ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,171, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CANON PRODUCTION PRINTING HOLDING B.V. (Venlo, Netherlands).

"Method for enhancing adhesion of a UV curable ink" was invented by Fredericus P. H. Theunissen (Venlo, Netherlands) and Koen J. Klein Koerkamp (Venlo, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method of controlling a digital inkjet printer, the digital printer is arranged to operate in a selected first print mode which includes a first speed in a main scanning direction. A digital image and a print setting that the digital image is planned to be printed in an enhanced adhesion print mode are received. A time period needed for a...