US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on May 26 for "Image forming device and method of controlling image forming device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,888, issued on May 26, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image forming device and method of controlling image forming device" was invented by Norihiko Nakajima (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming device including an ink jet head includes a detection unit that detects a degree of nozzle clogging of the ink jet head, a first determination unit that determines a type of cleaning of the ink jet head, the type of the cleaning having different execution periods based on the degree of the nozzle clogging detected by the detection unit, an acquisition unit that acquires a user's usage tendency of the im...