JP2002027171A - Original reading recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an original reading recording device that can record pages in the order of page numbers even when pages under different read conditions are intermingled. SOLUTION: The original reading recording device is provided with an original read section 9, a recording section 10, an image storage section 4, a read condition setting section 8, and a control section 1 that reads an original under an optional read condition that is set, stores the rear image into the image storage section 4, allows the recording section 10 to test-record the read image, reads the original under other read condition that is set, inserts the read image to the image stored in the image storage section 4 or replaces the read image with the image stored in the storage section 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a document reading / recording apparatus such as a copying machine for arbitrarily setting document reading conditions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A document reading and recording apparatus such as a copying machine inputs a number of copies, sets reading conditions such as density and magnification, and then starts reading a document. It can read and record the number of copies input.

[0003]

However, in the conventional document reading and recording apparatus, if the reading of the document is started in order to record a plurality of pages of the document, all the pages are read under the same reading conditions. . Therefore, if the original contains pages whose density or magnification is to be converted, or if it is desired to mix photographs or book images, these pages are read and recorded separately after changing the reading conditions. After recording, it takes time to insert or bind the recording paper to another recording paper. In particular,
When the number of copies is large, such work is troublesome. Also, when the original is read at an angle and cannot be recorded correctly, it is necessary to read and replace the page again.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has as its object to provide a document reading and recording apparatus capable of recording pages in the order of pages even when pages having different reading conditions are mixed. I have.

[0005]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a document reading / recording apparatus, comprising: a document reading unit, a recording unit, an image storage unit, and a reading condition setting unit. The original is read by setting arbitrary reading conditions, and the read image is stored in the image storage unit, and after the test recording is performed by the recording unit, the original is read by setting other reading conditions, and the read image is read. Is inserted into the image stored in the image storage unit, or the control unit replaces the image with the image stored in the image storage unit.

Here, the test record refers to a case where only one copy is recorded in order to confirm the recording state, and the read record itself is not different from a normal read record. However, since the stored image is retained without erasing in order to record the target image thereafter, in the present invention, the recording at this time is called a test record.

According to a second aspect, in the first aspect, the control unit further performs test recording of the image read under other reading conditions by the recording unit. That is, an image to be inserted into an image stored in the image storage unit and an image to be replaced with an image stored in the image storage unit, which is read later, can be confirmed by the test record.

According to a third aspect, in the first or second aspect, the control unit inserts an image read under another reading condition or stores an image after replacing the image with another image read under another reading condition. The image stored in the unit is recorded by the recording unit. That is, the target image is recorded in the order of pages.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the document reading and recording apparatus. here,
Although the configuration of the facsimile machine F (multifunction machine) having a high-performance copy function has been described as a document reading and recording apparatus, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. May be a personal computer having the above.

The facsimile apparatus F has a copy function of reading an image from a document under set reading conditions and recording the image on a predetermined recording sheet in accordance with the set recording conditions, in addition to facsimile communication via the telephone line L. ing.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit comprising a CPU or the like, a main control unit for controlling the following units, and 2 an NCU for sending a dial signal to the telephone line L and controlling connection to the telephone line L; Reference numeral 3 denotes a modem for modulating and demodulating signals for performing facsimile communication, 4 denotes an image memory configured as an image storage unit, temporarily stores image data, 5 denotes a RAM for storing various data, and 6 denotes a control program. ROM is stored in advance, etc., 7 is a liquid crystal display or L
A display unit including an ED; an operation unit including various operation keys; a reading unit configured to read an image from a set document; a facsimile-received image; The recording unit records (prints out) an image read from the reading unit 9 on a predetermined recording sheet.

The operation unit 8 includes a reading mode setting key (normal, fine, photograph, etc.), a density setting key, a magnification setting key, and the like functioning as a reading condition setting unit.
The main control unit 1 sets an arbitrary reading condition by operating the operation unit 8, and when the reading unit 9 reads a document, stores the read image in the image memory 4. In the present invention, the stored image is test-recorded by the recording unit 10.

The test record refers to recording only one copy which is executed to check the recording state. The reading and recording itself is not different from normal reading and recording. However, after recording, the image stored in the image memory 5 is retained without being erased. In addition, if back paper (recording paper on which single-side recording has been performed) is used as the recording paper for the test recording, new recording paper is not wasted. In this case, before the test recording, the main control unit 1 sends a recording paper cassette selection signal to the recording unit 10 and selects the cassette containing the backing paper.

After the test recording, if the original is read by setting other reading conditions with the operation unit 8, the read image is read.
It can be inserted into the image stored in the image memory 4 or replaced with the image stored in the image memory 4.

[0015] With this, in a multi-page document,
For example, even in the case where photo originals are mixed, it is possible to check the recording state of the photo original, change the reading conditions, read the photo original again, and replace it with the previously read photo image. In addition, it is possible to read a document other than a photo document first, change the reading conditions, and then read the photo document to insert a photo image. Also, when an image such as a book that cannot be automatically fed or a page of a different document size is mixed, these can be read later and inserted into another document read earlier.

At the time of subsequent reading, it is not always necessary to change the reading conditions. That is, even when the original is forgotten to be inserted or the original cannot be read correctly at the time of the previous reading, these originals can be read later and inserted or replaced. Therefore, unlike the related art, since the pages are recorded in the page order, there is no need to read all the pages again.

