Patent ID: 6886908

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid jet head including a nozzle opening through which a liquid drop is ejected by changing pressure of a liquid in a pressure chamber interconnecting to said nozzle opening; a scanning mechanism including a carriage on which said liquid jet head is loaded, said scanning mechanism moves said liquid jet head in a head scanning direction together with said carriage; a case configured to contain said liquid jet head and said scanning mechanism; leading means for leading a liquid drop, which is ejected from said liquid jet head and not applied to an article to be processed, in a given direction using an air stream generated in said case due to moving of said carriage; a feed mechanism for feeding said article to be processed in a feed direction perpendicular to said head scanning direction; and a support member arranged opposite to said liquid jet head, said support member supporting said article to be processed, which is fed by said feed mechanism, from a rear of said article so as to specify a position of said article to be processed with respect to said liquid jet head, wherein; said feed mechanism and said support member are contained in said case together with said liquid jet head and said scanning mechanism, and said leading means has an air hole passing through said support member.