Patent ID: 8287064

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a first liquid containing unit containing a liquid therein; a second detachable liquid containing unit containing a liquid therein and having a liquid containing volume smaller than that of the first liquid containing unit; a communication passage that communicates the first liquid containing unit with the second liquid containing unit, in which the first liquid containing unit and the second liquid containing unit are reciprocally replenished with the liquid via the communication passage; a liquid replenishing unit that replenishes the liquid between the first liquid containing unit and the second liquid containing unit via the communication passage; and a control unit that, when the liquid is replenished from any one of the first and second liquid containing units to the other, controls the liquid replenishing unit to replenish the liquid from the first liquid containing unit to the second detachable liquid containing unit and from the second detachable liquid containing unit to the first liquid containing unit, until the liquid contained in the one liquid containing unit reaches a predetermined amount smaller than the liquid containing volume of the second liquid containing unit.