Liquid ejecting apparatus and detection method of liquid ejecting apparatus

A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

• a liquid ejecting portion that includes a nozzle ejecting a liquid onto a medium;
• a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid;
• a supply flow path through which the liquid storage portion communicates with the liquid ejecting portion;
• an opening/closing mechanism including
• an opening/closing portion bringing the supply flow path into an open state or a closed state, and
• an operation portion operating the opening/closing portion;
• a carriage mounted with the liquid ejecting portion and the opening/closing mechanism and configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction;
• a contact portion that comes in contact with the opening/closing mechanism when the carriage moves while the supply flow path is in the closed state;
• and
• a detection portion that detects contact between the opening/closing mechanism and the contact portion,
• wherein
• the operation portion includes a lever configured to pivot between an open position where the supply flow path is in the open state and a closed position where the supply flow path is in the closed state,
• the opening/closing portion includes a pressing member that blocks the supply flow path when the lever is in the closed position, and opens the supply flow path when the lever is in the open position, and
• the lever comes in contact with the contact portion when the carriage moves while the supply flow path is in the closed state.

A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:

• a liquid ejecting portion that includes a nozzle ejecting a liquid onto a medium;
• a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid;
• a supply flow path through which the liquid storage portion communicates with the liquid ejecting portion;
• an opening/closing mechanism including
• an opening/closing portion bringing the supply flow path into an open state or a closed state, and
• an operation portion operating the opening/closing portion;
• a carriage mounted with the liquid ejecting portion and the opening/closing mechanism and configured to reciprocate in a main scanning direction;
• a contact portion that comes in contact with the opening/closing mechanism when the carriage moves while the supply flow path is in the closed state;
• and
• a detection portion that detects contact between the opening/closing mechanism and the contact portion,
• wherein
• the operation portion is configured to move between the open position where the supply flow path is in the open state and the closed position where the supply flow path is in the closed state, and
• the contact portion is disposed outside a movement region in which the operation portion positioned at the open position moves with a movement of the carriage, and is disposed inside a movement region in which the operation portion positioned at the closed position moves with the movement of the carriage.