Patent ID: 8888230

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: an absorbing member; a fluid ejecting head which includes nozzle rows each having a plurality of nozzles and ejects a fluid onto a medium, the fluid ejecting apparatus being capable of performing a flushing operation in which the fluid is ejected to the absorbing member used to absorb the fluid ejected from the nozzles, wherein the absorbing member extends along the nozzle row in an extension direction and is capable of relatively moving between a first position where the absorbing member faces the plurality of nozzles to absorb liquid ejected from the plurality of nozzles and a second position retracted from a flying path of the fluid ejected from the nozzles, wherein the absorbing member moves from the first position to the second position in a direction intersecting the extension direction, wherein the absorbing member is capable of moving in the extension direction and in the direction intersecting the extension direction.