Patent ID: 7431445

Claim:
A liquid ejection apparatus comprising: an ejecting portion that ejects a droplet of a liquid containing a functional material onto an object, the ejecting portion including a pressure chamber in which the liquid is retained, a pressurizing portion, and a transmittable member, the pressurizing portion pressurizing the pressure chamber so as to eject the droplet; and a laser radiating portion that radiates a laser beam onto the transmittable member, the transmittable member dividing the laser beam into a first laser beam and a second laser beam, the first laser beam transmitting through the transmittable member in such a manner that a radiating position of the first laser beam coincides with a droplet receiving position at which the droplet is received by the object or a position in the vicinity of the droplet receiving position, and the second laser beam reaching a position defined on the object different from the radiating position of the first laser beam.