Patent ID: 8596761

Claim:
A liquid ejecting head comprising head main bodies each having a liquid ejecting surface in which nozzle openings that eject liquid are provided, and a case member to which the head main bodies are fixed, and relatively moving in a first direction with respect to a recording medium onto which a liquid droplet is ejected, wherein a covering member which covers a peripheral border of the liquid ejecting surface and side surfaces continued from the liquid ejecting surface is provided at each head main body, at the case member, a protective member which protects the covering member is provided for each head main body between an end portion in the first direction of the case member and the head main body, a range in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the covering member is included in a range in the second direction of the protective member, and the protective member is located further on the case member side than the liquid ejecting surface in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.