Patent ID: 7591552

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a transporting path including: a first region configured to transport a first target medium in a first direction, and a second region configured to transport a second target medium in the first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction; a liquid ejecting head, configured to eject liquid droplets toward the first target medium and the second target medium; a first roller and a second roller, disposed in a downstream side of the liquid ejecting head relative to the first direction, and configured to nip the first target medium therebetween; a supporting member, supporting the second roller and movable between a first position at which the second roller comes in contact with the first roller and a second position at which the second roller is separated from the first roller; and a releaser, rotatably supported on the supporting member and operable to move the supporting member between the first position and the second position in accordance with the rotation thereof, the releaser comprising a lever which is projected into not the first region but the second region of the transporting path when the supporting member is placed in the first position, wherein the lever is adapted configured to be pushed by a leading edge of the second target medium transported in the second direction, thereby receding from the transporting path and rotating the releaser in a such a direction that the releaser moves the supporting member to the second position.