Patent ID: 8851602
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head that has a plurality of nozzles ejecting liquid, a pressure chamber communicating with each of the nozzles respectively and a pressure generating unit generating a pressure variation to liquid inside the pressure chamber, and that ejects liquid from the nozzle by driving of the pressure generating unit; a drive signal generating unit that is capable of generating a plurality of drive signals including drive pulses that drive the pressure generating unit so as to eject liquid, in a predetermined period; and a selection control unit that performs control to selectively apply the drive pulses included in the drive signals that are generated from the drive signal generating unit with respect to the pressure generating unit, wherein the drive signal generating unit generates a first drive signal including a first drive pulse and a second drive signal including a second drive pulse that is generated later than the first drive pulse within the same period, wherein an inherent vibration period of pressure vibration that is generated in liquid inside the pressure chamber is Tc; wherein a period of the first drive pulse is T; wherein the second drive pulse starts at a time Δt after the first drive pulse starts; wherein Tc≦Δt≦T, such that the second drive pulse begins after the first drive pulse begins but before the first drive pulse ends; and wherein the selection control unit applies the first drive pulse with respect to the pressure generating unit corresponding to one side of adjacent nozzles and applies the second drive pulse with respect to the pressure generating unit corresponding to the other side thereof.