Liquid ejecting apparatus and maintenance method for the same

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head having a nozzle that ejects liquid to an ejection medium; a maintenance mechanism having a receiving portion that receives the liquid which is discharged from the liquid ejecting head in a maintenance operation for the liquid ejecting head; and a cleaning liquid supply mechanism configured to supply cleaning liquid to the receiving portion in a cleaning operation of cleaning the receiving portion. If a time from when the maintenance operation of former one has been executed to when the maintenance operation of later one is executed is equal to or longer than a first setting time and shorter than a second setting time, after the maintenance operation of the later one is executed, the cleaning operation is executed subsequently to the maintenance operation of the later one.

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