Patent ID: 8550591

Claim:
A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising: a transporting unit that transports a medium on which fluid lands in a transportation direction of the medium; a head including a nozzle row, each nozzle row forming an array and each array extending in a width direction of the medium, the nozzle row having nozzles each of which eject the fluid; a mist sucking section which is disposed on the downstream side in the transportation direction, the mist sucking section including a suction port; a fan that sucks air including a mist from the suction port; and a controller controlling the fan so as to move at least a portion of the mist from an area of between the head and the medium, wherein the controller controls the fan such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection.