Liquid ejecting apparatus and flying curve detecting method

A method of detecting a flying curve of dots formed by a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head which has a nozzle row in which a plurality of nozzles ejecting a liquid on an ejecting target medium is arranged and a moving unit which relatively moves the liquid ejecting head with respect to the ejecting target medium in a main scanning direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the nozzles, the method comprising:

• ejecting a liquid by the liquid ejecting head to form a test pattern on the ejecting target medium, the test pattern being formed such that the minimum interval between a plurality of dots formed by ejecting the liquid in the main scanning direction by the liquid ejecting head is set as a reference interval, a dot group where one or more dots formed by the nozzles of the nozzle group formed by the plurality of nozzles line up at the reference interval in the main scanning direction is formed, a line part where a plurality of the dot groups is formed at an interval larger than the reference interval in the main scanning direction is formed, and a plurality of the line parts is formed in a sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction;
• forming the dot groups so that widths of the dot groups in the main scanning direction are equal to each other and forming the test pattern so that intervals of the dot groups forming each line part in the main scanning direction are equal to each other.