JP2001053915A - Facsimile machine and printing control method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable economical printing corresponding to the color designation of received image data. SOLUTION: This facsimile machine is provided with a memory 5 for storing image data (data) received through a line and a modem 3 and a data monitoring pat 4 judges whether data are to be printed by a recording part 9 or to be stored in the memory 5 based on a received signal transmitted by the modem 3 and a signal transmitted from a sensor 2 for deciding on the kind of cartridge. When data are stored in the memory 5, the kind of image data and the number of pieces of these data or the like are displayed on a display part 7. When data to be stored in the memory 5 exceed the storage capacity of the memory 5, printing is performed even when a cartridge different from that of received data is attached. When a user sets the cartridge of the same kind as data preserved in the memory 5, corresponding to the signal sent from the sensor 2, the data monitoring part 4 transfers the data stored in the memory 5 to the recording part 9 and prints them.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus and a printing control method thereof, and more particularly, to a facsimile apparatus capable of receiving color image data and a printing control method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A facsimile apparatus of this type will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional color facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a color image receiving process of the color facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show the contents of this conventional color facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-226817.
09 receives the color image data from the transmission side device of the communication partner via the line according to the communication control procedure. Next, in step S32, the identification sensor 106 checks whether the monochrome cartridge or the color cartridge is mounted on the printer unit 105. Here, if the identification sensor 106 detects that a color cartridge is mounted, the process proceeds to step S33, and a color image is output from the printer unit 105. On the other hand, if the identification sensor 106 detects that the monochrome cartridge is mounted, the process proceeds to step S34, where the received color image data is stored in the RAM via the system bus 110.
103 is temporarily stored.

Next, in step S35, the type of the printer cartridge mounted on the printer unit 105 is checked again by using the identification sensor 106, and it is checked whether the monochrome cartridge has been changed to the color cartridge. Here, if the attachment of the color cartridge is confirmed, the process proceeds to step S33, and the RAM 103
Color output of the color image data stored in. On the other hand, if the attached printer cartridge remains the monochrome cartridge, the process proceeds to step S36, and it is determined whether or not to output with the monochrome cartridge.

In step S36, if the apparatus user desires monochrome output and inputs a monochrome output instruction from the operation panel 108, the process proceeds to step S37.
The color image data received by the image processing unit 104 is converted into monochrome image data, and further, step S
At 38, a monochrome image is output using the monochrome image data converted from the print unit 105. On the other hand, if the device user does not desire the monochrome output, the process proceeds to step S39.

In step S39, it is determined whether the received color image data is to be deleted. Here, if the apparatus user desires to delete the received image data,
If an instruction to delete the received image is input, the process proceeds to step S40 to delete the color image temporarily stored in the RAM 103. On the other hand, if the user of the apparatus does not desire to delete the stored color image data, the process returns to step S35, and the identification sensor 106
The type of the printer cartridge mounted on the printer unit 5 is checked again by using.

[0008]

In the conventional facsimile apparatus, when color image data is received, the data is temporarily held in the RAM even if the color cartridge is not mounted, and the color cartridge is mounted. Or a color image is output, or the color image data is output as a monochrome image at the discretion of the apparatus user, or the color image data is erased from the RAM.

Therefore, there are the following problems.

In this conventional facsimile apparatus, since there is no display means for the received image data, the number of color image data temporarily stored in the RAM is unknown unless a color cartridge is mounted and output. There is a problem that is.

[0011] Further, since there is no display means,
There is a problem that it is difficult for the device user to determine which color image data is output as monochrome image data.

Furthermore, since there is no cartridge mounting display means for indicating which cartridge is currently mounted so that the user of the apparatus can know, when color image data transmission notification is received in advance, There is a problem that color image data cannot be reliably received and printed.

