JP2008099305A - Output terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an output terminal capable of performing remote output via an electronic mail for general public users. <P>SOLUTION: An output terminal includes a transmission and reception part that receives an electronic mail transmitted based on a user's request and including a first identification information and data from a communication line, a storage that stores the data, a print-out part, an input part that receives a second identification information input by user's direct operation, and a controller that allows the print-out part to print out the data corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage when the first identification information matches the second identification information to each other. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a data output device, and more particularly to a data output device that outputs digital data supplied via a communication line.

  In an environment such as an office, generally, a configuration in which a printing device such as a printer is shared by a plurality of computers via a LAN or the like is used. In this case, the printers that can be used are limited to those installed in the LAN to which the computer on the data transmission side is connected, and cannot be output to a remote printer beyond that range.

  On the other hand, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-002541 discloses a system in which data is transmitted by e-mail from a computer and printed on the printer side that has received the data. This system is suitable for an environment where an unspecified number of users use the printer, because it is desirable that the data sent by e-mail is automatically printed, and it is desirable that the print result cannot be seen by others. Not.

  In order to prevent others from seeing the print result, for example, in the system disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 05-143253, the printer's password and password are managed on the printer side. However, in this system, since passwords and passwords need to be registered in advance, it is not intended for a completely unspecified number of users. Also, a burden of managing passwords and passwords is imposed on the printing apparatus such as a printer.

  In view of the above, an object of the present invention is to provide a data output device that can target a large number of unspecified users and perform remote output via electronic mail.

  An output terminal according to the present invention includes a transmission / reception unit that receives an email including first identification information and data transmitted based on a user's request from a communication line, a storage unit that stores the data, a print output unit, and the user Corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage unit when the first identification information and the second identification information match, the input unit receiving the second identification information input by direct operation And a control unit that causes the print output unit to print the data to be printed. When the transmission / reception unit receives the transfer identification information including the first identification information and the transfer destination e-mail address as an e-mail, the control unit stores the data corresponding to the first identification information. And transferring to the destination electronic mail address.

  According to a further aspect of the present invention, in the output terminal, when the electronic mail includes a processing instruction sheet, the control unit controls the print output unit based on the designation of the processing instruction sheet, and the processing is performed. The data and the processing instruction are transferred to another output terminal based on the designation of the instruction.

  According to at least one embodiment of the present invention, for example, a user who does not have a printer can print print data by sending an e-mail to an output terminal installed at a desired location. In this case, in the output terminal, printing is not performed until the user inputs identification information such as an e-mail address, so that the print result is not seen by others. Further, since the identification information is based on information included in the e-mail, it is not necessary to register a password or password in advance, which is suitable for a configuration in which an unspecified number of users use the printer. Furthermore, there is no burden of managing a personal identification number or password at the output terminal. In addition, when the user intends to make a print request to the output terminal at position A but mistakenly makes a print request to the output terminal at position B, the output terminal at position A sends the above request to the output terminal at position B. By transmitting the transfer identification information, the print data can be transferred from the output terminal at position B to the output terminal at position A.

  Further, according to at least one embodiment of the present invention, each output terminal executes print processing and data transfer according to a print processing mode and a data transfer destination specified in the processing instruction, thereby processing the print data. It is possible to cause each output terminal to execute a desired process simply by transmitting a single electronic mail with a document attached.

  The principles and embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

  The system according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes a user computer 511, an output terminal 512, and service provider servers 513 to 515, which are connected to each other via a network such as the Internet. The user computer 511 is a personal computer or the like used by the user at home or office. The output terminal 512 is an output terminal that may further include a copy function in addition to a print function and a communication function, or a print system in which a printer is connected to a computer. The output terminal 512 is installed in many places where the user can easily access, such as a convenience store. Service company servers 513 to 515 are server computers of service companies that provide services to users, and provide services that distribute image information, audio information, video information, and the like, for example.

  For example, the user of the user computer 511 may not have a printer. In addition, there are cases where a user owns a printer but wants to use a function (for example, a color printing function) that does not exist in the owning computer, or wants to print print data with a high image quality that does not exist in the owned printer. In such a case, the user creates an email including print data and a print request, and transmits the created email to the output terminal 512 via the user computer 511. When the output terminal 512 receives an electronic mail including print data and a print request, the output terminal 512 notifies the mail sender that the data has been received and is in a printable state by an electronic mail.

