Patent ID: 7370931

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a first liquid ejecting section that ejects a first liquid toward a medium; a second liquid ejecting section that ejects a second liquid toward the medium; and a liquid recovery section that recovers liquid that has missed the medium, wherein an amount of the second liquid that remains in the liquid recovery section when a predetermined amount of the second liquid has been ejected is larger than an amount of the first liquid that remains in the liquid recovery section when the predetermined amount of the first liquid has been ejected, wherein an ejection amount of the first liquid that reaches a region that is outside the medium is not reduced as compared with an ejection amount of the first liquid corresponding to image data to be printed, wherein an ejection amount of the second liquid that reaches the region that is outside the medium is reduced as compared with an ejection amount of the second liquid corresponding to image data to be printed.