Liquid ejecting apparatus and maintenance method of liquid ejecting apparatus

A maintenance method of a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting portion configured to eject a liquid from a plurality of nozzles that are arranged on a nozzle surface and forms a nozzle row, a plate-shaped member having an upper end portion of which a dimension in a direction in which the nozzle row extends is equal to or larger than that of the nozzle row, and a wiping member configured to wipe the nozzle surface, the maintenance method comprising:

• performing a contact operation of bringing the liquid bulging from the nozzle into contact with the upper end portion in a state where a nozzle peripheral region including the nozzles on the nozzle surface is not in contact with the upper end portion, and maintaining the contact state between the liquid bulging from the nozzle and the upper end portion for a predetermined time without relatively moving the liquid ejecting portion and the plate-shaped member;
• and
• performing a wiping operation of wiping the nozzle surface after the contact operation by relatively moving the wiping member and the liquid ejecting portion in a wiping direction along the nozzle surface.