ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,685, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing device" was invented by Norihiro Yamashita (Shiojiri, Japan) and Mafumi Kobayashi (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a printing section and a tray support section. The printing section performs printing on a medium. The tray support section supports a tray. The tray includes a placement surface configured to support the medium. The tray support section includes a positioning section that determines a placement position of the medium with respect to the tray."
The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2023, under Application No...