G06K 15/00
Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data
Official title: Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data {, e.g. computer output printers}(printing or plotting combined with another operation, e.g. with conveying, G06K17/00)
G06K15/00 (Arrangements for producing a permanent visual presentation of the output data) appears on 13,767 US grants and 11,078 published applications in this corpus.
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- Printing system and printing method1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296048 A1Seiko Epson Corporation
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- Image forming apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299476 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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