JP2006345418A - Multifunctional printer, its control method, program and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multifunctional printer capable of easily collating an image file obtained by scanning a document with an original document, and to provide its control method, program and storage medium. <P>SOLUTION: A scan data file processing system has the multifunctional printer 100, an information processor 102 and an information terminal 104 which is, for example, a personal computer. The multifunctional printer 100 further has a data base system 103 connected to a server 102. The multifunctional printer 100 scans a plurality of form documents, stores scanned images and additional information in a HDD 305, prints scan outline data on output paper sheet after transmitting the scanned form documents from a scan document ejection port 205 to a finisher 204, transmits the printed scan outline data output paper sheet 600 to the finisher 204 and files the form documents using the scan outline data output paper sheet 600 as a cover by the finisher 204. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a multifunction printing apparatus, a control method thereof, a program, and a storage medium, and more particularly, multifunction printing that scans a document, prints scan summary data of scan data, and binds the printed scan summary data together with the document. The present invention relates to an apparatus, a control method thereof, a program, and a storage medium.

  Conventionally, when constructing a system for processing a handwritten form manuscript with a personal computer, the form manuscript is scanned using an office multi-function peripheral, a document scanner, etc., and the obtained image data is transmitted to the computer, and the computer performs processing. It is common to do it. In this case, as a method for transmitting a file from an office multifunction device or a document scanner to a computer, a method using a shared folder, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), document management software, or the like is common (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).

On the other hand, Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for associating an electronic document with a printed material by allowing a user to input management information (storage location, storage manager, etc.) of the printed material when the electronic document is printed. ing.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-147445 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 08-180045

  However, in the case of the conventional method, after a form document is scanned and converted into electronic data, generally, the scan result is stored as an image file. However, the form document (original) scanned by the image file is not saved. If it is necessary to identify the scan source document (original) corresponding to the scanned image file, the content of the document document in the image file is compared with the document document one by one. There must be.

  Therefore, for example, when a large number of form documents are scanned at a time and a large number of image files are created at once, what kind of image file is generated and sent to the computer by the user performing the scanning operation? If the created image file has a scan error, or the form document has not been scanned, the user who processes it on the computer notices the mistake, and then the scan source form It is not efficient to specify a document because it takes time and processing is reversed.

  On the other hand, the technique of Patent Document 2 is associated with printing an electronic document, and processing for a scanned document is not considered. Furthermore, it is necessary for the user to input information, which is troublesome.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a multifunction printing apparatus capable of easily comparing an image file obtained by scanning a document with an original document, a multifunction printing apparatus, a control method thereof, a program, and a storage medium. .

  In order to achieve the above object, a multi-function printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a scanner that scans a plurality of documents and scan summary data including identification information of image data for the plurality of scanned documents are scanned. A printer that prints as data output paper, and a binding unit that binds the printed scan summary data output paper and the plurality of scanned originals together.

  A multifunction printing apparatus according to claim 5, a scanner that scans a plurality of originals, a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data for the plurality of scanned documents as scan summary data output paper, And a transfer means for transferring the plurality of scanned originals and the printed scan summary data output sheet to an output tray.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method comprising: a scanner that scans a plurality of documents; and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data for the plurality of scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. A control method for a multi-function printing apparatus, comprising: a binding step of binding together the printed scan summary data output sheet and the plurality of scanned originals together.

  The control method according to claim 10 includes a scanner that scans a plurality of documents, and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data for the plurality of scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. A control method for a multi-function printing apparatus, comprising a transfer step of transferring the plurality of scanned originals and the printed scan summary data output sheet to an output tray.

  The control program according to claim 11 includes a scanner that scans a plurality of documents and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data of the scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. A control program for a multi-function printing apparatus, which causes the multi-function printing apparatus to execute a binding module for binding the printed scan summary data output sheet and the plurality of scanned originals together. .

  A control program according to claim 12 includes a scanner that scans a plurality of originals and a printer that prints scan outline data including identification information of image data of the scanned originals as a scan outline data output sheet. A control program for a multi-function printing apparatus, which causes the multi-function printing apparatus to execute a transfer module that transfers the plurality of scanned originals and the printed scan summary data output sheet to an output tray. .

