Liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus, comprising:

• an array of actuators configured to cause liquid to be discharged from a plurality of nozzles corresponding thereto;
• and
• a drive circuit configured to:
• apply a wake waveform to one or more of the actuators such that a voltage of the one or more of the actuators increases to a first voltage and then is maintained at the first voltage without discharge of liquid from nozzles corresponding thereto;
• and
• after application of the wake waveform, apply a drive waveform to the one or more of the actuators for each of one or more discharge cycles, such that liquid is discharged from nozzles corresponding thereto for each of the one or more discharge cycles, one or more droplets of the liquid corresponding to input data being discharged from one or more of the nozzles in each of the one or more discharge cycles, wherein
• a time period from when the wake waveform starts to be applied to the one or more of the actuators to when the drive waveform starts to be applied to the one or more of the actuators is equal to or longer than two discharge cycles.

A method for driving an actuator of a liquid discharge apparatus, comprising:

• applying a wake waveform to an actuator such that a voltage of the actuator increases to a first voltage and then is maintained at the first voltage without discharge of liquid from a nozzle associated with the actuator;
• and
• after the wake waveform is applied, applying a drive waveform to the actuator for a discharge cycle such that one or more droplets of liquid corresponding to input data are discharged from the nozzle in the discharge cycle, wherein
• a time period from when the wave waveform starts to be applied to the actuator to when the drive waveform starts to be applied to the actuator is equal to or longer than a period of time equal to two discharge cycles.