JP2002185765A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that can visibly form an images of a size smaller than a size of a recording medium onto a recording medium satisfactorily and effectively utilize a port generated in the recording medium. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus is provided with a recording position control circuit that controls a recorder to visibly form an image 31 by using a center P of recording paper 30 as a reference. It is possible to form the image as above by image data received from other communication terminal or image data of a read original. Since the image 31 is formed by making the center P of the recording paper 30 as a reference in this way, the image can satisfactorily, with excellent appearance. Since a blank is formed to the left side of the recording paper 30, the blank part can effectively be utilized in the case of arranging recording paper sheets.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus capable of effectively forming an image having a size smaller than the size of a recording medium on the recording medium in a visible manner, and effectively utilizing a margin formed in the recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an auto document feeder (A) is used for a copying machine and a facsimile machine having a copying function.
DF) or a flatbed type document mounting table for reading is provided. The ADF is for continuously and automatically feeding a large number of read originals to an optical reading system and continuously reading an image from each original surface.

[0003] On the other hand, a flat bed type reading original placing table has a cover glass as a transparent original supporting plate, and a user places the reading originals one by one at a predetermined position on the cover glass. It is placed and read by an optical reading system. The reading method (FBS) using a flatbed type document table is generally called “book reading”.

An image forming apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus having such a copying function has a function of performing image scaling processing in order to enlarge or reduce a read image or a received image and record it on a recording paper (recording medium). Be prepared and add value.

When an image forming apparatus records image data of a read image or a received image on a recording medium, the size of the image data and the size of the recording medium are equal to each other. May be different. If the image data size is larger than the size of the recording medium, the image data is reduced. When the image data size is smaller than the size of the recording medium, the image data may be enlarged, but the image may be formed on the recording paper in the same size.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which image data smaller than the size of the recording medium is visibly formed on the recording medium. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 30 denotes a recording medium, and 31 denotes a visible image formed with an image smaller than the recording medium 30.

[0007]

As shown in FIG. 5, a visible image 31 is formed on the basis of a position X on the upper left of the recording medium 30. For this reason, there is a problem that blank portions are formed on the right side and the lower side, and the appearance is poor and image formation is not performed well. Further, there is a problem that the blank portion generated on the recording paper cannot be effectively used.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an image having a size smaller than the size of a recording medium is favorably formed on the recording medium in a visible manner. It is intended to provide an image forming apparatus that can be achieved.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus, comprising: a detecting unit for detecting a size of a received image or a read image; a detecting unit for detecting a size of a recording medium; An image forming unit that forms a visible image, and a setting unit that sets a reference position for image formation on a recording medium.When the image size is smaller than the size of the recording medium, an image is formed based on the set position. This is achieved by adopting a configuration in which the recording medium is formed visible on a recording medium.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first aspect, a setting section for setting the plurality of reference positions and a selection section for selecting a desired reference position from the plurality of set reference positions. And forming a visible image on the recording medium based on the selected position.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first or second aspect, an image is visually formed based on a center position of the recording medium.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus according to the first or second aspect, an image is visually formed based on a right side position of the recording medium.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the image size is smaller than the size of the recording medium, the image is visually formed on the recording medium based on the set position.
For this reason, the image is visually formed on the recording medium with good appearance, so that a good image can be formed. Further, since the blank portion generated in the recording medium can be used for organizing data by binding with a binding needle or forming a file hole, etc., the blank portion can be effectively used.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a selecting section for selecting a desired reference position from a plurality of set reference positions, and forming an image on a recording medium based on the selected position. ing. For this reason, a desired reference position can be selected according to the content of the image, which can be useful for organizing materials.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the image is visually formed with reference to the center position of the recording medium. For this reason, the images are arranged in a well-balanced manner with respect to the recording medium, so that the appearance is good and a good image is formed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the image is visually formed based on the right side position of the recording medium. For this reason, since the margin can be used for organizing the materials, the margin can be effectively used.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram showing a control device of the image forming apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the control device 1 has a control unit 10 for processing various signals and data. The control unit 10 is configured by, for example, an MPU (microminiature processing unit).

