CPC B41J 2/055 (2013.01) [B41J 2/165 (2013.01); B41J 2/185 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method of controlling a liquid ejecting apparatus, the liquid ejecting apparatus including
a pressure chamber that communicates with a nozzle that ejects a liquid,
a drive element that changes a pressure of the liquid in the pressure chamber, and
a drive circuit that supplies the drive element with an ejection pulse that generates a change in the pressure that ejects the liquid from the nozzle,
the method comprising:
specifying a surface tension of the liquid in the nozzle from a residual vibration when the pressure of the liquid in the pressure chamber is changed; and
controlling a waveform of the ejection pulse according to the surface tension.
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