JPH07247048A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable sorting by paper discharge bins with it mixing plural groups of documents by providing an information display device for displaying which user or application recording sheets discharged to each paper discharge bin are returned to. CONSTITUTION:The discharge side face of a body is provided with plural paper discharge bins 11, 11,..., the upper face of the body 10 is provided with a display panel 8, and the front face of the body 10 is provided with bin content display panels 9. It is desirable to provide each bin content display panel 9 in a position corresponding to each sorter. The bin No. of the display panel 8 is numbered downward from the uppermost paper discharge bin 11, the output contents indicates the sorts of recording sheets discharged from a recording device, assignment, and the like, and the presence of output indicates 'yes' or 'no'. In the initial state where printing is not performed, all the output contents of the display panel 8 show 'no setting', and all the items of the presence of output show 'no'.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a recording apparatus provided with a sorter having a plurality of paper discharge bins, and in particular, sorting each paper discharge bin according to the type of paper to be discharged and its affiliation. A recording device capable of

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Copiers, printers, facsimile machines,
2. Description of the Related Art A recording device such as a printing device has a configuration in which an image is recorded on a recording sheet in a printing unit and then the recording sheet is ejected, but a plurality of persons use one recording device. In this case, even if the recording apparatus has a plurality of paper ejection bins, the user or the application (facsimile function, copy function, and printer function) side uses the plurality of paper ejection bins to belong to itself. It is difficult to eject recording paper onto one or more specific output bins so that it can be distinguished from other recording papers. Also, regarding the type and attribution of recording paper on each output bin, etc. It was also difficult for the user to recognize the above information.

In particular, since recent recording devices such as copying machines are often connected to a network and used as a print server, a plurality of paper discharge bins provided in the recording device are used for each job. There is an increasing need to utilize the data to sort each user and application (each function). Incidentally, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-126081 discloses a technique of allocating a discharge bin of a sorter when an external data processing device is connected.
In this conventional technique, it is difficult to quickly determine in which bin the user's output (recording paper belonging to the user or the like) is, and the printed matter of another person may be mistakenly taken. In addition, it is easy to forget to take it.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and in a recording apparatus having a plurality of paper discharge bins, the control can be performed by a user or an application, and the user's own document is output. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus that can recognize bins at a glance and can sort documents in a unit of a discharge bin without mixing a plurality of sets of documents.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a recording apparatus having a plurality of discharge bins for receiving discharged recording papers, wherein the discharge bin to be used is selected for each user or application. Among the things that can be done, an information display device for displaying which user or application the recording paper discharged to each discharging bin belongs to is provided, and a discharging paper for receiving the discharged recording paper In a recording device having a plurality of bins, which can select a discharge bin to be used for each user or application, the user or application has an information acquisition function for acquiring information about each discharge bin, In a recording apparatus having a plurality of discharge bins for receiving discharged recording papers, the user or user can select the discharge bin to be used for each application. It is characterized in that select the right output bin depending application to the situation.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration for realizing the operation of the recording apparatus of the present invention. This recording apparatus may be a multifunction machine having both a facsimile function, a copy function, and a printer function, or a system. It may be a recording device as a terminal of, but in any case,
Equipped with a function that sorts and discharges the printed recording paper obtained by using each function into different output bins for each job, and a configuration that has a display panel and a bin content display panel in the proper places on the housing. The point is that there is.

That is, the recording apparatus includes a facsimile function section (FAX function section) 1 for realizing a transmission / reception function of a facsimile apparatus and a copy function section 2 for realizing a copy function of an electrophotographic copying machine or the like. , A printer function unit 3 connected to a network such as a LAN to realize a print function from a remote terminal, that is, a function as a printer server, and printing is performed on a recording sheet in correspondence with each of the function units 1, 2 and 3. A printing device 4, a command control unit 5 for analyzing an interface and a command between the printing device control unit 4 and a printing device 4, which will be described later, and transmitting information, and a delivery bin for discharging (outputting) recording paper. And a display control unit 7 for controlling the display of the discharge bin information, and a command signal from the display control unit 7. Each L to display the information of all output bin Te
It has a display panel 8 made of a CD and each bin contents display panel 9 made of an LCD for displaying the contents of each discharge bin. The presence / absence of paper on the output bin is detected by a micro switch installed in each bin. Display controller 7
The display panel 8 and the bin content display panel constitute an information display device.

An operation example of the recording apparatus of the present invention having the above control section will be described below. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration explanatory view of the appearance of a recording apparatus (or a sorter) to which the present invention is applied and a diagram showing the display contents of a display panel, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a bin content display panel, This recording apparatus has a structure in which a plurality of paper discharge bins 11, 11, ... Content display panel 9
Each has a configuration including. Each bottle contents display panel 9
Is preferably provided at a position corresponding to each sorter as shown.

