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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Takahiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid from a nozzle; a drive waveform generator configured to generate a drive waveform including multiple drive pulses to be applied to the liquid discharge head, the multiple drive pulses successively including: a first drive pulse configured to cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid; a second drive pulse configured to cause the liquid discharge head not to discharged the liquid while causing meniscus of the liquid in the nozzle in the liquid discharge head to vibrate; and a third drive pulse configured to cause the liquid discharge head to discharge the liquid; in time series.