Patent ID: 8459790

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus by which liquid is adhered to a recording medium comprising: a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid onto the recording medium; a pair of guiding plates formed into a substantially circular arc shape, the pair of guiding plates including an inner guiding plate positioned at a center side of the circular arc shape; a transportation path which is formed between the pair of guiding plates and transports the recording medium to which the liquid has adhered toward a downstream side in the transportation direction; a fan blowing unit which feeds air towards the transportation path; and a blowing port which is provided on the inner guiding plate and through which the air fed from the fan blowing unit is blown out; wherein the fan blowing unit is provided in a space region which is formed at the center side of the circular arc shape of the inner guiding plate; wherein a plurality of the blowing ports is provided in a direction along the transportation direction, and a ratio of an opening area of the blowing port positioned at the downstream side in the transportation direction with respect to an area of a wall surface of the inner guiding plate at the transportation path side is smaller than that of the blowing port positioned at the upstream side in the transportation direction.