Patent ID: 8016381

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus that ejects liquid on a target comprising: a head having a liquid storage portion for storing the liquid, a nozzle row that ejects the liquid, and a liquid supply channel that supplies the liquid stored in the liquid storage portion to the nozzle row; a ejecting state inspecting unit that controls the flow rate of the liquid supply channel to achieve an inspection flow rate which is faster than the flow rate in the liquid supply channel when ejecting the liquid to the target at predetermined timing and performs a ejecting state inspection for detecting the ejecting state of the liquid from the nozzle row; and a cleaning performing unit that performs the head cleaning when a defective ejection of the liquid from the nozzle row is detected by the ejecting state inspecting unit and does not perform the head cleaning when the defective ejection of the liquid from the nozzle row is not detected by the ejecting state inspecting unit.