US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on May 13 for "Printing device communicates with first and second external devices, transmits first drive signal to the first external device while cutting is performed and transmits second drive signal to the second external device while cutting is not performed" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,337, issued on May 13, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing device communicates with first and second external devices, transmits first drive signal to the first external device while cutting is performed and transmits second drive signal to the second external device while cutting is not performed" was invented by Shingo Todaka (Matsumoto, Japan) and Ryota Kondo (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a communication section configured to communicate with an external device, a connector configured to be coupled to one of a first peripheral device and a second peripheral device, a pr...