ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,565, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus and control method for printing apparatus" was invented by Tomohiro Yoda (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a feeding unit, a conveyance roller, a printing unit, a guide unit, a winding unit, and a control unit. The guide unit includes a heater (first heater) that heats a surface that comes into contact with a printing medium (medium), and applies a tensile force while heating the medium after printing by the first heater. The control unit controls a winding force of the winding unit to adjust the tensi...