Patent ID: 7338146

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus, comprising: a liquid ejecting head, including: a nozzle forming face having a plurality of nozzle opening arrays; wherein each of the nozzle opening arrays has plural nozzle openings; and wherein the nozzle opening arrays includes at least one main nozzle opening array for ejecting a first liquid and at least one sub-nozzle opening array for ejecting a second liquid which is different from the first liquid in function; a plurality of pressure generating chambers, communicating with the nozzle openings respectively; and a plurality of pressure generating members, applying pressure to liquid in the pressure generating chambers respectively so as to eject the liquid from the nozzle openings; a capping member, sealing the nozzle forming face of the liquid ejecting head; and a suction unit, applying a negative pressure to the nozzle forming face of the liquid ejecting head in a state that the nozzle forming face is sealed with the capping member so that the liquid in the liquid ejecting head is exhaust through a suction port of the capping member, wherein a defining member is provided in the capping member, which divides the inner space formed in the state that the nozzle forming face is sealed with the capping member into a first liquid receiving portion corresponding to the main nozzle opening array, and a second liquid receiving portion corresponding to the sub-nozzle opening array, and defines the first liquid receiving portion and the second liquid receiving portion so as to communicate with each other.