ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,053, issued on June 30, was assigned to SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Printing apparatus and management method" was invented by Hiroaki Usumoto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique provided herein makes it possible to select a measurement place to be adjusted from a plurality of measurement places in a printing apparatus if a misregistration amount deviates from a permissible range. The printing apparatus comprises a controller including a detection part, a causality search part, and a selection part. The detection part detects the amount of mutual misalignment between inks ejected from a plurality of ...