ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,220, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Jitsui Ohsugi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes an image former, a plurality of trays, a paper size setter, a display, and one or more controllers. The image former forms an image on paper by heating and fixing a toner onto the paper using a replaceable fixing unit detachably mounted therein. The image former includes a fixing unit detector. Upon the fixing unit detector detecting mounting of the fixing unit, the controller acquires a paper width that is manageable for printing by...