[0013]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention determines and detects the type of a cartridge which is exchangeably mounted in only one of a plurality of types of cartridges capable of monochrome or color printing, and determines the type. Indication and judgment of
Detection / display means for outputting a detection signal for detection, reception means for receiving and demodulating image data via a line, storage means for storing received image data, and printing and recording the received image data Recording means, and control means, wherein the control means causes the recording means to print the received image data when the received image data is larger than the storable remaining capacity of the storage means, and If the print color designation of the received image data and the detection color designation of the detection signal match, the recording unit prints. If the color designation does not match, the received image data is related. Information, and a plurality of image data stored in the storage means are displayed on display means together with the respective related information, and the related information by manual designation means is stored. When detecting that one of the plurality of received image data displayed on the display means is specified by the designation, the designated received image data is controlled to be read from the storage means and printed by the recording means, The related information includes a reception sequence number, real time information from a clock unit, a sender number of the received image data, a sender name of the received image data, and a page number of the received image data, and designates a detection color of the detection signal. And forced print setting means for sending a forced print setting signal to the control means for forcibly printing when the print color designation of the received image data does not match.

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention can be replaced by mounting either one of a monochrome cartridge and a color cartridge, and determines whether the monochrome cartridge or the color cartridge is installed. A sensor that outputs a detection signal detected by the first detection unit, a first display unit that displays which cartridge is mounted based on the detection signal, a modem that modulates and demodulates image data transmitted / received to / from a line, A data monitoring unit that temporarily stores received image data from a modem and controls whether the received image data is transferred to a recording unit for printing or stored in a memory based on the detection signal from the sensor. The recording unit for printing the received image data from the data monitoring unit; and the data monitoring unit. A memory storing a control program for storing the received image data from the unit and controlling the entire facsimile apparatus; a plurality of received image data stored in the memory; A second display unit for displaying related information relating to each, a clock unit for generating a real time signal, a print button for forcibly printing one of the plurality of received image data stored in the memory, A setting button for setting whether or not printing is possible when the color designation of the received image data does not match the mounted cartridge; and a control program stored in the memory for controlling the facsimile apparatus and the memory. And a CPU for detecting the current storable remaining capacity and notifying the data monitoring unit of the data. , When storing the received image data in said memory, said CPU
, And at least the reception order number, the reception time information, the caller number, the caller name, and the number of pages related to the reception image data in the memory in association with the reception image data. Storing the information,
The display unit displays related information of the received image data in accordance with the reception order of the plurality of received image data based on the plurality of received image data stored in the memory.

In the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, one of a plurality of types of cartridges is mounted and exchangeable, the type of the mounted cartridge is discriminated, a detection result is displayed, and a detection signal is output. If the received image data amount is smaller than the remaining storage capacity of the memory, the printing color designation is detected and the detection signal is attached to the detection signal. The received image data is transferred to a recording unit when the color designation does not match the color designation of the cartridge, and the received image data is stored in the memory when the forced print setting is not set when the color designation does not match. Image data receiving means for transferring the image data to the recording means irrespective of the color designation when the remaining image data is larger than the storable remaining capacity; Storage control means for receiving the real time information from the clock unit and storing the received data in the memory in the order of the reception time, and causing the display unit to display a plurality of items of the received image data stored in the memory in the order of the reception time, A display control means for displaying a full text of the received image data designated by designating an item of the received image data on a display unit; and receiving the received image data from the image data receiving means when the color designation does not match. A first setting unit for setting the forced printing so as to forcibly print the image data, and a second setting unit for setting the received image data of the designated item to be printed on the display unit. Have.

In the printing control method for a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, when a modem receives image data via a line, the image data is temporarily stored in a buffer memory in the control means, and the remaining storage capacity of the current memory is received. A capacity determination is made as to whether the image data is larger or smaller than the image data, and if it is larger, the color designation of the image data matches the color type detection signal of the mounted cartridge from the sensor. For example, the control means outputs the image data to be printed on a recording unit, and when the storable remaining capacity of the memory is smaller than the image data, displays "memory over" on the display unit. After performing the control, the control means outputs the image data to be printed on the recording unit, and when the capacity is large, the color data is not coincident with the color type detection signal. When the first setting for printing regardless of the color type of the mounted cartridge is set in advance, the control unit outputs the image data to be printed on the recording unit, When the first setting is not set, storing the image data in the memory, simultaneously displaying the storage state of the image data on the display unit, and printing the image data designated by the setting button. When it is detected that the second setting is set, the control means reads out the specified image data from the memory and outputs it for printing on the recording unit, and the first setting is set. If not, the image data is stored in the memory together with the reception time of the image data and the reception information including the transmission number, the sender's name, the designation of the printing color and the number of pages, and at the same time, the previous information is displayed on the display unit. The received information is also displayed together with the image data, and when it is detected that the second setting is set, and when the color designation of the designated image data matches the color type detection signal, the control means sets the memory to the memory. And outputs the designated image data to be printed on the recording unit.

