ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,639, issued on April 8, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing control program for performing print job with desired print settings" was invented by Yoichi Mitsui (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive print jobs, a storage unit configured to accumulate the print jobs received by the communication unit, a printing unit configured to print the print jobs, and a control unit. The control unit acquires print setting information related to the print jobs via the communication unit, performs collective s...