JP2002314740A - Network system for digital copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a network system for a digital copying machine, that shares display language data of each language of the digital copying machines in the network system so as to inexpensively enhance the operability. SOLUTION: When the digital copying machines 10a-10f have no 2nd language, they receive transfer of display language data of the operation of the required language from the other of the digital copying machines 10a-10f and display the operation section display language data of the transferred language. Even if the digital copying machines 10a-10f store no operation section display language data in the 2nd language in their flash memory, by having them request the other digital copying machines 10a-10f storing the operation section display language data on request in their flash memories and receive the operation section display language data to use a language switching function, operability of the users is enhanced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network system for a digital copying machine, and more particularly, to a method in which display language data of each language of the digital copying machine in the network system can be used by any digital copying machine. The present invention relates to a network system of a digital copying apparatus capable of realizing functional enhancement, cost performance improvement, resource saving, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a digital copying apparatus has been provided with many copying modes such as a duplex mode in a copying operation, a rotation processing in image editing, a halftone processing mode, and the like. The functions are complicated, for example, in combination with each other, and the setting method of the image forming mode is becoming complicated with such multi-functionality.

[0003] Conventionally, a document image signal is converted into a digital image signal by a photoelectric conversion element, subjected to predetermined image processing, and then recorded via a storage means for converting the speed of the digital image signal with output means. Means for outputting a copy control signal and a digital image signal to a signal transmission medium to which another digital copying apparatus is connected, so that the other digital copying apparatus performs the same copying operation; One or both of means for inputting a copy control signal and a digital image signal of another digital copying apparatus from a signal transmission medium to which the other digital copying apparatus is connected, and executing the same copying operation as the other digital copying apparatus There has been proposed a digital copying apparatus having the following (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 5-304575).

That is, in this digital copying apparatus, one original can be copied by a plurality of digital copying apparatuses by adding simple hardware, so that mass copying and shortening of copying work time can be performed.

A conventional digital copying apparatus employs an operation panel using a display device such as an LCD, and not only displays mode setting means such as keys, but also performs a setting method using the mode setting means. Are displayed on the display panel at the same time.

The display data displayed on such an operation panel is preferably displayed in the language of the country where the digital copying machine is used. Conventionally, in a digital copying apparatus, the display language on the operation panel has been used. Need to correspond to each language. In particular, a digital copier provided for a foreign company or an area where a plurality of ethnic groups are mixed has a plurality of display language data in advance, and an operator selects and switches the display language.

[0007]

However, in such a conventional digital copying apparatus, if the digital copying apparatus has only one display language data, the language switching function may be used. The operability is poor for users who cannot understand the display language currently used for displaying the operation unit, and if a plurality of display languages are installed in the digital copying apparatus to solve this problem, the digital There is a problem that the copying apparatus becomes expensive.

In the conventional digital copying apparatus described in the above-mentioned publication, a plurality of digital copying apparatuses are connected to a network. No effective use of the digital copying apparatus has been made, and there is a need for improvement.

Therefore, the present invention is to transfer display language data possessed only by a specific digital copying apparatus in a network to another digital copying apparatus via a network and display the data in a display language required by a user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a network system of a digital copying apparatus capable of improving user operability as much as possible.