[0017]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus of a facsimile according to an embodiment of the present invention can use a color cartridge 1a or a monochrome cartridge 1b for printing, and FIG. 1 shows a state in which the color cartridge 1a is mounted. And a sensor 2 for determining and detecting the type of the cartridge in which the color cartridge 1a or the monochrome cartridge 1b is mounted, a modem 3 for modulating and demodulating image data to be transmitted / received to / from a line, and receiving image data from the modem 3 A data monitoring unit 5 for temporarily storing and determining whether received image data is transferred to the recording unit 9 for printing or stored in the memory 5 based on a cartridge determination signal from the sensor 2; A recording unit 9 for printing the image data received from the storage unit 4 and storing the image data received from the data monitoring unit 4 A memory 5 which stores together with the control program for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus,
A display section 7 for displaying a plurality of received image data stored in the memory 5 and related information relating to the received image data; an in-use cartridge display section 81 for displaying which cartridge is mounted; And a print button 1 for forcibly printing out one of a plurality of received image data stored in the memory 5.
0, a setting button 83 for setting whether or not to print out when the color designation of the received image data does not match the installed cartridge, and a control program stored in the memory 5 for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus. A CPU 6 for performing control and detecting the current storable remaining capacity of the memory 5;
The memory 5 and the CPU 6 constitute the control unit 10, and the in-use cartridge display unit 81, the clock unit 82, the printout button 83, and the setting button 84 constitute an operation unit 84.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process of receiving image data according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 shows an example of a display of a received data display unit according to the present embodiment. And (b) is a diagram showing a schematic diagram of an example of a full-text display of one received data in the received list shown in (a).

Next, the operation of this embodiment when image data is received will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 2, when the modem 3 receives image data via a line, the image data is temporarily stored in a buffer memory in the data monitoring unit 4 (S1), and the remaining storage capacity (M) of the current memory 5 is stored. ) Received image data amount (R)
(S2), and when the data monitoring unit 4 receives a signal that the color designation of the received image data is color and the color type of the cartridge detected from the sensor 2 is the color cartridge 1a ( S4) The image data received for printing is output to the recording unit 9 (S9).

If the amount (R) of the received image data exceeds the remaining storage capacity (M) of the memory 5, (S
2) After displaying "memory over" on the display unit 7, the image data is printed out to the recording unit 6 regardless of the color designation of the received image data (S9).

Even if the amount (R) of the received image data does not exceed the storable remaining capacity (M) of the memory 5, (S
2) If the color type of the cartridge detected by the sensor 2 does not match (S4), the printout is set by the setting button 84 regardless of the color type of the cartridge (S5). Then, the image data is printed out on the recording unit 6 (S9).

However, if the setting is not made by the setting button 84 (S5), the image data is stored in the memory 5 together with the reception time, the caller number, the caller name, the color designation and the reception information of the page number ( S6) The display state of the image data is displayed on the display unit 7 (S7), and the display contents of the display unit 7 are displayed as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B.

Here, when the operator looks at the reception list shown in (a) of display 7 and sets the number to be printed out of the displayed numbers with the setting button 84, the currently mounted cartridge However, if it matches the color designation of the number to be printed out, by pressing the print button 83 (S8), the designated image data is printed out to the recording unit 6 (S9).

