JP2001094700A - Digial composite machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transfer received data in a confidential transmission way to even an output device that cannot produce an image by receiving printer codes. SOLUTION: Reception of an incoming call is started (S1), and when no SUB is in existence (NO in S2), its own machine provides an output (S3), and when the SUB is in existence (YES in S2), a confidential BOX management table is retrieved. When a confidential BOX coincident with the SUB is not available (NO of S4), the incoming call is rejected (S5), and when a confidential BOX coincident with the SUB is available (YES of S4), a received file with a BFT format is stored. After the end of reception, in the case that the confidential BOX with an F code coincident with the SUB registers no transfer destination (NO of S6), its own machine provides an output (S7). When the transfer destination is registered (YES of S6), a transfer type of the confidential BOX having the F code coincident with the SUB is checked (S8). In the case of transferring printer code, the printer code part is transferred (S9), the printer image is transferred. In the case of ail transfer, an image is generated from the printer code and transferred (S10, S11).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a digital multifunction peripheral,
More specifically, the present invention relates to a digital multi-function peripheral having a facsimile function and a printer function, and relates to a digital multi-function peripheral applicable to a device having a communication function and a function of expanding a printer code (the scanner and the printer function are not required). .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Along with an increase in the amount of data transmitted to a facsimile apparatus and diversification of data, a transmitting side designates a specific printer on the receiving side for a receiving side provided with a plurality of printers in one facsimile apparatus. There has been proposed a technology for transmitting data. It is convenient if it is possible to transmit to a printer that the transmitting side prefers, for example, when the transmitting side wants to perform confidential transmission to the transmitting party. further,
It would be even more convenient if data could be transferred to various output devices as well as printers.

As described above, a facsimile apparatus capable of transmitting transmission data to a designated output printer is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 10-336421. This printer device does not require extra effort to specify the output printer for sending data,
When an output printer is specified, the transmission data is reliably output to the specified printer, and when the output printer is not specified, the transmission data is automatically output to an appropriate printer.

[0004]

However, in a device having a facsimile function according to the prior art, an image is once created from a printer code by a transmitting device and a compressed image is sent to a receiving device. There was a problem that data became large. In order to reduce the amount of data, transmission / reception by BFT (Binary File Transfer) is effective, but data received by BFT cannot be converted to a confidential file. In addition, the above-mentioned JP-A-10-3
In the facsimile apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 36421, transmission data can only be transferred to a printer, and cannot be transmitted to another output device other than the printer, which is preferred by the receiving side.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and is described in ITU-T Recommendation T.30. Caller PC (PC) using 30 SUBs (Sub Address Commands)
An image requested to be output by a printer can be transmitted to an output device near a receiving partner, for example, an output device that cannot create an image from a printer code due to insufficient capacity of a destination printer. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a digital multifunction peripheral capable of transferring as confidential transmission.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a SU
A digital multifunction peripheral having a facsimile function and a printer function capable of receiving B
confidential BOX for receiving the printer code transmitted by ry File Transfer).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, there is provided a transfer means for transferring the printer code, wherein the printer code is transferred to a confidential BOX of another terminal such as a printer or an e-mail server. It is characterized by.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image creating means for creating an image from the printer code, wherein the type of data at the time of transfer is set according to the destination terminal. It is a characteristic.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image creating means for creating an image from the printer code, and the created image is received by the confidential box. is there.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a facsimile apparatus for explaining an embodiment of a digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes an enlarged reading section (scanner), and 2 denotes a facsimile. Control unit, 3 is a writing unit (plotter), 4 is an operation display unit (op board), 5 is an image information storage unit (SA)
F), 6 is a page memory, 7 is an image information compression / reproduction unit (DC
R), 8 is a G3 communication control unit (G3CCU), 9 is a G4 communication control unit (G4CCU), 10 is a LAN control unit, and SF
For A5, use of a nonvolatile memory or a large-capacity hard disk is preferable, and the setting of the confidential BOX is also stored here.

The apparatus according to the present invention includes a BFT (Binary F
ile transfer) and a function to create an image from the printer code received by TIFF (Tagged Image File Forma).
t) A function to create a mail document attached by e.g., and a mail server connected to the LAN controller
A function of transmitting an e-mail by MTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) or the like is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a main part for describing an embodiment of an AN connection.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a transmitter-side terminal (a personal computer, a work station, or the like) that performs printing on the transmitter side. Reference numeral 12 denotes a function of transmitting a printer code transmitted from the transmitter-side terminal 11 by BFT and SU.
FAX having the function of outputting B, 13 is a FAX on the receiver side
(Digital MFP according to the present invention), 14 is a printer A that supports printer codes, 15 is a printer B that does not support printer codes, and 16 is a mail server.

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of the embodiment shown in FIG.
TU-T Recommendation T. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a communication protocol when 30 SUBs are used. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a confidential BOX management table created and stored in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. First, the operation on the transmitting side will be described. The sender specifies the F code of the confidential BOX of the receiver, and the sender's FAX
12 is requested to output. The transmitter-side FAX 12 converts the printer code received from the transmitter-side terminal 11 into a BFT format file and stores it in the memory together with the designated F code. After transmitting the designated F-code value as SUB, the transmitter-side FAX 12 transmits the created BFT file by BFT.

