Patent ID: 8851627

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head ejecting liquid from a nozzle formed on a nozzle forming surface onto a target being transported; a moving body which moves in a direction along the nozzle forming surface, the moving body displaceably supporting a plurality of functional units in a direction approaching and separating from the nozzle forming surface, the plurality of functional units including at least one maintenance unit as a functional unit maintaining the liquid ejecting head and a support unit as a functional unit supporting the target being transported; a driving mechanism which is driven when the moving body is moved; and a cam which is disposed on a moving path of the moving body and engages with at least two of the plurality of functional units, individually, supported on the moving body while the moving body moves in the direction along the nozzle forming surface, and makes the functional units to be displaced in the direction approaching and separating from the nozzle forming surface.