Patent ID: 8517506

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus for ejecting fluid onto a print medium, the fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a fluid ejecting head having nozzle rows formed by a plurality of nozzles, in which a fluid is ejected from the nozzle rows; a linear absorbing member which extends along the nozzle row, is installed so as to move from one side of the nozzle row to the other side, and absorbs the fluid ejected from the nozzles; a running mechanism which runs the linear absorbing member from the one side of the nozzle row to the other side; a detection mechanism which detects a running speed of the linear absorbing member run by the running mechanism by detecting a location of fluid ejected onto the linear absorbing member as the linear absorbing member moves from the one side to end of the other side; and an adjustment unit which adjusts the running speed of the linear absorbing member run by the running mechanism based on the running speed of the linear absorbing member detected by the detection mechanism.