ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,371, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printer" was invented by Toshiya Inomata (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printer according to an embodiment includes a conveyance guide, a printing section, a position sensor, an arithmetic section, and a setting section. The conveyance guide guides an end portion in the width direction of a print medium and determines a conveyance position in the width direction of the print medium. The printing section prints on the print medium. The position sensor outputs a signal, which changes in proportion to a position in the width direction of the...