Patent ID: 8567901

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a moving body supporting a liquid ejecting head that can eject a liquid onto a target that is supported on a support base from nozzles and is configured to be movable in a scanning direction; a position adjustment mechanism adjusting a position of the moving body to adjust a distance between the support base and the liquid ejecting head to at least one of a first distance and a second distance, greater than the first distance; a cap member configured to abut the liquid ejecting head to surround the nozzles; and an engagement member configured to engage with the moving body at a head opposing position side from a liquid ejecting area so as to bias the moving body towards the cap member when the moving body moves from the liquid ejecting area that is an area in which the liquid ejecting head can eject the liquid onto the target to the head opposing position that is a position opposing the cap member, wherein when the liquid ejecting head is at a position opposing the cap member, the position adjustment mechanism being configured to adjust the position of the moving body so that the distance between the support base and the liquid ejecting head changes between the first distance where the moving body does not engage with the engagement member when moving and the second distance where the moving body engages with the engagement member when moving.