US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Oct. 21 for "Printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,758, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus" was invented by Koki Fukasawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The printing apparatus includes a transport unit, a printing unit, a support portion, and a suction force applying unit. The transport unit is configured to apply a transport force to the printing medium and transport the printing medium. The printing unit is configured to perform printing on the printing medium transported. The support portion includes a support face configured to support the printing medium at a position upstream of the transport unit in a transport di...