Patent ID: 8425015

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting section that ejects a liquid onto an ejection target medium; and an ejection target medium supporting section that is disposed to face the liquid ejecting section, and that supports the ejection target medium, wherein the ejection target medium supporting section includes a first surface arranged to face the ejection target medium, wherein the first surface is provided with a support portion that defines a distance between the liquid ejecting section and the ejection target medium while protruding from the first surface toward the liquid ejecting section and supporting the ejection target medium, and wherein in at least one of plural types of ejection target mediums having different thicknesses, a gap between the first surface of the ejection target medium supporting section and a rear surface of the ejection target medium facing the first surface is set to be smaller than a gap between a second surface of the liquid ejection section facing a front surface of the ejection target medium in the liquid ejecting section and a front surface facing the second surface in the ejection target medium, wherein the first surface and the second surface have the same potential and the ejection target medium is in a floating state such that a first electric field is present between the ejection target medium and the second surface and a second electric field is present between the ejection target medium and the first surface; and wherein a conductivity of the first surface of the ejection target medium supporting section is higher than a conductivity of the second surface of the liquid ejecting section.