ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,037, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BROTHER KOGYO K.K. (Nagoya, Japan).
"Printing apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and method for improving throughput when dividing print medium" was invented by Yusuke Arai (Nagoya, Japan), Isao Kobayashi (Nagoya, Japan) and Yoshimitsu Taniguchi (Tajimi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a divider disposed downstream of a print engine in a conveyance direction, and a controller. The controller causes a conveyor to convey a print medium until a planned dividing position of the print medium reaches a dividing position of the divider, when a first conveya...