Introducing a liquid into a depression of a sample holding plate

A dispensing apparatus for introducing a liquid into a depression of a sample holding plate, the dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a dispensing head with an opening, wherein the dispensing head is designed to accommodate the liquid to be introduced;
• an actuator coupled to the dispensing head and designed to discharge the liquid out of the opening of the dispensing head;
• and
• a control device designed to control the actuator such that the actuator discharges a first liquid volume of the liquid out of the opening of the dispensing head into the depression at a first speed and discharges a second liquid volume of the liquid out of the opening of the dispensing head into the depression at a second speed, wherein the second speed is higher than the first speed.