Method of discharging fluid from liquid ejecting apparatus

A method of discharging fluid from a liquid ejecting apparatus, the liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion from which liquid is ejected, a supply passage through which the liquid is supplied from a liquid supply source to the liquid ejecting portion, a return passage having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to the supply passage at a first location, the second end being connected to the supply passage at a second location, the second location being positioned closer to the liquid ejecting portion than the first location, the return passage and the supply passage constituting a circulating passage, and a discharge passage through which the fluid is discharged to an outside, the discharge passage being connected to a connection location of the return passage between the first end and the second end, the method comprising:

• performing a discharging operation of discharging fluid through the discharge passage by causing the liquid in the liquid supply source to flow out to the supply passage, the fluid being fluid in the supply passage between the liquid supply source and the second location and fluid in the return passage between the second location and the connecting location;
• performing a moving operation of causing fluid between the connecting location of the return passage and the first location to flow to the supply passage after the discharging operation is performed;
• and
• performing a filling operation of discharging the fluid flowed to the supply passage in the moving operation through the liquid ejecting portion.