Patent ID: 7219977

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a moving member that has at least two liquid ejecting section groups and that is capable of moving in a predetermined direction due to an external force, each of said liquid ejecting section groups including at least two liquid ejecting sections for ejecting liquid droplets to form liquid droplet marks on a medium, each of said liquid ejecting section groups including at least a black nozzle row, a cyan nozzle row, magenta nozzle row and a yellow nozzle row, said liquid ejecting section groups being arranged at different positions from each other in a carrying direction in which said medium is carried; a reference liquid ejecting section group, among said liquid ejecting section groups, that is driven according to a reference ejection signal therefor at a predetermined reference timing and that is a liquid ejecting section group other than the liquid ejecting section group, among said liquid ejecting section groups, that is the furthest away, in said carrying direction, from a section, in said moving member, to which said external force is applied; a drive signal generating section that generates a single reference ejection signal that causes said liquid droplets to be ejected from said reference liquid ejecting section group at a predetermined reference timing; at least one other liquid ejecting section group, among said liquid ejecting section groups, that is driven according to a reference ejection signal therefor at a timing adjusted based on said predetermined reference timing of said reference liquid ejecting section group; and at least one other drive signal generating section that generates the reference ejection signal that causes said liquid droplets to be ejected from said other liquid ejecting section group at a timing adjusted based on said predetermined reference timing of said reference liquid ejecting section group.