US Patent 7377607 Liquid ejecting apparatus and method of transferring image data

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an image buffer which stores image data, a memory, a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid droplet therefrom based on the image data, and a head control unit which transfers the image data stored in the image buffer to the memory, and transfers the image data for each color stored in the memory to the liquid ejecting head. The head control unit transfers first null data to the liquid ejecting head before start of the transfer of the image data from the memory to the liquid ejecting head. The head control unit transfers the null data to the liquid ejecting head after end of transfer of the image data from the memory to the liquid ejecting head.