The main controller 1 records the image stored in the image memory 4 after inserting the image read under other reading conditions or replacing the image read under other reading conditions with the recording unit 10. I do.

As described above, according to the present invention, the image read later is replaced with a part of the image read earlier, or inserted into the image read earlier to change the stored image and change the stored image. Since the subsequent images can be recorded in page order, the recording paper read and recorded under different reading conditions later can be manually inserted into another recording paper previously recorded or bound as in the related art. Or troublesome.

Further, even if the original is read at an angle (skewed), the page can be replaced after checking the recording sheet on which the test recording has been performed, so that a plurality of copies of the image which has been tilted are recorded. There is no waste of recording paper.

In the facsimile apparatus F, the processing of inserting or replacing an image as described above can be applied to facsimile transmission. This allows the read image to be checked before transmission to the other party, and if correction is necessary, the page can be inserted, replaced, or deleted.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the above operation. In the figure, “p1” to “p4” indicate page numbers of the document. FIG. 2A shows an image of the second page (shown by oblique lines) that could not be read due to double feeding or the like, and inserted (inserted) between the image of the first page and the image of the third page read earlier. ). FIG. 2 (b)
Is a case where the image of the second page read earlier is missing and the image of the second page is read again and replaced (replaced) with the image of the second page read earlier.

FIG. 2C shows the image of the first page and the second page.
The figure shows a case where a blank document read between a page image and a page image is deleted. Also, when a single-sided document is erroneously read as a double-sided document, the image on the unnecessary side can be deleted.

Next, the above operation will be described with reference to the flowcharts (100 to 127) of FIGS. A test print function (sample print function) is provided by the operation unit 8 when there are pages that need to be read under other reading conditions, or when there are many pages and it is desired to check the read state first. ) Is selected (100). Copy conditions (reading conditions) are set (101), a document is set, and a start key (start key) is operated (102).
Then, the read image is stored in the image memory 4, and only one copy is subjected to the test print (103).

At this point, the printed manuscript is checked (104), and if a correction is necessary, a processing method for the correction is selected (105, 106). When deleting an image, the user can input the page number to be deleted, and delete the image of the page from the image memory 4 (107 to 109).

When replacing an image (replacement), a page number to be replaced is input, and reading conditions such as reading density and magnification are input. When the read image is confirmed, the image is read and replaced, and a test print is performed. On the other hand, when confirmation is unnecessary, the image is replaced by performing only the reading (110 to 116).

That is, the main control section 1 can test record the image read under other reading conditions by the recording section 10 (116). As a result, an image read later and replaced with an image stored in the image memory 4 can also be obtained.
You can check.

When an image is to be inserted (inserted), an insertion page number is input, and reading conditions such as reading density and magnification are input. To check the scanned image, scan the image, insert it, do a test print,
If confirmation is unnecessary, only reading is performed and an image is inserted (117 to 119, 113 to 116). Also in this case, the image read under other reading conditions can be test-recorded by the recording unit 10 later, and the image inserted into the image stored in the image memory 4 can be confirmed.

Here, after the correction is completed, the image including the image read later can be printed again and confirmed. Reprinting includes test printing of the entire text (all pages) and test printing by inputting the start page and the end page (120 to 12).
5). This makes it possible to check not only the replaced or inserted page but also the pages before and after it.

When the confirmation of the images stored in the image memory 4 is finally completed, the printing conditions are inputted, the images are taken out from the image memory 4, and are sequentially printed (1).
26, 127). The printing conditions include the number of copies, whether or not sorting is performed, and settings of finishers such as stapling and punching holes.

[0030]

As can be understood from the above description, the document reading and recording apparatus according to each of the first to third aspects of the present invention stores a read image and performs test recording. After checking the state, the original can be read by setting other reading conditions, and the read image can be inserted or replaced with the stored image. Therefore, even if a page whose reading condition is to be changed is mixed in a plurality of pages of the document, the page can be read later and inserted into another image. Further, even when the reading is not performed correctly, the page can be easily replaced.

In particular, according to the present invention, an image read later under other reading conditions can be checked by test recording. According to the third aspect, the image after insertion or replacement is recorded. Therefore, even if the original includes a mixture of pages having different reading conditions, the original can be recorded in the page order. There is no need to insert recording paper.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a document reading and recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the document reading and recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the document reading and recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the document reading and recording apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main control part 4 Image memory 8 Operation part 9 Reading part 10 Recording part

Claims (3)

[Claims] An original reading unit, a recording unit, an image storage unit,
A reading condition setting unit, sets an arbitrary reading condition, reads a document, stores the read image in the image storage unit, performs test recording by the recording unit, sets another reading condition, and sets the reading condition. A document reading / recording apparatus comprising: a control unit that reads and inserts the read image into the image stored in the image storage unit or replaces the image with the image stored in the image storage unit. 2. The document reading and recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further performs test recording of the image read under the other reading conditions by the recording unit. 3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to insert the image read under the other reading condition or replace the image read under the other reading condition with the image stored in the image storage unit. The document reading and recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording is performed by a recording unit.