Patent ID: 7241343

Claim:
A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus comprising: a main body; a work piece mounting unit on which a work piece is mounted; a droplet ejecting head for ejecting liquid to the work piece; a Y-axis movement mechanism for moving the work piece mounting unit in a Y-axis direction relative to the main body, and an X-axis movement mechanism for moving the droplet ejecting head in an X-axis direction substantially perpendicular to the Y-axis direction relative to the main body; a relative movement mechanism for moving the work piece mounting unit relative to the droplet ejecting head; droplet ejecting head maintenance units arranged in a group in a maintenance unit installing section; a maintenance unit moving mechanism for moving the maintenance unit installing section in the X-axis direction relative to the main body, and wherein the droplet ejecting head maintenance units in the maintenance unit installing section are arranged in a line in the X-axis direction relative to the main body.