of maintenance units; a case which covers the carriage, the support portion, and the maintenance section in a direction facing the support portion and the maintenance section; a controller configured to position the carriage at a position where the nozzle formed surface faces the support portion when the maintenance section is detached from the maintenance area, wherein the position is next to a boundary between a print area and the maintenance section; and wherein the case includes an opening and closing panel which is displaceable between an opening position where the maintenance section is exposed and a closed position where the maintenance section is blocked at a position facing the maintenance section of the cased.