US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Dec. 9 for "Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,088, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus" was invented by Naoto Hayakawa (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a first transport roller pair configured to transport a medium while nipping the medium at a first nip portion, a second transport roller pair disposed downstream of the first transport roller pair and configured to transport the medium while nipping the medium at a second nip portion, and a device disposed between the first transport roller pair and the second transport roller pair in a transport...