A liquid ejecting apparatus that drives an element to eject a liquid onto a medium, is provided with: a drive signal generator that is configured to generate a plurality of types of ejection drive signals for driving the element to eject the liquid; a sensor for detecting a temperature of the drive signal generator; and a controller that temporarily halts generation of the ejection drive signal from the drive signal generator based on the type of the ejection drive signal and a result of detection by the sensor.