Fluid ejecting apparatus and method of controlling the fluid ejecting apparatus

1. A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a nozzle that ejects fluid;

a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands;

a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion when the nozzle ejects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route that extends from the nozzle to a spot on the medium where the fluid lands, the mist portion being a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid ejected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating; and

a controller controlling the mist sucking section such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection.

2. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the mist sucking section sucks air including the mist portion that is generated by an ejection, so as to move the mist portion from the route in a predetermined time period between the ejection and a next ejection.

3. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the mist sucking section is disposed on the downstream side of the nozzle in the direction of transportation.

4. The fluid ejecting apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a head that has the nozzle; and

an air supplying section that is provided between the mist sucking section and the head, and that supplies air.

5. A fluid ejecting apparatus comprising:

a nozzle that elects fluid;

a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands;

a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion when the nozzle elects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route that extends from the nozzle to a spot on the medium where the fluid lands, the mist portion being a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid elected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating; and

a controller controlling the mist sucking section such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection and such that the formula

v

m

≥

r

m

t

n

-

d

pg

v

d

 is satisfied, where v m [m/s] is the speed of movement of the mist portion in the direction of the mist sucking section, t n [s] is the predetermined time period, v d [m/s] is the speed of the fluid ejected by the nozzle, d pg [m] is the distance between the nozzle and the medium, and r m [m] is the radius of the mist portion.

6. A method of controlling a fluid ejecting apparatus, comprising:

providing a fluid ejecting apparatus, the fluid ejecting apparatus having a nozzle that ejects fluid, a transporting section that transports in a direction of transportation a medium on which the fluid lands, and a mist sucking section that sucks air including a mist portion, the mist portion being a portion of mist, which is part of the fluid ejected by the nozzle that does not land on the medium and is floating; and

controlling the mist sucking section when the nozzle ejects the fluid, so as to move the mist portion from a route along which the fluid travels after being ejected from the nozzle until landing on the medium such that for each occurrence of a first ejection followed by a second ejection, the mist formed from the first ejection is moved from the route prior to the second ejection.