US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on March 17 for "Printing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,080, issued on March 17, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Printing apparatus" was invented by Koki Fukasawa (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes a transport roller, a printing unit, and a winding angle changing unit. The transport roller is configured to apply a transport force to the printing medium and transport the printing medium. The printing unit is configured to perform printing on the printing medium transported. The winding angle changing unit is provided upstream of the transport roller in a transport direction of the printing medium and configured to change a winding ang...