US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on July 15 for "Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,312, issued on July 15, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a transport unit including a roller that transports a recording sheet in a transport direction, a transport motor that rotates the roller, and a driving circuit that drives the transport motor, a head that performs printing on the recording sheet, a cutter that cuts the recording sheet, and a control unit. The control unit puts the transport motor into a hold state by the driving circuit when t...