Bin No. of the display panel 8. Indicates the numbering from the uppermost discharge bin 11 downward, and the output contents are the type of recording paper (COPY, FAX, printer, etc.) discharged from the recording apparatus, the attribution of the recording paper (user's ID). ) And the like, and whether or not there is an output indicates "Yes" or "No". In the initial state in which printing is not performed, the display of the output content of the display panel 8 is all "no setting", and all the items regarding the presence or absence of output are "none".

Next, the setting of the output paper discharge bin is performed by setting the bin number. 1
An example of the operation when copying is performed is as follows. First, COP
The Y function unit 2 transmits a discharge bin state acquisition command to the command control unit 5, and the command control unit 5 analyzes this command to output from the discharge bin control unit 6 the current discharge bin state. Get the data. This information has a format as shown in data 1 of FIG. This data 1
Has a record corresponding to the number of discharged bins, and each record has a bin number. And an ID area indicating the content of the type of recording paper stored in each bin, and an area indicating whether or not there is a recording paper on the bin. Based on this data 1, the command control unit 5 determines the bin number. After confirming that there is no recording paper in the first recording sheet, the discharge bin of the printed recording paper obtained as a result of copying by the discharge bin setting command is set to the discharge bin N.
o. Set to 1. In addition, the bin No. When the recording paper is assigned to 1, another bin is designated.

Bin No. The data format when the setting is made to 1 is bin No. 1 as shown in data 2. And ID
Is specified. In response to this command, the paper discharge bin control unit 6 outputs the paper discharge bin No. of the recording paper obtained as a result of copying. It is set to 1, and a display request signal to that effect is output to the display control unit 7. As a result, the contents of the display panel 8 are in the state shown in FIG.

Next, when the printing apparatus prints on the recording paper and discharges (outputs), the discharge bin control unit 6 determines that the discharge destination is the bin number. The paper output direction switching claws and the bin, which are not shown, are switched so as to be 1. Output bin No. When the recording paper is ejected (outputted) to the No. 1, the micro switch provided on the bin detects the ejection and the bin No. The data indicating whether or not the record No. 1 is output is updated, and the discharge bin No. The item of presence or absence of output of COPY of 1 becomes “present”. After that, the output paper is removed,
When the microswitch in the bin detects that,
The output / non-output data of the data 1 shown in FIG. 4 is updated to “none” and the paper presence / absence item is set to “none”.

Further, the control of the discharge bin from the FAX function unit 1 is also realized in the same manner as above. At this time, if the ID of the FAX receiving source is known, the ID can be displayed in the “output content” of the display panel 8, and the output in the function as the print server is printed. By displaying the user name in the “output content”, the displayed information can be made more detailed.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, the bin number of each discharge bin is displayed on the display panel. And output contents (COPY, FA
X, printer, etc.) and output (presence / absence of paper discharge) are displayed, while a bin content display panel is provided at a position (for example, front face) of the device corresponding to each paper discharge bin, which is easy to see. The contents display panel now displays the output contents for each bin. As a result, the user can recognize the contents of each discharge bin at a glance, and can immediately determine which bin the output (printed recording paper) is on. Further, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the recording paper of another person on another bottle is mistakenly taken.
In addition, the remaining recording paper and the user name of the recording paper,
Or because you can easily recognize the application,
It is effective in preventing forgetting.

Further, since the user or the application can obtain the information of each discharge bin, it is possible to prevent the situation in which the paper is erroneously discharged to the bin in which the output document already exists. Furthermore,
Since the user or the application can select and set the paper discharge bin, the paper can be discharged appropriately according to the situation of each application. For example, copy output is bin N
o. 1, FAX output is bin No. 2, the printer output of user A is bin No. 3, the printer output of user B is bin number. It can be selectively set such as 4.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration for realizing an operation of a recording apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration explanatory view of the outer appearance of a recording apparatus (or a sorter) to which the present invention is applied and a diagram showing the display content of a display panel.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a bin content display panel.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of paper ejection bin information and a paper ejection bin setting command.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a display panel.

[Explanation of reference numerals] 1 facsimile function unit (FAX function unit), 2 copy function unit, 3 printer function unit, 4 printing apparatus, 5 command control unit, 6 paper discharge bin control unit, 7 display control unit, 8
Display panel, 9-bin contents display panel, 10 main unit,
11 bottles.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A recording apparatus comprising a plurality of discharge bins for receiving discharged recording papers, wherein the discharge bins to be used can be selected for each user or application. A recording apparatus comprising an information display device for displaying which user or application the recorded recording sheet belongs to. 2. A recording apparatus comprising a plurality of discharge bins for receiving discharged recording papers, wherein the discharge bins to be used can be selected for each user or application, and each user or application discharges each discharge bin. A recording apparatus having an information acquisition function for acquiring information about a bottle. 3. A recording apparatus comprising a plurality of discharge bins for receiving discharged recording papers, wherein the discharge bins to be used can be selected for each user or application, and the user or the application responds to the situation. A recording device capable of selecting an appropriate discharge bin.