Patent ID: 8376492

Claim:
A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising: a liquid ejecting head which comprises a pressure generating chamber communicating with a nozzle opening and a pressure generating element configured to cause variation in a pressure of a liquid in the pressure generating chamber, wherein the liquid ejecting head is configured to eject the liquid from the nozzle opening by an operation of the pressure generating element; and a driving signal generating unit configured to generate a series of driving signals containing a driving pulse used to drive the pressure generating element, wherein the driving pulse generated by the driving signal generating unit contains a plurality of expansion components for expanding the pressure generating chamber and drawing a meniscus and an ejection component for contracting the expanded pressure generating chamber and ejecting a liquid droplet, and wherein the expansion component comprises a first expansion component drawing the meniscus at a first rate of change of voltage and a second expansion component drawing the meniscus at a second, different rate of change of voltage.