Patent ID: 9744783
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B41J

Claim:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus for ejecting materials on a recording medium in accordance with a position of the liquid ejecting apparatus on the recording medium and an image that is to be formed on the recording medium, the liquid ejecting apparatus being movable on the recording medium by an external force, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising; a position calculating unit configured to calculate the position of the liquid ejecting apparatus on the recording medium; an electric power supplying unit configured to supply electric power to a part that the position calculating unit uses to calculate the position when a state of the liquid ejecting apparatus changes to a second operating mode whose electric power consumption is less than an electric power consumption of a first operating mode of ejecting the materials on the recording medium; and a return factor detecting unit configured to detect a return factor for returning the state of the liquid ejecting apparatus to the first operating mode from the second operating mode, wherein, when the state of the liquid ejecting apparatus returns to the first operating mode from the second operating mode, the liquid ejecting apparatus restarts to eject the materials from the position that has been calculated by the position calculating unit in the second operating mode.