Patent ID: 7497560
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head that has a conductive nozzle plate having openings and discharges liquid drops from the openings of the nozzle plate while reciprocating above recording material; a recording material side electrode that is arranged farther than the recording material opposite the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is discharged; a potential difference generating means that generates a potential difference between the nozzle plate and said recording material side electrode to electrically attract the liquid drops discharged from the openings of the nozzle plate toward said recording material side electrode; and a nozzle plate side electrode that is arranged adjacent to said nozzle plate in a direction of reciprocation of the nozzle plate and has a potential difference of the same polarity as that of the nozzle plate.