Patent ID: 8915563

Claim:
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprising: an ejecting head having a nozzle that ejects ink onto a target object, the ejecting head being configured and arranged to move between first and second positions along a first axis of the liquid droplet ejecting apparatus relative to the target object; and an inspection unit configured and arranged to inspect an ink ejecting state of the nozzle, the inspection unit including an inspection ejection unit onto which the ink is ejected from the nozzle of the ejecting head while the ejecting head being located at the second position, the inspection ejection unit being movable, and an imaging unit disposed in a direction directing from the first position to the second position along the first axis relative to the second position such that the imaging unit is arranged in a region outside of a movable range of the ejecting head on the first axis, the imaging unit being configured and arranged to image the ink ejected onto the inspection ejection unit in the region outside of the movable range of the ejecting head.