DRIVE DEVICE FOR DRIVING FLUID DISCHARGE HEAD, RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING METHOD

A driving device, and a liquid discharge head and a recording apparatus using the driving device are provided which permit precise printing under various conditions. The driving device includes a latch signal generation circuit for generating a latch signal every Tc seconds; a delay time retention circuit for retaining data of delay times of less than Tc seconds; a plurality of first latch circuits which are capable of retaining one-line pixel data, and latch pixel data from outside by the latch signal; a plurality of second latch circuits which are divided into a plurality of second latch circuit groups, and latch pixel data retained in the plurality of first latch circuits after the delay time of data retained in the delay time retention circuit for each of the second latch circuit groups is passed after the latch signal is transmitted; and a driving signal transmission circuit which retains data of driving signals having a length of Tc seconds or less, and transmits the driving signals after a total time of the delay time of the data retained in the delay time retention circuit for each of the second latch circuit groups and a predetermined time of less than Tc seconds is passed after the latch signal is transmitted.