ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,665, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Printer and non-transitory computer readable storage medium" was invented by Isao Fukuchi (Gifu, Japan), Akira Minami (Nagoya, Japan) and Keisuke Nishihara (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a thermal head including a plurality of heat generating elements configured to apply energy to a recording medium, and a controller configured to perform control of periodically supplying the power to the plurality of heat generating elements. The recording medium includes a first color developing portion configured to develop a first color...