Patent ID: 8636337

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a head having an ejection surface in which ejection openings are open through which a liquid is ejected to a recording medium; a head holder for holding the head; a capping mechanism which is configured to cap the ejection surface and which includes: a facing member having a facing surface to face the ejection surface; and a protrusion provided on the head holder and having a tip, the protrusion configured such that the protrusion isolates, from an external space, an ejection space formed between the ejection surface and the facing surface when the tip contacts the facing surface; and a humidifying mechanism which includes: a circulation passage having, at opposite ends thereof, a first end and a second end that are open to the ejection space, the circulation passage configured such that air passes through the circulation passage between the first end and the second end; and a humidifier configured to humidify the air in the circulation passage, an opening of the first end and an opening of the second end being provided in one of the head and the head holder, the humidifying mechanism configured to collect an air in the ejection space from the opening of the first end and to supply the air humidified by the humidifier into the ejection space from the opening of the second end.