If the color designation of the number printed out does not match the cartridge in the apparatus, replace the cartridge with the color designation and replace it with the print button 8.
3 is pressed, the designated image data is recorded
Is printed out (S9).

As described above, in the present embodiment, the received image data can be stored in the memory 5 or automatically stored in the recording unit 6 depending on the remaining storage capacity of the memory 5 and the type of the installed cartridge. It can be printed out.

Further, since the image data stored in the memory 5 is displayed on the display unit 7, the user designates the image data specified by the setting button 84 by viewing the reception list displayed on the display unit 7. It can be printed out according to the specified color.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, only one of a plurality of types of cartridges capable of monochrome or color printing is exchangeably mounted and the type of the mounted cartridge is determined and detected. Detection / display means for outputting a detection signal for displaying and discriminating / detecting the type; receiving means for receiving and demodulating image data via a line; storage means for accumulating the received image data; Recording means for printing and recording image data; and control means. The control means causes the recording means to print the received image data when the received image data is larger than the remaining storage capacity of the storage means. When the print color specification of the received image data and the color specification of the detection color of the detection signal match, printing is performed by the recording means, and when the color specification does not match, the received image data is related information. And a plurality of image data stored in the storage means are displayed on the display means together with respective related information, and the plurality of images displayed on the display means by the designation of the related information by the manual designation means When it is detected that one of the data is designated, the designated image data is read from the storage means and controlled to be printed by the recording means, thereby having the following effects.

The first effect is that printing of color image data in monochrome is prevented.

The second effect is that, as specified by the color of the image data,
By printing, the cost can be reduced,
The reason for this is that, for example, when monochrome image data is printed in monochrome using a three-color cartridge, black printing is performed by printing all three color inks in an overlapping manner.
This is because three times the amount of ink is consumed as compared with the time required for the monochrome cartridge, and it takes much time.

The third effect. As described above, since the color designation of the image data is displayed on the display means, the cartridge is mounted in accordance with the color designation and printing is performed, thereby achieving economical printing. Can be done. Further, since the type of the current cartridge can be known from the detection / display means, the cartridge can be replaced without fail and printing can be performed economically.

The fourth effect is that even when there is no necessary cartridge at hand, information can be seen immediately by forcibly printing by the forced print setting means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving image data according to the embodiment;

3A and 3B show display examples of a reception data display unit in the present embodiment, in which FIG. 3A shows an example of a reception list, and FIG. 3B shows one of reception data in the reception list shown in FIG. It is a figure showing an example of a whole sentence display.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional color facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a color image receiving process of the conventional color facsimile apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a color cartridge 1b monochrome cartridge 2 sensor 3 modem 4 data monitoring unit 5 memory 6 CPU 7 display unit 8 operation unit 9 recording unit 10 control unit 81 in-use cartridge display unit 82 clock unit 83 print button 84 setting button

