Patent ID: 7735975

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle plate and ejects liquid from an aperture of the nozzle plate toward a recording material while reciprocating over the recording material and a platen that supports the recording material from a rear face thereof to position the recording material at a position facing the nozzle plate in a direction in which the liquid is ejected, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a first electrode being provided on the platen side between the liquid ejecting head and the platen; a second electrode being provided on the liquid ejecting head side between the liquid ejecting head and the platen; and a potential difference generating section of which one end is connected to the first electrode and the other end is connected to the second electrode and that generates a potential difference between the second electrode and the first electrode, wherein the second electrode is a conductive nozzle plate, the first electrode is electrically coupled to the recording material supported on the platen, the liquid ejecting apparatus generates an electric field between the nozzle plate and the recording material on the platen to electrically attract liquid ejected from the aperture of the nozzle plate toward the recording material, the first electrode is mounted on the platen, and is electrically coupled to the recording material supported on the platen, and the first electrode comprises a conductive member mounted through the platen in a direction in which the liquid is ejected, and one end of the first electrode is in contact with the recording material and the other end is electrically connected to the potential difference generating section.