ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,699, issued on March 24, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus" was invented by Nobuhiko Hamada (Shiojiri, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printing apparatus includes: a feeding portion configured to feed a medium from a roll; a transport unit configured to transport the fed medium along a transport path; a printing unit configured to discharge a liquid on the medium; an air blowing unit disposed downstream of the printing unit in the transport path and configured to blow air toward the medium; and a control unit configured to control blowing air by the air blowing unit, in which the air blowing unit ...