Liquid ejecting apparatus and driving method for liquid ejecting apparatus

A driving method for a liquid ejecting apparatus comprising a liquid ejecting head including nozzles through which liquid is ejected, and an identification information specific to the liquid ejecting head, the driving method comprising;

• before a replacement for the liquid ejecting head in response to a notification that replacement of the liquid ejecting head is needed due to a potential malfunction in the liquid ejecting head, storing the identification information acquired from a replacement target liquid ejecting head, as a replacement target identification information;
• after the replacement for the liquid ejecting head, storing the identification information acquired from the liquid ejecting head being in an attached state after the replacement, as a post-replacement identification information;
• and
• when the replacement target identification information is included in the post-replacement identification information, notifying that the liquid ejecting head being the replacement target is in an attached state again.

A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

• a liquid ejecting head including nozzles through which liquid is ejected, and including an identification information specific to the liquid ejecting head;
• an identification information acquisition device configured to acquire the identification information from the liquid ejecting head;
• a storage device in which the identification information is stored;
• and
• a control device configured to, in a case in which, when a replacement for the liquid ejecting head is made in response to a designation of the liquid ejecting head which is designated as a replacement target by user, the liquid ejecting head being the replacement target that has been attached again during a replacement process, notify that the liquid ejecting head being the replacement target is in an attached state again, based on the identification information stored in the storage device.