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A droplet ejection apparatus includes a reservoir tank that retains liquid crystal, a substrate stage on which a mother substrate is mounted, and an ejection head that opposes the substrate stage. The ejection head and the stage are movable relative to each other. The ejection head includes a nozzle plate in which nozzles are defined. The ejection head pressurizes the liquid crystal supplied from the reservoir tank and thus ejects the liquid crystal from the nozzles onto the mother substrate. An ejection heat heater is provided around the ejection head for regulating the temperature of the liquid crystal. The ejection head heater has a projecting portion that projects from the nozzle plate toward the substrate stage. The projecting portion encompasses the nozzle plate. This maintains the viscosity of the liquid crystal in the vicinity of the nozzles at a sufficiently low level.
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