Patent ID: 8382252

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a liquid ejection unit for ejecting liquid to an ejecting medium, and an ejecting medium support unit that is disposed oppositely to the liquid ejection unit and supports the ejecting medium, comprising: an electric potential control unit capable of switching between an identical electric potential state which sets a predetermined region of the liquid ejection unit side and a predetermined region of the ejecting medium support unit side to the identical electric potential and an electric potential difference generating state which generates the electric potential difference between both of them, wherein the liquid ejecting apparatus includes a configuration in which, when the ejecting medium passes through a liquid ejecting area to which the liquid is ejected by the liquid ejection unit, the electric potential control unit forms the identical electric potential state, and when the ejecting medium does not pass through the liquid ejecting area, the electric potential control unit forms the electric potential difference generating state for at least a proper period.