  A storage medium according to a thirteenth aspect stores the control program according to the eleventh aspect.

  A storage medium according to a fourteenth aspect stores the control program according to the twelfth aspect.

  According to the present invention, since the plurality of scanned documents are bound using the printed scan summary data output sheet as a cover, it is possible to easily collate the image file obtained by scanning the document with the original document.

  According to the present invention, a plurality of scanned documents and the printed scan summary data output sheet are transferred to an output tray, so that it is easy for an operator to bind a form document with the scan summary data output sheet as a display. Thus, the image file obtained by scanning the original can be easily compared with the original original.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a scan data binding processing system including a multi-function printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The scan data binding processing system of FIG. 1 includes a multi-function printing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “MFP”) 100, an information processing apparatus (hereinafter referred to as “server”) 102, and an information terminal 104 which is a personal computer, for example. These are connected to each other via a logical network 101. The multi-function printing apparatus 100 further includes a database system 103 connected to the server 102. The database system 103 can be replaced with a file storage system.

  FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing a configuration of MFP 100 in FIG.

  2 includes an MFP main body 200 and an automatic document feeder (hereinafter referred to as “auto feeder”) 201 placed on the MFP main body 200. The auto feeder 201 includes a document stacking unit 202, a first scanned document discharge port 203 disposed below the document stacking unit 202, and a second scanned document discharge port 205 provided on the side. The MFP main body 200 includes a scanner that scans a document sent from the auto-feeder 201, a printer that prints scan data on printing paper, and further includes a printing paper discharge port 026 on the side.

  The MFP 100 also accepts a scanned document from the scanned document discharge port 203 at the side of the MFP main body 200 and an output finishing unit (hereinafter referred to as “finisher”) that receives a print sheet from the print sheet discharge port 206. 204 and an output tray 207 attached to the finisher 204.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal configuration of the MFP main body 200 in FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the MFP main body 200 stores a display / touch panel unit 300 that provides a user interface to an operator, a network interface unit 301 that communicates with an external device via a network, and a control program and data for the MFP 100. A ROM 303, a CPU 302 that executes a control program for the MFP 100, a RAM 304 that is a temporary memory area used by the MFP 100 for calculation, and a HDD 305 that is a large-capacity storage area for storing scanned image data are provided. They are connected to each other via 306. The display / touch panel unit 300 can select either a normal scan mode or a scan summary data print mode.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure of scan summary data binding processing executed by the scan summary data binding processing system of FIG.

  In FIG. 4, first, when the operator sets a document to be scanned in the auto feeder 201 (step S101), the MFP main body 200 sends a message to the display / touch panel unit 300 asking the operator whether or not the document binding mode is set. When the operator selects the document binding mode by operating the display / touch panel unit 300 (YES in step S102), the MFP main body unit 200 is ready to start scanning after receiving the instruction. Is displayed on the display / touch panel unit 300 to prompt an instruction to start scanning, and the operator instructs scanning “start” by operating the display / touch panel unit 300 (step S103).

  Next, the MFP 100 automatically feeds one form document to the scanner by the auto feeder 201, reads the scanner image data by the scanner, and saves it as an image file in the storage area of the HDD 305 (step S104). The completed document is sent from the scanned document discharge port 205 on the finisher 204 side to the finisher 204 (step S105).

  The auto-feeder 201 detects whether or not there is a remaining form document (step S106). When the remaining form document is detected, the auto-feeder 201 reaches a preset filing unit number, for example, 10 sheets (for example, 10). If NO in step S108), the processes in and after step S104 are repeated, and when the preset number of filing units, for example, 10 sheets is reached (YES in step S108), the scan summary data is printed on the output paper and printed. The scanned summary data print sheet 600 is sent to the finisher 204 (step S109).

  If there is no remaining form document at the detection in step S106, the end flag is immediately set to true (step S107), the process proceeds to step S109, the scan summary data is printed on the output paper, and the printed scan The summary data printing paper 600 is sent to the finisher 204.

