Patent attributes
The liquid ejection apparatus includes: a head having a plurality of nozzles each for ejecting a liquid droplet, and a plurality of elements each provided in correspondence with a respective one of the nozzles; a drive signal generation section that generates a first drive signal including a plurality of waveform sections, and a second drive signal that is different from the first drive signal and that includes a plurality of waveform sections; and a controlling section that drives the element to cause the liquid droplet to be ejected from the nozzle, by selecting one of the first drive signal and the second drive signal, further selecting a predetermined waveform section from among the plurality of waveform sections included in the drive signal that has been selected, and applying, to the element, the predetermined waveform section that has been selected.