Patent ID: 8807703

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: a main body; a liquid ejection head which is provided on the main body and ejects liquid onto a recording medium; a maintenance unit including a cap unit which caps the liquid ejection head and a pump unit which sucks liquid from the liquid ejection head; a feed tray which is mounted into the main body in a detachable manner, and provides the recording medium to a transportation path which is communicated toward the liquid ejection head; a draw-out path which is provided on the main body; a waste liquid unit which communicates to the maintenance unit, and is provided on the draw-out path in a detachable manner and reserves waste liquid wastefully ejected from the liquid ejection head, wherein the waste liquid unit is separately detachable from the main body; an opening from which the transportation path for transporting the recording medium is exposed; and an opening/closing unit which is capable of opening and closing the opening, and covers at least a part of the waste liquid unit in a state where the waste liquid unit is attached to the draw-out path and the opening is closed, the opening/closing unit being separate from the feed tray and being located on an opposite side of a feed tray mounting side of the main body.