Patent ID: 8322837

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid reservoir unit having liquid stored therein; a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzle rows including nozzle openings aligned in a line for ejecting liquid; a supply channel configured to supply the liquid from the liquid reservoir unit to the liquid ejection head; a collecting channel through which the liquid is collected from the liquid ejection head into the liquid reservoir unit; and a suction pump provided in the collecting channel and configured to suck the liquid in the liquid ejection head, wherein the liquid ejection head includes a plurality of circulation channels provided so as to communicate with the respective nozzle row groups each made up of one or more nozzle rows and allowing the supply channel and the collecting channel to communicate with each other, each of the circulation channels includes: a valve member provided on the upstream side of a connecting portion which communicates with the nozzle row group of the circulation channel and configured to open and close the circulation channel; and a film configured to seal the circulation channel, be displaced toward the circulation channel by the negative pressure and the atmospheric pressure which act on the circulation channel on the downstream side with respect to the valve member, and open the circulation channel by moving the valve member by transmitting the displacement to the valve body, a first pressure applied to the downstream side of the valve member in the circulation channel by the suction pump is larger than a second pressure on the downstream side of the valve member in the circulation channel required for causing the film to act so that the valve member opens the circulation channel, and a sum of a waterhead pressure determined by the height from the liquid reservoir unit to the circulation channel opened and closed by the valve member provided in each of the circulation channel and the first pressure is smaller than the second pressure.