Patent ID: 7444060

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus capable of ejecting a liquid material from liquid ejecting heads onto a medium transported by transport belts, the apparatus comprising: an upstream transport unit that includes a plurality of transport belts, which are rotated in a transport direction corresponding to the direction in which the medium is transported, which are arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction; a downstream transport unit provided further downstream than the upstream transport unit in the transport direction which includes a plurality of transport belts, which are rotated in the transport direction and arranged at predetermined intervals in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction; an upstream liquid ejecting unit that includes a plurality of liquid ejecting heads which are arranged at predetermined intervals in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction; a downstream liquid ejecting unit that includes a plurality of liquid ejecting heads which are arranged at predetermined intervals in the direction orthogonal to the transport direction; a maintenance unit that is provided between the transport belts of the upstream transport unit and downstream transport unit; and a position setting unit that is capable of establishing the relative positions of the upstream liquid ejecting unit, the upstream transport unit, the downstream liquid ejecting unit, and the downstream transport unit during a printing process such that the liquid ejecting heads of the upstream liquid ejecting unit face and the downstream liquid ejecting unit face the transport surfaces of the transport belts of the upstream transport unit and downstream transport unit, respectively, and being further capable of establishing the relative positions of the upstream liquid ejecting unit, the upstream transport unit, the downstream liquid ejecting unit, and the downstream transport unit during a maintenance process such that the liquid ejecting heads of the upstream liquid ejecting unit and the downstream liquid ejecting unit face the maintenance unit.