The control unit 10 includes a codec (encoding / decoding unit) 7, a recording processing unit 8,
An image memory 11, an operation panel 12 on which an operation unit and a display unit are arranged, a modem 13, a line control unit (NCU) 14,
A recording position control circuit 15, a motor control circuit 17, and a printer motor control circuit 20 are connected.

The image processing unit 2 and the image memory 6 are connected via an image bus 5. Image processing unit 2
Is connected to the reading device 3 and the reading light source 4. The image processing unit 2 controls the operation of the reading light source 4 and performs image processing on the document read by the reading device 3. This image processing unit 2
Charge-coupled device (ChargeCo
control of an A / D converter for converting image data of a read image from analog data to digital data, and shading correction.

The shading correction is a correction for compensating for variations in signal level in a read image. In this correction, a correction coefficient of the signal level is obtained before reading the original surface, and the correction coefficient is read and the image data is read.
It is used for correcting the signal level of each pixel data in the data.

The image processing section 2 is provided with a shading RAM for temporarily storing data obtained by the shading correction operation. In addition, a γ (gamma) correction circuit, a scaling circuit, a smoothing circuit, and an edge enhancement circuit for improving image quality are provided. The image processing apparatus further includes a binarization processing circuit for performing various image processing on the read image by the image processing circuit and then performing a binarization process.

The image data formed by the image processing section 2 is temporarily stored in the image memory 6 via the image bus 5. Next, the image data once stored in the image memory 6 is sent to the codec 7 via the image bus 5, and is coded by a predetermined coding method. The encoded image data is stored in the image memory 11.

The codec 7 decodes image data received from another communication terminal device, and the received image data is stored in the image memory 11. The size of the image data of the read image or the received image data stored in the image memory 11 is the size (size when forming an image on recording paper).
Is detected by the MPU 10.

The recording position control circuit 15 is connected to the recording device 16 and performs various processes for forming an image at a predetermined position on recording paper based on a signal from the recording processing unit 8 as described later. For example, control of a developing roller, a photosensitive drum, a transfer roller, a printer heater, and the like is performed. The recording device 16 is provided with a sensor for detecting the recording paper size.

The operation panel 12 has a liquid crystal display (LC)
D) is provided, and various messages necessary for the operation of the image forming apparatus are displayed. Also, the key
An operation unit including a board and a mouse is provided to instruct various operations and stop of the image forming apparatus. The modem 13 modulates and demodulates data transmitted / received to / from a communication terminal device such as a facsimile machine or the like. The line controller 14 is connected to an external line, and detects transmission of a dial pulse corresponding to the dial number of the other party and detection of an incoming call.

The motor control circuit 17 is an ADF motor 1
8 and the speed of the FBS motor 19 are controlled. Further, the printer motor control circuit 20 includes a printer motor 2
1 is performed.

Although not shown, the control device 1
An AM can be provided to store management data in reservation transmission or memory reception. A ROM can be provided to store data and programs necessary for various operations of the image forming apparatus. Further, a clock unit may be provided to count the current time, and the reception time may be stored in the communication management record using the output of the clock unit.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 30 denotes an image formed on the recording paper 30. In the example of FIG. 1, the image 31 is formed based on the center position P of the recording paper 30.

As described above, since the image 31 is formed on the basis of the center position P of the recording paper 30, the image 31 is arranged on the recording paper 30 in a well-balanced manner, so that the appearance is good and a good image is obtained. The formation is made. Recording paper 3
Since a blank portion is formed on the left side of 0, it is possible to perform binding with a binding staple or file binding by punching a punch hole. Therefore, the margin can be effectively used.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, an image 31 is formed with reference to the upper right Y position of the recording paper 30. In the example of FIG. 2, a margin is formed on the left side of the recording paper 30.
When organizing, the margin can be effectively used.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for forming an image at a desired position on a recording sheet. Next, this flowchart will be described. In FIG. 3, either the image formation mode of the received image data or the image formation mode of the read image (copy original) is selected and either one is selected. , An effective image forming mode is set.

