ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,958, issued on April 29, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus, printing method, and storage medium" was invented by Hiroyuki Shioiri (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus to which a consumable part filled with a printing material can be detachably attached, so as to perform printing according to a color mode setting by use of the printing material filled in the consumable part whose type differs according to a contract, includes: a setting unit configured to set a contract status, based on information related to the contract; a first obtainment unit configured to obtain a set color mod...