More specifically, according to the present invention, at least one digital copying apparatus of a network system has display language data of two languages in a memory, and at least one digital copying apparatus has If the memory has only one type of display language data in the memory, the digital copying apparatus having only one type of display language data can be replaced with a digital copying apparatus having two types of display language data. On the other hand, a request for transfer of display language data of a language different from the one type of display language data is made, and the digital copying apparatus having received the transfer request transfers the display language data of the requested language, and The digital copier to which the display language data has been transferred displays on the display means by using the transferred display language data, so that the digital copier has the data in the memory. It is an object of the present invention to provide a network system of a digital copying apparatus which can display on a display means in a different language with display language data transferred from another digital copying apparatus and can improve operability at low cost. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, each digital copying apparatus of the network system is provided with another digital copying apparatus having display language data of a language different from the language of the display language data stored in the memory. Requesting transfer of the display language data of the other type of language, and the digital copying apparatus receiving the transfer request transfers the display language data of the requested language, and receives the transfer of the display language data. The digital copier uses the transferred display language data to display on the display means, so that the digital copiers in the network system share the display language data with each other, thereby making the operation more inexpensive and operable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a network system of a digital copying apparatus capable of improving the image quality.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, each digital copying apparatus displays a language name of display language data which another digital copying apparatus has and which can be transferred, on a display means, and based on the display of the display means. Requesting the transfer of the display language data of the selected language to another digital copying apparatus having the display language data of the selected language,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a network system of a digital copying apparatus that allows the user to easily and easily know which language of display language data can be selected and to further improve operability.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a network system for a digital copying apparatus, in which at least two or more digital copying apparatuses are connected, mutually exchange operation commands and image data, and store in a memory. In a network system of a digital copying machine having a function of displaying various kinds of information on a display means in a language of the display language data based on the stored display language data, at least one of the digital copying machines is provided in the memory. When display language data of two languages is provided and at least one of the digital copying apparatuses has only display language data of one language in the memory, display language data of the one language is provided. Digital copying machine having only
A request for transfer of display language data of a language different from the one type of display language data to a digital copying apparatus having display language data of one type of language, and the digital copier receiving the transfer request issues The digital copier, which has transferred the display language data of the requested language and received the transfer of the display language data, performs display on the display means using the transferred display language data, thereby achieving the above object. Have achieved.

According to the above configuration, at least one digital copying apparatus of the network system has display language data in two languages in the memory, and at least one digital copying apparatus has one language in the memory. Having only the display language data of the one type, the digital copying apparatus having only the display language data of the one type of language,
A transfer request for display language data of a language different from the one type of display language data is made, and the digital copying apparatus having received the transfer request transfers the display language data of the requested language, and Is transferred to the display means by using the transferred display language data, so that the display on the display means in a language not contained in the memory is displayed on the other digital copying apparatus. And the operability of the digital copying apparatus can be improved at low cost.

In this case, for example, at least two or more digital copying apparatuses are connected, exchange operation commands and image data with each other, and display language data stored in a memory. In the network system of the digital copying apparatus having a function of displaying various information on the display means in the language of the display language data based on the language of the display language data stored in the memory, To another digital copier having display language data of a different type of language, a request for transfer of the display language data of the other type of language, and the digital copier receiving the transfer request,
By transferring display language data of a requested language and receiving the transfer of the display language data, the digital copier performs display on the display means using the transferred display language data, thereby achieving the above object. Have achieved.

According to the above arrangement, each digital copying apparatus of the network system is provided with a different digital copying apparatus having display language data of a language different from the language of the display language data stored in the memory. A digital copying machine that makes a transfer request for the display language data of the other type of language, receives the transfer request, transfers the display language data of the requested language, and receives the transfer of the display language data. Since the apparatus uses the transferred display language data to display on the display means, the display language data can be shared between the digital copying apparatuses in the network system, and the operability of the digital copying apparatus can be improved. Can be further improved at a lower cost.

Further, for example, each of the digital copying machines displays a language name of display language data which another digital copying machine has and which can be transferred, on the display means, The transfer request of the display language data of the language selected based on the display of the display means may be made to another digital copying apparatus having the display language data of the selected language.

According to the above arrangement, each digital copying machine displays on the display means the language name of the display language data which the other digital copying apparatus has and which can be transferred, and selects based on the display on the display means. Since the transfer request of the display language data of the selected language is made to another digital copying apparatus having the display language data of the selected language, it is determined which display language data of the language can be selected. It can be easily and easily understood, and the operability of the digital copying apparatus can be further improved.

[0019]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

FIGS. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of a network system for a digital copying apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of a network system for a digital copying apparatus according to the present invention. System 1 to which a digital copying machine network system according to the first embodiment is applied
1 is a system configuration diagram of FIG.

In FIG. 1, a network system 1
Has a plurality of digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f connected to a network cable 2, and each of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f communicates with each other via a network cable 2.
f.

