ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,775, issued on April 7, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Ryuji Moriyama (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a support unit including a support surface configured to support a medium, and a printing unit configured to perform printing on the medium supported by the transport unit. The support unit includes a first member formed of metal, a second member formed of a resin, and a third member formed of metal, the third member is attached to the first member, and supports the second member, and the second member is a plate-like member that forms the...