ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,195, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SATO Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printer, printing method for printer, and program" was invented by Takuma Hirafuji (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer is configured to print on a print medium having a thermal color developing layer and includes: a thermal head having a plurality of heating elements that are arranged in a line; and a processor configured to: set a first application period of a pulse of energizing current, during a scanning line time for one line, the pulse of energizing current applying thermal energy that causes the thermal color developing layer to develop color, to the plura...