Patent ID: 8888273

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a transport unit that transports a recording medium; a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid onto the recording medium; and a recording-medium support unit having a support surface on which the recording medium is supported, the support surface having a plurality of suction holes, wherein the plurality of suction holes in the support surface are located outside a liquid ejecting area in which the liquid is ejected, and wherein the plurality of suction holes include a first suction-hole row including suction holes arranged at predetermined intervals in a width direction perpendicular to a recording-medium transport direction on an upstream side of the liquid ejecting area in the recording-medium transport direction, and a second suction-hole row including suction holes arranged on a downstream side of the liquid ejecting area in the recording-medium transport direction so as to be aligned widthwise with the suction holes of the first suction-hole row.