As shown in FIG. 2, each of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f includes a reading unit 12a to 12f, a writing unit 13a to 13f, an image processing unit 14a to 14f, a memory control unit 15a to 15f, and a hard disk 16a. ~ 16
f, the network control units 11a to 11f, CPU
(Central Processing Unit) 17a to 17f, flash memories 18a to 18f, LCD (Liquid Crystal D)
isplay) 19a to 19f, LCD control units 20a to 20f
And video memories 21a to 21f, and the above-described units are connected to CPU data buses 22a to 22f. Although not shown, the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f include an operation display unit, and the operation display unit is provided with LCDs (display means) 19a to 19f.

The reading units 12a to 12f are, for example, CCD
An image scanner or the like using a (Charge Coupled Device) is generally used, and generally includes an ADF (Automatic Document Feeder). A plurality of documents are set on the ADF, and the ADF feeds the set documents one by one to the document reading positions of the reading units 12a to 12f. Reading unit 12
Reference numerals a to 12f irradiate the document conveyed from the ADF with light, photoelectrically convert the light reflected by the document by the CCD, and read the image of the document at a predetermined resolution.

As the writing units 13a to 13f, for example, a thermal recording device using a thermal element, a thermal recording device, a thermal transfer recording device, an ink jet recording device, an electrophotographic recording device, or the like is used. 12a-
The image of the original read at 12f and the images received from the other digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f are recorded and output on recording paper such as plain paper or thermal paper.

The image processing units 14a to 14f perform image processing such as quantization, shading correction, MTF correction, and scaling processing. That is, the image processing units 14a to 14f include a quantization process for converting analog data converted into an electric signal by the reading units 12a to 12f into binary or multi-valued data, and a light source for irradiating the original with the reading units 12a to 12f. Irradiation spots and C
Shading correction processing for correcting variations in CD sensitivity, MTF correction processing for correcting blur caused by the optical system of the reading units 12a to 12f, scaling processing for interpolating data using image data read by changing the image reading density, and the like I do.

In the following description, the reading unit 12
The electric signals of the images converted into electric signals in a to 12f and the image signals subjected to the image processing in the image processing units 14a to 14f are referred to as image data.

The memory control units 15a to 15f are DRAMs
And the like, and image data is temporarily stored in the storage unit to perform memory control such as rotation and mirroring. The built-in storage units of the memory control units 15a to 15f have a minimum necessary capacity (for example, a capacity capable of storing one A3 document), and store image data from the image processing units 14a to 14f first. The hard disk drives 16a to 16f store image data from the hard disks 16a to 16f as necessary.
f, and performs memory control using the storage unit of f.
4a to 14f.

With such a configuration of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f, a plurality of prints can be executed in one scan by the reading units 12a to 12f, or a plurality of originals can be printed on one sheet of recording paper. And the like, and the like.

The network control units 11a to 11f include:
The network cable 2 is connected, and the network control units 11a to 11f are connected to the digital copiers 10a to 10f.
Controls exchange of image data and operation commands between 10f. That is, in the network system 1, the image data and the operation command are transmitted to the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10a-1.
The transfer is performed via the network cable 2 that connects the network control units 11a to 11f6 of the network controller 0f.

The CPU data buses 22a to 22f include reading units 12a to 12f, writing units 13a to 13f, image processing units 14a to 14f, memory control units 15a to 15f, hard disks 16a to 16f, and network control units 11a to 11f.
11f are connected and used for exchanging image data. The image processing units 14a to 14f and the memory control units 15a to 15f are provided with CPU data buses 22a to 22f.
Are connected to the CPUs 17a to 17f through
The timings a to 17f control what timing and what kind of image processing or memory control is performed.

Then, the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f
During the image forming operation, image data obtained by scanning a document by the reading units 12a to 12f are subjected to image processing by the image processing units 14a to 14f, as indicated by broken arrows in FIG. The data is stored in the hard disks 16a to 16f via the hard disks 15a to 15f. Digital copier 10
a to 10f read out the image data from the hard disks 16a to 16f as necessary and perform memory control by the memory control units 15a to 15f as shown by the broken arrows in FIG. The image data is sent to the writing units 13a to 13f via the writing units 13a to 13f, and the writing units 13a to 13f form images. When the link function is selected on the operation display unit, the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f transfer image data as indicated by the broken arrows in FIG.
The image processing units 14a to 14 are controlled by the memory control units 15a to 15f.
f and two systems to the network control units 11a to 11f. The system to the image processing units 14a to 14f is the same as the normal copying operation, and the other system is a system dedicated to the connection function. The digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f transfer image data sent to the network control units 11a to 11f to the other digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f via the network cable 2 in the linking function. Image formation is performed simultaneously at 10f. Note that the linking function refers to one digital copier 10a to 1
Other digital copying apparatus 10 connected by a network cable 2 to image data obtained by scanning at 0f.
a to 10f and transfer them to two or more digital copiers 10
This is a function for shortening the time required for the printing operation by performing the printing operation at a to 10f.