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A cartridge which is exchangeably mounted only among one of a plurality of types of cartridges capable of monochrome or color printing and judges and detects the type of the mounted cartridge, and displays the type and detects the judgment and detection. Detection / display means for outputting a signal, reception means for receiving and demodulating image data via a line, storage means for storing received image data, and recording means for printing and recording the received image data And control means, wherein the control means causes the recording means to print the received image data when the received image data is larger than the storable remaining capacity of the storage means; When the color designation of the print color designation of the image data and the color designation of the detection color designation of the detection signal match, the printing is performed by the recording means,
If the color designations do not match, the received image data is stored in the storage unit together with related information, and a plurality of image data stored in the storage unit are displayed on the display unit together with each of the related information. Upon detecting that one of the plurality of received image data displayed on the display means has been designated by the designation of the related information by the designation means, the designated reception image data is read out from the storage means and read to the recording means. A facsimile machine characterized by controlling printing by printing 2. The related information includes a reception order number, real time information from a clock unit, a sender number of the received image data, a sender name of the received image data, and a page number of the received image data. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein 3. A forced print setting means for sending a forced print setting signal to the control means for forcibly printing when the detection color designation of the detection signal does not match the print color designation of the received image data. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: 4. A detection signal which can be replaced by mounting either one of a monochrome cartridge and a color cartridge, and which is detected by determining whether the monochrome cartridge or the color cartridge is mounted. , A first display unit that displays which cartridge is mounted based on the detection signal, a modem that modulates and demodulates image data transmitted to and received from the line, and an image received from the modem. A data monitoring unit that temporarily stores data and controls whether the received image data is transferred to a recording unit for printing or stored in a memory based on the detection signal from the sensor; The recording unit for printing the received image data from the unit, and the received image data from the data monitoring unit And a memory storing a control program for controlling the entire facsimile apparatus, a plurality of received image data stored in the memory, and related information relating to each of the plurality of received image data. A second display unit, a clock unit for generating a real time signal, a print button for forcibly printing one of the plurality of received image data stored in the memory, and a color designation of the received image data And a setting button for setting whether or not printing is possible when the cartridge does not match the mounted cartridge, and controlling the facsimile apparatus by the control program stored in the memory, and simultaneously storing the remaining storable capacity of the memory at the present time. A facsimile apparatus comprising: 5. The data monitoring unit, when storing the received image data in the memory, obtains reception time information via the CPU, and associates the received time information in the memory with the received image data. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein related information of received image data including a reception sequence number, said reception time information, a caller number, a caller name, and a number of received pages is stored. 6. The second display unit displays related information of the received image data in accordance with a reception order of the plurality of received image data based on the plurality of received image data stored in the memory. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: 7. A detection display means for mounting one of a plurality of types of cartridges for replacement, for displaying the result of detection by detecting the type of the mounted cartridge, and for outputting a detection signal; If image data is received from the line via a modem and the amount of received image data is smaller than the remaining storage capacity of the memory, the printing color designation is detected and the color designation of the mounted cartridge in the detection signal is detected. When the received image data is transferred, the received image data is transferred to recording means, and when the color designation does not match, if the forced print setting is not set, the received image data is transferred to be stored in the memory. Image data receiving means for transferring to the recording means irrespective of color designation when the storage capacity is larger than the remaining capacity, and real time information from a clock unit for transferring the received image data; Storage control means for receiving and storing the received image data items in the memory in the order of reception time, and displaying a plurality of items of received image data stored in the memory on a display unit in the order of the reception time, and displaying the items of the received image data. Display control means for displaying the full text of the received image data designated by the designation on a display unit, and forcibly printing the received image data on the image data receiving means in the case of a color mismatch. A facsimile apparatus comprising: first setting means for setting the forced printing; and second setting means for setting to print received image data of the specified item on the display unit. 8. When a modem receives image data via a line, the modem temporarily stores the image data in a buffer memory in the control means, and determines whether the remaining storage capacity of the current memory is larger than the received image data. The controller determines whether the capacity is small, and if the capacity is large, if the color designation of the image data matches the color type detection signal of the mounted cartridge from the sensor, the control unit sends the recording data to the recording unit. And outputting the image data to be printed in response to the image data. If the remaining storage capacity of the memory is smaller than the image data, the display unit displays “Memory Over” and then the control unit performs the recording. Output the image data to be printed on a set, and when the capacity is large, when the color data does not match the color type detection signal, the color of the mounted cartridge is set by a setting button. The control means outputs the image data to be printed on the recording unit when the first setting for printing is set in advance regardless of the case, and when the first setting is not set, Storing the image data in the memory, simultaneously displaying the storage state of the image data on the display unit, and setting a second setting of printing the image data designated by the setting button. When detected, the control means reads the designated image data from the memory and outputs the designated image data for printing on the recording unit. 9. When the first setting is not set, the image data is stored in the memory together with a reception time including the reception time of the image data and a transmission number, a caller name, a print color designation and the number of pages, 9. The print control method for a facsimile apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the reception information is displayed together with the image data on the display unit. 10. When the second setting is detected and the color designation of the designated image data matches the color type detection signal, the control means reads the designated image from the memory. 9. The printing control method for a facsimile apparatus according to claim 8, wherein data is read and output for printing on said recording unit.