Patent ID: 8919917

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus provided with N (N≧ 2 ) liquid ejecting heads which eject liquid, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a supply path through which liquid is supplied from a tank to the N liquid ejecting heads; a circulation path through which liquid is returned from the liquid ejecting heads to the tank; N opening and closing valves that are installed for the N liquid ejecting heads respectively on at least one of the supply path and the circulation path; and a liquid sending unit that applies a force sending the liquid from the tank toward the liquid ejecting heads, wherein M opening and closing valve(s), among the N opening and closing valves, corresponding respectively to M liquid ejecting head(s), among the N liquid ejecting heads, selected as cleaning targets are selected to be opened and the liquid sending unit is driven to selectively send liquid to the M liquid ejecting head(s) selected as the cleaning target(s) among the N liquid ejecting heads, thereby performing cleaning, where M<N.