Patent ID: 8061798

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a movable head that is provided with a plurality of nozzles that eject a liquid; a transport unit that transports a medium in a predetermined transporting direction; and a sensor that detects an edge of said medium and that is movable with said head; wherein, in accordance with a result of the detection of said sensor, said liquid ejecting apparatus controls ejection of said liquid from said plurality of nozzles to a region whose width is greater than a width of the medium; wherein said transport unit includes a transport roller, a platen and a paper discharge roller; wherein the platen is provided between the transport roller and the paper discharge roller and supports said medium in a position opposing said head and in a position opposing said sensor; wherein said transport roller transports said medium towards the platen; wherein a position of said sensor is on an upstream side, in said transporting direction, of a nozzle located most upstream in said transporting direction, of among said plurality of nozzles; wherein the position of said sensor is on a downstream side, in said transporting direction, of a position at which a front edge of said medium first comes into contact with said platen.