A method of ejecting liquid drops comprising: providing liquid under pressure sufficient to eject a liquid jet through a nozzle of a liquid chamber, the liquid jet including a fundamental period of liquid jet break off; providing a drop formation device associated with the liquid jet; providing a print period defined as N times the fundamental period of liquid jet break off where N is an integer greater than 1; providing input image data having M levels per input image pixel including a non-print level where M is an integer and 2< M ≤ N+1; providing a charging device including: a charge electrode associated with the liquid jet; and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and the liquid jet, the source of varying electrical potential providing a waveform to the charge electrode, the waveform repeating at least once during every print period, the waveform including one or more print drop voltage states and one or more non-print drop voltage states, the waveform being independent of the input image data; modulating the liquid jet using the drop formation device to selectively cause portions of the liquid jet to break off into a sequence of print drops and a non-print drops traveling along an initial path by providing a plurality of waveforms to the drop formation device, each of the plurality of waveforms having a period equal to the print period, each waveform being selected in response to the input image data to form a print drop having a volume that corresponds to the level of the input image pixel; synchronizing the charging device and the drop formation device to produce a print drop charge to mass ratio on print drops as they break off from the liquid jet and to produce a non-print drop charge to mass ratio on non-print drops as they break off from the liquid jet, the print drop charge to mass ratio being different than the non-print drop charge to mass ratio; and causing at least one of the print drops and the non-print drops to deviate from the initial path using a deflection device. providing liquid under pressure sufficient to eject a liquid jet through a nozzle of a liquid chamber, the liquid jet including a fundamental period of liquid jet break off; providing a drop formation device associated with the liquid jet; providing a print period defined as N times the fundamental period of liquid jet break off where N is an integer greater than 1; providing input image data having M levels per input image pixel including a non-print level where M is an integer and 2< M ≤ N+1; providing a charging device including: a charge electrode associated with the liquid jet; and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and the liquid jet, the source of varying electrical potential providing a waveform to the charge electrode, the waveform repeating at least once during every print period, the waveform including one or more print drop voltage states and one or more non-print drop voltage states, the waveform being independent of the input image data; a charge electrode associated with the liquid jet; and a source of varying electrical potential between the charge electrode and the liquid jet, the source of varying electrical potential providing a waveform to the charge electrode, the waveform repeating at least once during every print period, the waveform including one or more print drop voltage states and one or more non-print drop voltage states, the waveform being independent of the input image data; modulating the liquid jet using the drop formation device to selectively cause portions of the liquid jet to break off into a sequence of print drops and a non-print drops traveling along an initial path by providing a plurality of waveforms to the drop formation device, each of the plurality of waveforms having a period equal to the print period, each waveform being selected in response to the input image data to form a print drop having a volume that corresponds to the level of the input image pixel; synchronizing the charging device and the drop formation device to produce a print drop charge to mass ratio on print drops as they break off from the liquid jet and to produce a non-print drop charge to mass ratio on non-print drops as they break off from the liquid jet, the print drop charge to mass ratio being different than the non-print drop charge to mass ratio; and causing at least one of the print drops and the non-print drops to deviate from the initial path using a deflection device.