Patents by Inventor Masahiko SOMA

Masahiko SOMA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Printing apparatus and printing method
    Patent number: 11413889
    Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to print on a continuous sheet to be cut into a plurality of cut sheets at a plurality of cutting positions while being conveyed, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the continuous sheet, and a print head provided so as to face a conveyance path for the continuous sheet in the conveyance mechanism and configured to sequentially print a plurality of cutting marks indicating the plurality of cutting positions on the continuous sheet being conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, in which, from between front end portions and rear end portions of each of the pages in a conveyance direction of the continuous sheet in the conveyance mechanism when printing by the print head is performed, the print head prints the cutting marks on the rear end portions for a plurality of pages on the continuous sheet corresponding to the plurality of cut sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Susumu Takahashi, Hiroyuki Kataoka, Satoshi Yasuda, Tetsuya Ishida, Masahiko Soma, Hiroshi Nishide
  • PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20210237486
    Abstract: A printing apparatus configured to print on a continuous sheet to be cut into a plurality of cut sheets at a plurality of cutting positions while being conveyed, includes a conveyance mechanism configured to convey the continuous sheet, and a print head provided so as to face a conveyance path for the continuous sheet in the conveyance mechanism and configured to sequentially print a plurality of cutting marks indicating the plurality of cutting positions on the continuous sheet being conveyed by the conveyance mechanism, in which, from between front end portions and rear end portions of each of the pages in a conveyance direction of the continuous sheet in the conveyance mechanism when printing by the print head is performed, the print head prints the cutting marks on the rear end portions for a plurality of pages on the continuous sheet corresponding to the plurality of cut sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Susumu TAKAHASHI, Hiroyuki KATAOKA, Satoshi YASUDA, Tetsuya ISHIDA, Masahiko SOMA, Hiroshi NISHIDE