  In step S <b> 109, the MFP main body 200 prints the scan summary data output sheet 600 shown in FIG. 5 and sends it to the finisher 204 from the print sheet discharge port 206. This scan summary data output sheet 600 has, in the common information area 601 at the top of the sheet, common information such as the scanned MFP machine name, date / date, user name, serial number range, etc. (individual identification information for each filing unit). Is printed, and reduced images 602 created from one or a plurality of image files stored in the HDD 305 are arranged in two columns and three columns, and further printed in the information area 603 on the right side of each reduced image 602, for example, Additional information specific to each image file such as an image file name, file size, document size, serial number, etc. is printed. At this time, the common information area 601 includes identification information unique to the filing unit, for example, “MFP No. 7 2004/06/17 file No. 07”.

  Next, the finisher 204 uses the scan summary data output sheet 600 as a cover, sorts the form originals sent in step S105 in the order of reading, performs binding by a predetermined binding means, and sends it to the output tray 207 (step S110). This binding may be performed with a clip with an IC tag. In this case, ID information unique to the IC tag of this clip is held in a recording area such as a memory.

  In the subsequent step S111, it is determined whether or not the end flag is true. If not true, the processing from step S104 is repeated. If true, the operator uses the display / touch panel unit 300 to connect to the server 102. After confirming that data transmission is to be started, a plurality of scanned image data, image file names, and document file locations are transmitted to the server 102 (step S112), and this process ends.

  In step S112, the individual identification information of the filing unit output to the common information area 601 is transmitted as additional information data. The transmission data at this time is transmitted to the database system 103 by the server 102 as shown in the table 400 of FIG. Saved. The data in FIG. 6 includes an image file name given to the scanned image data and a document file location corresponding to the image file name.

  When the binding in step S110 is performed with a clip with an IC tag, in step S112, ID information unique to the IC tag is transmitted as additional information data, and the transmission data at this time is transmitted by the server 102 to the database system 103. Are stored as shown in the table 500 of FIG. The data in FIG. 7 includes the image file name given to the scanned image data and the unique ID of the IC tag of the clip corresponding to the image file name.

  According to the process of FIG. 4, a plurality of form originals are scanned, the scanned image and additional information are stored in the HDD 305 (step S104), and the scanned form original is sent from the scan original discharge port 205 to the finisher 204 (step S105). Thereafter, the scan summary data is printed on the output paper, and the printed scan summary data output paper 600 is sent to the finisher 204 (step S109), and the finisher 204 binds the form document with the scan summary data output paper 600 as the cover. (Step S110), the image file obtained by scanning the form original can be easily compared with the original form original.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a modified example of the scan summary data binding process of FIG.

  In FIG. 8, first, when the operator sets a document to be scanned in the auto feeder 201 (step S201), the MFP main body 200 sends a message to the display / touch panel unit 300 asking the operator whether or not the document binding mode is set. When the operator selects the document binding mode by operating the display / touch panel unit 300 (YES in step S202), the MFP body 200 informs the display / touch panel unit 300 that the operator is ready to start scanning. The display prompts an instruction to start scanning, and the operator instructs the start of scanning by operating the display / touch panel unit 300 (step S203).

  Next, the MFP 100 automatically feeds one form document to the scanner by the auto feeder 201, reads the scanner image data by the scanner, and saves it as an image file in the storage area of the HDD 305 (step S204). Is detected (step S205). When the remaining form originals are detected, until a preset filing unit number, for example, 10 sheets is reached (NO in step S207), The processing after step S204 is repeated, and when the preset number of filing units, for example, 10 sheets is reached (YES in step S207), the scan summary data is printed on the output paper, and the printed scan summary data print Remove the paper 600 (FIG. 5) through the finisher 204. Transferring the tray 207 (step S208).

  If there is no remaining form document at the detection in step S205, the end flag is immediately set to true (step S206), the process proceeds to step S208, and the scan summary data is printed on the output paper. The scan summary data printing sheet 600 (FIG. 5) is transferred to the output tray 207 via the finisher 204.

  In subsequent step S209, the operator binds the scan summary data output sheet 600 and the form document (step S209), and detects that the scan summary data output sheet 600 on the tray is removed from the output tray (YES in step S210). Then, it is determined whether or not the end flag is true (step S212). If it is not true, the scan “restart” operation is performed (step S211), and then the processing after step S204 is repeated and is true. After confirming that the operator starts data transmission to the server 102 using the display / touch panel unit 300, the plurality of scanned image data, image file names, and document file locations are transmitted to the server 102 (step S213). ), This process is terminated. The transmission in step S213 is performed in the same manner as in step S112 in FIG.

