Patent ID: 8632164

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head that has a nozzle formation surface where nozzles ejecting liquid are formed and a pressure generating unit driven by an applied driving signal and generating a pressure change in a liquid in a pressure chamber communicating with the nozzles, and ejects the liquid toward a landing target from the nozzle by driving the pressure generating unit; a driving signal generating unit that generates a driving signal for driving the pressure generating unit; a support unit that is disposed with a gap from the nozzle formation surface of the liquid ejecting head and supports the landing target in ejecting; and an electric field generating unit that generates an electric field having a different direction from an electric field generated between the nozzles and a driving electrode of the pressure generating unit where the driving signal is supplied, between the nozzle formation surface and the support unit, wherein the intensity of the electric field generated by the electric field generating unit is set in between the maximum electric field intensity and the minimum electric field intensity between the driving electrode and the nozzles.