Patent ID: 8820888

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a plurality of nozzle rows which are arranged in a direction intersecting a nozzle row direction of a nozzle row formed by arranging nozzles in a line; an absorbing member which is suspended and extends along the nozzle row direction or inclined with respect to the nozzle row direction at a predetermined angle, and wherein the absorbing member is adapted to move in a suspension direction that is along the row direction, wherein the length of the absorbing member extends in the suspension direction; a first movement section which relatively moves at least one of the absorbing member and the nozzle rows in the direction intersecting the nozzle row direction and perpendicular to the length of the absorbing member; a second movement section which moves the absorbing member in the suspension direction thereof, wherein the second movement section includes a rotation body capable of winding the absorbing member thereon; a medium holding member which holds a medium having a predetermined gap with respect to the nozzles in an ejection direction in which the fluid is ejected from the nozzles toward the medium; and a control section which performs a flushing process in which a fluid is selectively ejected from the nozzles facing the absorbing member toward the absorbing member while moving the absorbing member using the first movement section, wherein the absorbing member is located having a gap with respect to the medium holding member in the ejection direction when the fluid is ejected from the nozzles toward the absorbing member.