Patent ID: 8376508

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a fluid ejecting head which has nozzle rows formed by a plurality of nozzles and ejects a fluid to a medium; an absorbing member absorbs the fluid that is ejected from the nozzles during a flushing process, and is a linear member which extends along a nozzle row; a first movement mechanism which relatively moves the absorbing member in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the nozzle rows between a retreat position where the absorbing member retreats from an ejection path of the nozzles and a flushing position where the absorbing member overlaps with the ejection direction; and an accommodating portion which is formed on the fluid ejecting head and accommodates the absorbing member at the retreat position, wherein the accommodating portion is a concave portion which extends in the extension direction of the nozzle row and is formed on the nozzle surface of the fluid ejecting head, and wherein the depth of the concave portion from the nozzle surface is equal to or larger than the diameter of the absorbing member in the cross-section.