Patent ID: 8251481

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head provided with nozzle orifices which eject liquid; a heater provided facing a liquid ejecting face of the liquid ejecting head; a transport section which transports an ejection-receiving medium between the liquid ejecting head and the heater; and a suction section which sucks the ejection-receiving medium toward the opposite side of the liquid ejecting head; wherein the suction section is provided so as to be able to change suction power in a plurality of regions along one direction of the ejection-receiving medium, and the liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a suction controller which controls the suction power in a plurality of regions of the suction section along one direction on the basis of the width in one direction of the ejection-receiving medium, wherein the suction controller performs control so as to make the suction power of a region of the suction section, where the ejection-receiving medium does not exist, be larger compared to the suction power of a region of the suction section, which faces the ejection-receiving medium.