Patent ID: 8511792

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a fluid ejecting head having nozzle rows formed of a plurality of nozzles, in which the nozzles for ejecting a fluid in a first direction are discretely arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; an absorbing member which is spaced apart from the nozzles at a predetermined distance in the first direction, is tensed in the second direction, and has a fluid receiving region capable of receiving the fluid at a predetermined width in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction; and a moving device which moves the absorbing member to a fluid receiving position in which the nozzle rows and the fluid receiving region to be opposed to each other in the first direction, and in which the nozzle rows and a center line of the absorbing member are differently positioned in the third direction, when the fluid is preliminary ejected from the nozzle row.