ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,053, issued on June 3, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printer and paper drawing-out method" was invented by Akira Suzuki (Mishima Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer includes a storing unit configured to store liner-less roll paper formed by winding, in a roll shape, continuous paper including an adhesive surface on a rear surface of a printing surface. The printer includes a conveying unit configured to draw out one end of the continuous paper in the roll paper from the roll paper in an unwinding manner and convey a sheet portion that is the drawn-out continuous paper in a sheet form. The printer incl...