ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,583, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Recording method and recording device" was invented by Keigo Ando (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recording method includes: a white ink attachment step of ejecting a white ink composition containing a white coloring material from a white ink jet head and attaching the white ink composition to a recording medium; a non-white ink attachment step of ejecting a non-white ink composition containing a non-white coloring material from a non-white ink jet head and attaching the non-white ink composition to the recording medium; and a primary drying step of ...