  According to the processing of FIG. 8, a plurality of form originals are scanned, the scanned image and additional information are stored in the HDD 305 (step S204), and the scanned form original is sent from the scan original discharge port 205 to the finisher 204 (step S205). Thereafter, the scan summary data is printed on the output paper, and the printed scan summary data output paper 600 is transferred to the output tray 207 via the finisher 204 (step S208). The form document can be easily bound as a cover (step S209), and the image file obtained by scanning the form document can be easily collated with the original form document.

  Another object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the embodiments to a system or apparatus, and the computer (or CPU, MPU, etc.) of the system or apparatus stores the storage medium. It is also achieved by reading out and executing the program code stored in.

  In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

  Examples of the storage medium for supplying the program code include a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a CD-RW, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, and a DVD. -RW, DVD + RW, magnetic tape, nonvolatile memory card, ROM, etc. can be used. Alternatively, the program code may be downloaded via a network.

  Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the above embodiments are realized, but also an OS (operating system) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. A case where part or all of the actual processing is performed and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing is also included.

  Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written in a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, the function expansion is performed based on the instruction of the program code. This includes a case where the CPU or the like provided in the board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a scan summary data binding processing system including a multifunction printing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view schematically showing the configuration of the MFP in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing an internal configuration of the MFP main body in FIG. 2. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of scan summary data binding processing executed by the MFP in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining print contents of a scan summary data output sheet transmitted in step S109 of FIG. It is a figure explaining the additional information data transmitted by step S112 of FIG. It is a figure explaining the additional information data transmitted by step S112 of FIG. 4, and shows the case where the binding in step S110 was performed by the clip with an IC tag. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a modified example of the scan summary data binding process of FIG. 4. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Multifunctional printing apparatus 101 Network 102 Server 103 Database system 104 Information terminal 200 MFP main body 201 Auto feeder 204 Finisher 206 Print paper discharge port 207 Output tray 600 Scan summary data output paper

Claims (14)

  A scanner that scans a plurality of documents, a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data for a plurality of scanned documents as scan summary data output paper, and the printed scan summary data output paper; A multifunction printing apparatus, comprising: a binding unit that binds the scanned plurality of documents together.   The multifunction printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit identification information of the image data to an information processing apparatus.   3. The multifunction printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the binding unit performs the binding by a clip with an ID tag having an identification ID.   The multifunction printing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising another transmission unit that transmits the identification ID to an information processing apparatus.   A scanner that scans a plurality of documents, a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data for the plurality of scanned documents as scan summary data output paper, the plurality of scanned documents, and the A multi-function printing apparatus comprising: a transfer unit configured to transfer a printed scan summary data output sheet to an output tray. A control method for a multi-function printing apparatus comprising: a scanner that scans a plurality of documents; and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data of the scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. And
A control method for a multi-function printing apparatus, comprising a binding step of binding the printed scan summary data output sheet and the plurality of scanned originals together.   The control method according to claim 6, further comprising a transmission step of transmitting identification information of the image data to an information processing apparatus.   The control method according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the binding step performs the binding by a clip with an ID tag having an identification ID.   The control method according to claim 8, further comprising another transmission step of transmitting the identification ID to an information processing apparatus. A control method for a multi-function printing apparatus comprising: a scanner that scans a plurality of documents; and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data of the scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. And
A control method comprising a transfer step of transferring the plurality of scanned originals and the printed scan summary data output sheet to an output tray. A control program for a multi-function printing apparatus comprising: a scanner that scans a plurality of documents; and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data of the scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. And
A control program that causes a multi-function printing apparatus to execute a binding module that binds the printed scan summary data output sheet and the plurality of scanned originals together. A control program for a multi-function printing apparatus comprising: a scanner that scans a plurality of documents; and a printer that prints scan summary data including identification information of image data of the scanned documents as a scan summary data output sheet. And
A control program for causing a multi-function printing apparatus to execute a transfer module for transferring the plurality of scanned originals and the printed scan summary data output sheet to an output tray.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the control program according to claim 11.   A computer-readable storage medium storing the control program according to claim 12.

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