(1) A processing program is started in step S1, and received image data or image data of a copy original (read image) is stored in an image memory in step S2.
Next, in the process of step S3, it is determined whether or not the user can set the printing position on the recording paper. If this determination is NO, the process moves to step S4.

(2) In the process of step S4, printing is performed at the default printing location on the recording paper, and the processing program ends in step S8. If the determination result of step S3 is Y
If it is ES, the processing shifts to the processing of step S5.

(3) In the process of step S5, the size of the recording paper is compared with the size of the image data, and if the size of the image data is larger than the size of the recording paper, the size of the image data is determined. Data reduction processing. Such image data reduction processing can be performed by the recording processing unit 8 in FIG.

(4) Next, in the process of step S6, a reference position of a printing portion of the recording paper is set. This reference position is
As shown in FIG. 1, the center position of the recording paper can be set. Further, the upper right position of the recording paper can be set as shown in FIG.

(5) In addition, the user can set the reference position of the printing location to an arbitrary position such as the lower right position or the right center position of the recording paper. When the reference position of the printing location is set on the right side of the recording paper, there is an advantage that the recording paper on which the image is formed by using the margin formed on the left side, that is, the material can be easily arranged.

(6) The user can set a plurality of reference positions of the printing position from the operation unit and store them in the RAM. Subsequently, in a process of step S7, printing is performed at a printing position based on a position selected from the reference positions set at the plurality of positions, and the processing program ends in step S8.

As described above, if a plurality of the reference positions are set in advance, a desired reference position can be selected according to the content of the image, which can be used for organizing the materials. Also,
For example, it is also possible to set the reference position only at one location such as the center position of the recording paper.

[0039]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the image size is smaller than the size of the recording medium, the image is visually formed on the recording medium based on the set position. ing. For this reason, the image is visually formed on the recording medium with good appearance, so that a good image can be formed. Further, since the blank portion generated in the recording medium can be used for organizing data by binding with a binding needle or forming a file hole, etc., the blank portion can be effectively used.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a selecting section for selecting a desired reference position from a plurality of set reference positions, and an image is formed on a recording medium in a visible manner based on the selected position. ing. For this reason, a desired reference position can be selected according to the content of the image, which can be useful for organizing materials.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, an image is visually formed based on the center position of the recording medium. For this reason, the images are arranged in a well-balanced manner with respect to the recording medium, so that the appearance is good and a good image is formed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the image is visually formed based on the right side position of the recording medium. For this reason, since the margin can be used for organizing the materials, the margin can be effectively used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an image forming position according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an image forming position according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control unit of the image forming apparatus.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control device 2 Image processing part 3 Reading device 4 Reading light source 8 Recording processing part 10 Microcomputer processing unit (MPU) 11 Image memory 12 Operation panel 14 Line control part (NCU) 15 Recording position control circuit 16 Recording device 17 M Motor control circuit 20 printer motor control circuit 30 recording paper 31 visible image

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[Submission date] March 27, 2001 (2001.3.2)
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[ 0001 ] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus capable of effectively forming an image having a size smaller than the size of a recording medium on a recording medium in a visible manner, and effectively utilizing a margin formed in the recording medium.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A size detection unit for a received image or a read image, a size detection unit for a recording medium, an image forming unit for visually forming an image on the recording medium, and a reference position for image formation on the recording medium. An image forming apparatus comprising: a setting unit, wherein when the image size is smaller than the size of the recording medium, an image is formed on the recording medium in a visible manner based on the set position. 2. A recording apparatus comprising: a setting unit for setting a plurality of reference positions; and a selection unit for selecting a desired reference position from the plurality of set reference positions, wherein an image is recorded on a recording medium based on the selected position. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image forming apparatus forms a visible image. 3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is formed to be visible based on a center position of the recording medium. 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image is visually formed based on a right side position of the recording medium.