Patent ID: 8562118

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a tank for storing a liquid; a liquid ejecting head including: an inner passage having an inlet and an outlet; and a plurality of individual liquid channels extending from the inner passage to respective ejection openings; a supply passage which connects the tank and the inlet; a return passage which connects the tank and the outlet; a supply device configured to forcibly supply the liquid in the tank to the inner passage; a restrictor valve configured to restrict an amount of the liquid that flows through the return passage; and a discharge controller configured to drive the supply device while placing the restrictor valve in an open state, such that liquid circulation is conducted in which the liquid in the tank returns back thereto via the supply passage, the inner passage, and the return passage, in order, and configured to control the restrictor valve to restrict, during the liquid circulation, the amount of the liquid that flows through the return passage, for permitting a discharge of the liquid from the ejection openings, in a state in which the supply device is kept driven, wherein the inner passage has a first liquid circulation path which does not pass a vicinity of the plurality of individual channels and a second liquid circulation path which passes the vicinity of the plurality of individual channels, and wherein the liquid is discharged from the ejection openings during the liquid circulation in the second liquid circulation path.