US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Aug. 19 for "Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,055, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus" was invented by Taichi Ikeya (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes: a printing unit; a feeding roller that feeds a print medium; a feeding-side movable roller that applies tension to the print medium, in a feeding-side buffer region positioned between the feeding roller and the printing unit; a front drive roller that is positioned between the feeding-side buffer region and the printing unit and with which the print medium is intermittently transported; and a control ...