A method for driving a plasma display panel having sustain electrodes which includes first and second electrodes, and address electrodes includes the following the steps:
applying a first slope erase pulse to one of the sustain electrodes, the voltage of the first slope pulse reaching a first voltage during a reset period:
applying an addressing pulse to the address electrodes and a scan pulse to the second electrodes during an addressing:
applying sustain pulses between the first and second electrodes, the voltage of the sustain pulse reaching the first voltage.
