The invention provides a liquid ejecting apparatus, capable of reliably preventing foreign matters such as paper dust from attaching to the ink jet recording head. A cover 24 covering the outer peripheral face is disposed on a transport driven roller 15 on the upstream side of an ink jet recording head 16. A flange 24a is disposed on the cover 24 and a conductive shielding member 22 is arranged on the flange 24a. Accordingly, the conductive shielding member 22 is provided to cover the edge area of the target ejection medium, where paper dust adhesion is most likely to occur, and therefore it is possible to physically prevent paper dust from flying toward the nozzle plate 16a side. Moreover, the conductive shielding member 22 is electrically conductive, and therefore it is also possible to prevent frictional charging of paper dust caused by the friction between the liquid ejecting unit and the conductive shielding member 22, thereby preventing paper dust from flying due to electrostatic charging.