The flash memories 18a to 18f store operation unit display data (LCDs 19a to 19a) together with programs.
f display data) is stored. The operation unit display data (display language data) can be roughly divided into two data. One is graphic data that does not depend on the operation unit display language, and the other is individually prepared according to the operation unit display language. Language data.

The flash memories 18a to 18f have 2
An area for writing the operation unit display language data (display language data) for the languages is secured. For example, two languages corresponding to the user layer using the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f, such as Japanese and English, are provided. Operation unit display language data can be stored. The operation unit display language data for the two languages is prioritized. In particular, the display is performed in the first language unless a user operation is performed, and a language switching key provided on the operation unit by the user operation is provided. When pressed, the display is performed in the second language. Conversely, if the language switching key is pressed while the display is being performed in the second language, the operation unit display switches to the first language. Usually, the first language is
Languages that are normally used in destinations of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f are stored in the flash memories 18a to 18f in a shipping state of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f,
Since the second language is arbitrarily selected by the user, the second language is not stored in the flash memories 18a to 18f in the shipping state, and after the digital copiers 10a to 10f are installed, the serviceman specifies the language desired by the user in the flash memory. 1
8a to 18f.

The LCD control units 20a to 20f
9a to 19f, LCD video memories 21a to 21f
And the operation unit display data buses 23a to 23f.

The CPUs 17a to 17f control the operation of the digital copiers 10a to 10f, such as image forming engine control and image processing control, in accordance with the program contents written in the flash memories 18a to 18f. Are performed, and the image processing units 14a to 14
f, in addition to the memory control units 15a to 15f, the flash memories 18a to 18f and the LCD control units 20a to 20f
CPU 17a is connected to CPU data buses 22a to 22f.
To 17f.

When the digital copying machines 10a to 10f are turned on, the CPU 17a is turned on when the power of the digital copying machines 10a to 10f is turned on, as shown by a broken line arrow in FIG.
To 17f read the operation unit display language data and the graphic data of the first priority from the flash memories 18a to 18f, and expand the data into the LCD video memories 21a to 21f via the LCD control units 20a to 20f. The data developed in the LCD video memories 21a to 21f are all graphic data and operation unit display language data for one language. Operation unit display data for a plurality of screens is written into the LCD video memories 21a to 21f,
U17a to 17f are LCD video memories 21a to 2
By specifying the start address and the area size of the operation unit display data expanded in 1f, the operation unit display data to be displayed is selected, and the LCD control units 20a to 20f execute
The operation unit display data of the area designated by 7a to 17f is LC
D19a to 19f are displayed.

When language switching is instructed by a user's operation, the CPUs 17a to 17f operate the flash memories 18a to 18f.
The operation unit display language data is read from 18f, and the operation unit display language data is overwritten on the area of the LCD video memories 21a to 21f where the first-priority language data is currently expanded. By controlling in this way,
Thereafter, the CPUs 17a to 17f can achieve the language switching function without being conscious of what the current display language is.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In the following description, as shown in FIG. 5, a case will be described in which operation unit display language data is provided between the digital copying apparatus 10a and the digital copying apparatus 10b.

Now, the digital copying apparatus 10a uses the flash memories 18a-18 as the first language of the operation unit display language data and English as the second language.
f, the digital copier 10b stores Japanese only in the first language of the operation unit display language data, and has not yet written data as the second language.

Here, for example, when a user whose native language is English uses the digital copier 10b, the user currently presses the language switching key because the language currently displayed on the operation unit is Japanese. Since the digital display device 10b does not store the operation unit display language data of the second language, language switching cannot be performed.

