Liquid discharge apparatus

A liquid discharge apparatus, comprising:

• a discharge head including a plurality of nozzles;
• a head scanning mechanism configured to reciprocatingly move the discharge head in a main scanning direction;
• a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main scanning direction;
• and
• a controller configured to control the discharge head, the head scanning mechanism, and the conveyer;
• wherein the controller is configured to execute, in one pass,
• recording processing in which an image is formed on the recording medium by moving the discharge head in the main scanning direction and discharging liquid from the discharge head,
• setting processing, taking setting processing time and executed after completion of the recording processing, in which the discharge head is moved from an ending position of the recording processing for the one pass to a starting position of the recording processing for a pass following the one pass by changing a moving direction of the discharge head at a standstill position, without discharging the liquid from the discharge head, and
• conveyance processing in which the recording medium is conveyed in the sub-scanning direction,
• wherein the controller is further configured to:
• set the setting processing time required for the setting processing for the one pass as a first setting time in a case that the pass following the one pass is a first state pass, and
• set the setting processing time required for the setting processing for the one pass as a second setting time in a case that the pass following the one pass is a second state pass, the second setting time being obtained by adding a waiting time to the first setting time, the second state pass being different from the first state pass.