ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,242, issued on March 24, was assigned to HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LP (Spring, Texas).
"Print media tension" was invented by Alejandro Alarcon Cano (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain), Alexandre Rodriguez Llofriu (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain) and Andres Cano De La Fuente (Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, the tension in a print media may be determined in a region between a roller for unwinding the print media and a print zone. In this example, the rotational speed of the roller may be controlled based on the determined tension of the print media."
The patent was filed on Jan. 27, 2021...