Patent ID: 8308256

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: an ejecting unit which repeatedly ejects a liquid every predetermined unit; a first storing unit which stores the liquid to be supplied to the ejecting unit; a second storing unit which stores the liquid to be supplied to the first storing unit; a pump which supplies the liquid from the second storing unit to the first storing unit; a first creating unit which creates an ejection signal for ejecting the liquid in the ejecting unit; a second creating unit which creates a detection signal for detecting the liquid of the second storing unit; and a control unit which performs a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation includes an operation of creating the ejection signal using the first creating unit and an operation of performing a predetermined unit of a subsequent ejection using the ejecting unit, and the second operation includes an operation of supplying the liquid using the pump, an operation of creating the detection signal using the second creating unit, and an operation of detecting the liquid of the second storing unit, and wherein the control unit performs the second operation while the first operation is performed.