ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,510, issued on April 7, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus for comparing a read image to a correct image to determine if the read image is free of abnormalities" was invented by Hideshi Ichimi (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus connectable to an inspection apparatus in a communicable manner according to the present invention includes a reception unit configured to receive an inspection job including at least information indicating whether a correct answer image is to be registered, an analysis unit configured to analyze the received inspection job, and, a control unit configured t...