A method for driving a droplet ejection device having an actuator, which comprises: applying a low power multi-pulse waveform (900, 1000, 1100) having three drive pulses (910, 920, 930, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1110, 1120, 1130) comprising a first drive pulse (910, 1010, 1110), a second drive pulse (920, 1020, 1120) and a third drive pulse (930, 1030, 1130) and two intermediate portions (915, 925, 1015, 1025, 1115, 1125) comprising a first intermediate portion (915, 1015, 1115) that is between the first drive pulse and the second drive pulse and a second intermediate portion (925, 1025, 1125) that is between the second drive pulse and the third drive pulse to the actuator; and causing the droplet ejection device to eject one or more droplets of a fluid in response to the drive pulses of the low power multi-pulse waveform, wherein the first intermediate portion has a voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to a first threshold voltage level and the second intermediate portion has a voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to a second threshold voltage level, wherein a peak voltage of the first drive pulse is less than a peak voltage of the second drive pulse which is less than a peak voltage of the third drive pulse, wherein the first threshold voltage level is less than the peak voltage associated with the first drive pulse and the second threshold voltage level is less than the peak voltage associated with the second drive pulse, wherein the three drive pulses and the two intermediate portions alternate in time in order to vary a pressure of a pumping chamber of the droplet ejection device, wherein the first and second intermediate portions create a pumping action to drive sub-drops that form into an overall large drop of the fluid, wherein the first intermediate portion has the voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to the first threshold voltage level and the second intermediate portion has the voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to the second threshold voltage level to reduce a total magnitude of voltage changes that includes a first voltage change between the peak voltage of the first drive pulse and the voltage level of the first intermediate portion and a second voltage change between the voltage level of the first intermediate portion and the peak voltage of the second drive pulse and wherein the peak voltage of the first drive pulse is less than the peak voltage of the second drive pulse which is less than the peak voltage of the third drive pulse to eject the overall large drop of the fluid having a mass greater than 50 nanograms (ng). applying a low power multi-pulse waveform (900, 1000, 1100) having three drive pulses (910, 920, 930, 1010, 1020, 1030, 1110, 1120, 1130) comprising a first drive pulse (910, 1010, 1110), a second drive pulse (920, 1020, 1120) and a third drive pulse (930, 1030, 1130) and two intermediate portions (915, 925, 1015, 1025, 1115, 1125) comprising a first intermediate portion (915, 1015, 1115) that is between the first drive pulse and the second drive pulse and a second intermediate portion (925, 1025, 1125) that is between the second drive pulse and the third drive pulse to the actuator; and causing the droplet ejection device to eject one or more droplets of a fluid in response to the drive pulses of the low power multi-pulse waveform, wherein the first intermediate portion has a voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to a first threshold voltage level and the second intermediate portion has a voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to a second threshold voltage level, wherein a peak voltage of the first drive pulse is less than a peak voltage of the second drive pulse which is less than a peak voltage of the third drive pulse, wherein the first threshold voltage level is less than the peak voltage associated with the first drive pulse and the second threshold voltage level is less than the peak voltage associated with the second drive pulse, wherein the three drive pulses and the two intermediate portions alternate in time in order to vary a pressure of a pumping chamber of the droplet ejection device, wherein the first and second intermediate portions create a pumping action to drive sub-drops that form into an overall large drop of the fluid, wherein the first intermediate portion has the voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to the first threshold voltage level and the second intermediate portion has the voltage level greater than zero and less than or equal to the second threshold voltage level to reduce a total magnitude of voltage changes that includes a first voltage change between the peak voltage of the first drive pulse and the voltage level of the first intermediate portion and a second voltage change between the voltage level of the first intermediate portion and the peak voltage of the second drive pulse and wherein the peak voltage of the first drive pulse is less than the peak voltage of the second drive pulse which is less than the peak voltage of the third drive pulse to eject the overall large drop of the fluid having a mass greater than 50 nanograms (ng).