ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,193, issued on July 22, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus and control method of the same" was invented by Hiromitsu Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Hideki Kubo (Kanagawa, Japan), Kouta Murasawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Okinori Tsuchiya (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a printing unit including a first printing portion to print an image by a fluorescent coloring material, and a second printing portion to print an image by a second coloring material that is not colored, and a controller to control printing of an image onto a print medium performed by the first printing portio...