Patent ID: 6880913

Claim:
A liquid ejecting device, comprising: a liquid ejecting head, having a nozzle formation face on which nozzle orifices for ejecting liquid drops are formed; and a controller, which performs a recovery operation for removing liquid drops having a changed liquid property, the liquid drops being at and near the nozzle orifices; wherein the recovery operation is performed by using at least a flushing mode in which liquid drops are ejected in a state that the nozzle formation face is sealed; wherein the controller selectively performs a plurality of flushing modes which are set in accordance with degrees in change of a liquid property of the liquid drops being at and near the nozzle orifices; wherein the degrees in change of the liquid property of the liquid drops are determined by a relation between an accumulative time that the nozzle orifices are left in a sealing state and an accumulative time that a liquid ejection is executed; wherein a high flushing mode of the flushing modes for removing the liquid having a high degree in change of the liquid property has a first flushing mode which is performed at a first time and second and subsequent flushing modes which is performed at a second and subsequent time; and wherein the number of liquid drops ejected in the first flushing mode is greater than the number of liquid drops ejected in the second and sequent flushing modes.