US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on July 7 for "Printing device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,513, issued on July 7, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing device" was invented by Ryo Nishikawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing device includes a support portion having a support surface supporting a medium, a head unit configured to print an image on the medium supported by the support portion, a first movement portion configured to move the head unit in a first direction; a second movement portion configured to move the first movement portion in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and an illumination unit disposed to face the support surface and configured to emit li...