Patent ID: 8991972
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus configured to eject ink from an ejection nozzle comprising: a movable member provided so as to be movable with respect to the liquid ejecting apparatus and configured to move when the liquid ejecting apparatus is inclined by an action of the gravitational force from a posture taken when ejecting the liquid; and a determining unit configured to determine the direction of movement of the moveable member; a maintenance unit configured to execute a maintenance operation on an ejection head; a maintenance memory unit configured to store a plurality of maintenance operations in one-to-one correspondence with the directions of movement of the movable member as maintenance operations to be performed on the ejection head; and the maintenance unit reads out the maintenance operation corresponding to the direction of movement of the moved movable member from among a plurality of the maintenance operations when the direction of movement is determined by the determining unit, and executes the read-out maintenance operation.