Patent ID: 8210646

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head that includes a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles are arrayed and eject liquid; a wiping member that moves relatively to a nozzle forming surface of the liquid ejecting head and wipes the nozzle forming surface along a direction that intersects a nozzle row direction; a first caulking portion and a second caulking portion respectively exposed to the nozzle forming surface; and insertion portions being exposed to the nozzle forming surface and allowing positioning members to be inserted therethrough, the positioning members determining a relative position of a flow passage member that configures the liquid ejecting head, wherein the nozzle forming surface includes a first region ranging from a wiping start position for the wiping member to a nozzle row forming region in which the nozzle row is formed, and a second region being opposite to the first region while sandwiching the nozzle row forming region therebetween, wherein the first caulking portion is formed in the first region at a position outside the nozzle row along the nozzle row direction, and wherein the second caulking portion is formed in the second region at a position inside the insertion portions along the nozzle row direction.