Accordingly, the digital copying apparatus 10b requests the digital copying apparatus 10a from the network control unit 11b to transfer the second language data via the network cable 2. Upon receiving the transfer request for the second language data, the digital copying apparatus 10a reads out the operating unit display language data of the second language from the flash memory 18a and replaces the read operation unit display language data with the normal operating unit. Unlike during display control, the data is sequentially transferred to the memory control unit 15a.

That is, during normal image forming operation, the digital copying apparatus 10a inputs image data to the memory control unit 15a from the image processing unit 14a via the image data bus. , CP
By operating the U17a, the bus connection path in the memory control unit 15a is switched, and the data on the CPU data bus 22a is transferred to the network control unit 11a. The network control unit 11a transfers the operation unit display language data of the second language transferred from the memory control unit 15a to the digital copying apparatus 10b via the network cable 2.

When the digital copier 10b receives the operation unit display language data of the second language from the digital copier 10a, the network controller 11ab → the memory controller 1
5b → CPU 17b, that is, the data is transferred along the path opposite to the digital copying apparatus 10a.
b expands the operation unit display language data in the LCD video memory 21b. When this series of processing is completed, the operating unit display language data in English is expanded in the video memory 21b of the digital copying apparatus 10b, and the user can use the language switching function.

Therefore, even in the digital copying machines 10a to 10f in which the operation unit display language data of the second language is not stored in the flash memories 18a to 18f, the required operation unit display language data is stored in the flash memory 18a.
To digital copying machines 10a to 10f stored in
By sending a language data transfer request to f and receiving the operation unit display language data, the language switching function can be used, and the operability of the user can be improved.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show a digital copying apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a network system 30 to which a digital copying apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention is applied.

This embodiment is applied to a network system and a digital copying apparatus similar to those of the first embodiment. In the description of this embodiment, the first embodiment will be described. The same components as those described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 6, the network system 30
As in the network system 1 of the first embodiment, a plurality of digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f are connected to a network cable 2, and each of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f is connected via the network cable 2. Control units 11a-
11f.

Each of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f of the network system 30, for example, as shown in FIG.
The digital copying apparatus 10a has its flash memory 18
a in Japanese as the first language and English as the second language, and the digital copying apparatus 10b has its flash memory 18b
The first language is Japanese, the second language is blank, and the digital copying machine 10c has its flash memory 18c as its first language Japanese and its second language German, and its digital copying device 10d has its digital language as its first language. The flash memory 18d has Japanese as the first language, French as the second language, and the digital copying device 10e has the flash memory 18e have Japanese as the first language, Chinese as the second language, and the digital copying device 10f has The flash memory 18f stores English as a first language and Italian as a second language.

Then, in the network system 30,
Digital copier 1 in which second language data is not stored
Only the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f can request the other digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f to provide the operating section display language data. Data can be transferred via the network cable 2.

Then, each of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10a
In f, the language data of all the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f in the network system 30 can be selected. When selecting the operation unit display language data, the selectable operation unit display language data is changed. As shown in FIG. 7, a list of selectable operation unit display language data is displayed on the LCDs 19a to 19f of the operation display unit, and when the user presses an area in which the corresponding language is displayed, the selected item is displayed. By making a language data transfer request to the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f storing the operation unit display language data and receiving the operation unit display language data, the language switching function can be used.

As described above, the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f according to the present embodiment can use the operation unit display language data of the other digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f as the network system 30, and perform language switching. The versatility of the function can be increased, and the operation unit display language data for all languages can be stored in one digital copying apparatus 10a to
10f, the flash memory 18a
Although the capacity of .about.18f is greatly increased, a large number of operation unit display language data can be used without increasing the memory capacity of each of the digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f.

The digital copying apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment
0a to 10f are other digital copying apparatuses 10a to 10f connected to the network system 30,
Since the operation unit display language data that can be used is displayed as a list, the operability when the user selects the display language can be made easy, and the usability can be improved.

As described above, the invention made by the inventor has been specifically described based on the preferred embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the invention. It goes without saying that it is possible.