[0014] The user on the receiving side has a confidential BOX in advance.
Is created from the operation display unit 4. However, the F-code and the confidential BOX have a one-to-one relationship, and are guarded so that different confidential BOXes do not have the same F-code. When creating the confidential box, the transfer destination and the transfer type are set together with the F code. The control unit 2 stores the specified setting in the confidential BOX management table of the SAF 5, as shown in FIG.

As a method of designating the transfer destination, there are a terminal name and an IP address. If the output is to be performed by the FAX 13 on the receiver side, the transfer destination is not specified. For the type of transfer, select "Printer Code" if you want to output to a printer A14 that supports printer codes, and select "Printer Image" if you want to output to a printer B15 that does not support printer codes. Then, when the user wants to transfer the mail to the mail server 16, the user selects "mail".

When the "printer code" is selected, it is necessary to output the received printer code as it is to the printer A14 which outputs the received printer code via the LAN as it is when outputting with a printer of the same or higher quality as the printer of the FAX 12 on the receiver side. Since the transfer time is short and the resources of the own printer are not used, there is an advantage that the operation can be performed in parallel with a print request from another terminal. When the "printer image" is selected, an image is created from the received printer code, and the print image is directly transferred via the LAN when the image is output by the printer B15, which is lower than the printer of the FAX 13 on the receiver side.

When "mail" is selected, when a terminal such as a personal computer or a workstation wants to receive by e-mail, an image is created from the received printer code, and TIFF
And sends it to a mail and sends it to the mail server 16 by SMTP via the LAN. The confidential data can be output to the user by designating his / her own F-code from the operation display unit 4.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining one embodiment of the operation of the digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention.
Incoming call reception is started (S1). T. If there is no SUB before DCS in the protocol of No. 30 (NO in S2),
The signal is output by its own device as normal reception (S3), and when the SUB is sent (YES in S2), the received SU is sent.
A confidential BOX recorded in SAF5 to check whether there is a confidential BOX having an F code corresponding to B
Search the management table. If there is no matching confidential box (NO in S4), the line is disconnected and the incoming call is rejected (S5), and if there is a matching confidential box (Y in S4).
ES) continues the communication, and accumulates the transmitted BFT format file in the SAF 5.

At this time, the SUB sent at the same time is also recorded. After the reception is completed, it is checked whether the transfer destination is registered in the confidential box having the F code that matches the SUB,
If it is not registered, that is, if the transfer destination is not set (NO in S6), the data is received in the memory (confidential reception) as it is, and the F-code is input from the operation display unit 4, so that the plotter 3 outputs the data to its own device. (S7). If it has been registered (YES in S6), the transfer type of the confidential BOX having the F code matching the SUB is checked (S6).
8).

When the transfer type is printer code transfer,
The printer code portion is extracted from the received BFT file, and transmitted to the printer A 14 by the LAN control unit 10 (S9). If the transfer type is printer image transfer, the printer code portion is extracted from the received BFT file, an image is created on the page memory 6, and L
The data is transmitted to the printer B 15 by the AN control unit 10 (S
10). If the transfer type is mail transfer, the received BF
The printer code portion is extracted from the T file, an image is created on the page memory 6, and after being compressed to the TIFF format,
A mail in a sending format is created, and the LAN control unit 10
The data is transmitted to the mail server 16 by MTP (S16).

[0021]

(1) Effects of the Inventions of Claims 1 and 4 Since the printer code is transmitted, the amount of transmission data can be reduced as compared with the conventional case.

(2) Advantageous Effects of the Second Embodiment In addition to the transfer to the printer, a receiving and transferring method suitable for the user on the receiver side can be realized.

(3) Advantageous Effects of the Invention According to Claim 3 An image cannot be created from a printer code due to insufficient capacity of a transfer destination.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main part configuration diagram of a facsimile machine for explaining an embodiment of a digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main part configuration diagram for explaining an embodiment of a LAN connection of the digital multifunction peripheral according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a communication protocol when 30 SUBs are used.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a confidential BOX management table created and stored in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the operation of the digital multi-function peripheral according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Scanner 2 ... Control part 3 ... Plotter 4 ... Operation display part 5 ... Image information etc. storage part 6 ... Page memory 7 ... Image information compression reproduction part 8 ... G3 communication control part 9 ... G4 Communication control unit, 10: LAN control unit, 11: Transmitter side terminal, 12
... Transmitter FAX, 13 Receiver FAX, 14 Printer A, 15 Printer B, 16 Mail Server.

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A digital multifunction peripheral having a facsimile function and a printer function capable of receiving a SUB, comprising a confidential BOX for receiving a printer code transmitted by BFT (Binary File Transfer). Digital MFP. 2. The digital multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, further comprising a transfer unit that transfers the printer code, wherein the transfer unit transfers the printer code to a confidential BOX of another terminal such as a printer or an e-mail server. A digital multifunction device that features. 3. The digital multi-function peripheral according to claim 2, further comprising image creating means for creating an image from the printer code, wherein a type of data at the time of transfer is set according to the terminal of the transfer destination. Digital multifunction machine. 4. The digital multi-function peripheral according to claim 1, further comprising image generation means for generating an image from the printer code, and receiving the generated image in the confidential BOX. .