Patent ID: 8708477

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle opening for ejecting a liquid; a heating unit disposed opposite a liquid ejecting surface of the liquid ejecting head; a transport unit that transports a liquid-ejection-target medium between the liquid ejecting head and the heating unit in a transport direction; a detecting unit that detects a width of the liquid-ejection-target medium in a direction intersecting the transport direction; a blower unit that blows air onto the liquid-ejection-target surface of the medium along a certain direction, the blow unit comprising a plurality of blowing devices; a blowing control unit configured to vary an amount of air blown from each of the blowing devices of the plurality of blowing devices of the blower unit in a region facing the liquid-ejection-target medium and a region not facing the liquid-ejection-target medium in a direction intersecting the transport direction based upon the detected width of the liquid-ejection-target medium, blowing devices being disposed adjacent the region facing the liquid-ejection-target medium and the region not facing the liquid-ejection-target medium and air being blown from each of the blowing devices as the liquid-ejecting-target medium traverses past the blower unit.