Patent ID: 8740346

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle face on which nozzle openings for ejecting liquid are formed; and a cap member that forms a space by abutting against the nozzle face and receives liquid ejected through the nozzle openings in a state where the space is in a negative pressure, the cap member having an outer cap portion that abuts against the nozzle face, and an inner cap portion that abuts against the nozzle face and that is provided at an inner side of the outer cap portion, wherein a first space is formed between the outer cap portion and the inner cap portion, and a second space is formed in which the inner cap portion at least partially surrounds the nozzle openings, the inner cap portion having a cutout which does not abut against the nozzle face, the cutout connecting the first space with the second space, wherein an ink film formed between the inner cap portion and the nozzle face is not broken at a time that a second ink film formed between the outer cap portion and the nozzle face is broken, in a cap opening operation when the cap member is moved in a direction of being separated from the nozzle face.