[0054]

According to the digital copying apparatus of the present invention, at least one digital copying apparatus of the network system has display language data of two languages in a memory and at least one digital copying apparatus. If the copying apparatus has only one type of display language data in the memory, the digital copying apparatus having only one type of display language data may be a digital copying apparatus having two types of display language data. A request for transfer of display language data of a language different from the one type of display language data to the copying apparatus, and the digital copying apparatus having received the transfer request,
The display language data of the requested language is transferred, and the digital copier receiving the display language data transfers the display language data to the display means using the transferred display language data. The display on the display means in a language other than the language can be performed using display language data transferred from another digital copying apparatus, and the operability of the digital copying apparatus can be improved at low cost.

According to the digital copying apparatus of the second aspect, each digital copying apparatus of the network system has display language data of a language different from the language of the display language data stored in the memory. Request for transfer of the display language data of the other type to the digital copying apparatus of the type described above, and the digital copying apparatus receiving the transfer request transfers the display language data of the requested language, and The digital copying machine that has received the data transfers the display language data to the display means using the transferred display language data, so that the digital copying devices in the network system can share the display language data with each other. Further, the operability of the digital copying apparatus can be further improved at a lower cost.

According to the digital copying apparatus of the present invention, each digital copying apparatus displays on the display means the language name of display language data that another digital copying apparatus has and which can be transferred. Since the transfer request of the display language data of the language selected based on the display on the display means is made to another digital copying apparatus having the display language data of the selected language, the display language data of any language Can be easily and easily recognized as being selectable, and the operability of the digital copying apparatus can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a network system to which a digital copying apparatus network system according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the digital copying apparatus shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view showing a data flow during an image forming operation of the digital copying apparatus of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a view showing a data flow when displaying an operation unit of the digital copying apparatus of FIG. 2;

5 is a diagram showing a flow of operation unit display language data between digital copying apparatuses of the network system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram of a network system to which the digital copying apparatus network system of the first embodiment of the digital copying apparatus according to the present invention is applied;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display state of a list of selectable operation unit display language data on a display unit of the digital copying apparatus of FIG. 6;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Network system 2 Network cable 10a-10f Digital copying apparatus 11a-11f Network control part 12a-12f Reading part 13a-13f Writing part 14a-14f Image processing part 15a-15f Memory control part 16a-16f Hard disk 17a-17f CPU 18a To 18f Flash memory 19a to 19f LCD 20a to 20f LCD control unit 21a to 21f Video memory 22a to 22f CPU data bus 23a to 23f Operation unit display data bus 30 Network system

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Claims (3)

[Claims] At least two or more digital copiers are connected, mutually exchange operation commands and image data, and based on display language data stored in a memory, various kinds of information are displayed in the language of the display language data. At least one of the digital copying apparatuses has display language data of two languages in the memory, and has at least one of the digital copying apparatuses. If the apparatus has only one type of display language data in the memory, the digital copying apparatus having only one type of display language data has the two types of display language data. A request for transferring display language data of a language different from the one type of display language data to the digital copying apparatus The digital copying machine that has received the transmission request transfers the display language data of the requested language, and the digital copying apparatus that receives the transfer of the display language data uses the transferred display language data to display the display means. A network system for a digital copying apparatus characterized in that a display is performed on a digital copying machine. 2. At least two or more digital copiers are connected, exchange operation commands and image data with each other, and based on display language data stored in a memory, various kinds of information are displayed in the language of the display language data. In a network system of digital copiers provided with a function of displaying on a display means, each of the digital copiers has display language data of a language different from the language of the display language data stored in the memory. A request for transfer of the display language data of the other type of language is made to another digital copying apparatus, and the digital copying apparatus receiving the transfer request transfers the display language data of the requested language, and The digital copier receiving the language data transfer,
A network system for a digital copying apparatus, wherein a display is performed on the display unit using the transferred display language data. 3. Each of the digital copying apparatuses displays a language name of display language data which another digital copying apparatus has and which can be transferred, on the display means, and is selected based on the display on the display means. 3. The digital copying apparatus network system according to claim 2, wherein the request for transferring the display language data of the language is made to another digital copying apparatus having the display language data of the selected language.