  The user who has received the notification mail goes to the place where the output terminal 512 is installed, such as a convenience store, and inputs an identifier to the output terminal 512. This identifier is based on information included in an e-mail transmitted from the user computer 511 to the output terminal 512 by the user. For example, an e-mail address is used as an identifier (identification information). When using an e-mail address as an identifier, the user directly operates the output terminal 512 to input the e-mail address. In response to this, the output terminal 512 prints the print data corresponding to the input e-mail address.

  The identification information may be information included in the e-mail or information based on the information, and various forms are conceivable. For example, there is a method of recognizing identification information with a special character string written in the body of an e-mail. That is, for example, if it is defined that the right side of a line beginning with the character string “Identifier =” is used as an identifier, Identifier = taro @ company. When the character string of “com” is included, the identifier is taro @ company. and the identifier in the case where the character string “Identifier = 9758” is included is 9758.

  In this manner, for example, a user who does not have a printer can print print data by sending an e-mail to the output terminal 512 installed at a desired location. In this case, in the output terminal 512, since printing is performed only after the user inputs identification information such as an e-mail address, the print result is not seen by others. Further, since the identification information is based on information included in the e-mail, it is not necessary to register a password or password in advance, which is suitable for a configuration in which an unspecified number of users use the printer. Furthermore, there is no burden of managing a password or password at the output terminal 512.

  The print request may be a print request for print data provided by the service provider servers 513 to 515 instead of a print request for print data included in an e-mail transmitted from the user. For example, it is assumed that the service provider server 513 is a supplier that publishes a map. The user of the user computer 511 transmits a delivery request for print data of a desired map by e-mail to the service provider server 513 via the Internet. Upon receiving the data delivery request e-mail, the service provider server 513 transmits the requested map data and identification information indicating the user to the output terminal 512 as an e-mail. The service provider server 513 notifies the user (user of the user computer 511) by e-mail that the print data has been delivered to the output terminal 512 and is ready for printing.

  The user who has received the notification mail goes to the place where the output terminal 512 is installed, such as a convenience store, and inputs an identifier to the output terminal 512. For example, when using an e-mail address as an identifier, the user directly operates the output terminal 512 to input the e-mail address. In response to this, the output terminal 512 prints the print data corresponding to the input e-mail address.

  A print request to the service provider servers 513 to 515 may be made not by the user computer 511 but by the user operating the output terminal 512. If such a function is provided, for example, if a document necessary for its own server is prepared in advance, the document can be obtained and printed via an Internet line at an arbitrary output terminal near a business trip destination or a customer destination. It becomes possible, and it becomes unnecessary to carry a large amount of documents.

  In the above description, the print data is output by a printing device such as a printer. However, the data is not limited to the print data, and the output form is not limited to the print form. For example, music digital data may be output as analog data recorded on a cassette tape, or moving image digital data may be output as analog data recorded on a video tape. For example, digital data is obtained from the service provider servers 513 to 515 and output as analog data. In this case, since it is analog format data that is owned by the user, it is possible to protect the copyright by preventing the digital data from circulating and making an unlimited number of high-quality copies.

  Alternatively, the distributed music digital data may be output as voice on the spot from the output terminal 12, and the moving picture digital data may be displayed as a moving picture on the spot at the output terminal 12 and output.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the data storage operation of the first embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the storage data output operation of the first embodiment.

  In FIG. 2, 1, 2 and 3 are connected to a FAX line network, an Internet line network and a wired LAN line network, respectively, and a transmission / reception unit for receiving and transmitting data from the line network, 4 is a confidential storage unit 4A, An output storage unit 4B and a storage storage unit 4C. The storage unit stores data, 5 is an input / output control unit, 6 is a format conversion unit, 7 is an input unit, and 8 is an interface for inputting / outputting digital data. (I / O), 9 is a display unit, 10 is a scanner, 11 is a printing unit, 12 is an audio output unit, 13 is an output conversion unit, and 17 is a processor (CPU) that performs processing.

  Next, an operation for accumulating data in the accumulation unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 shows a case where data is received from the Internet line connected to the transmission / reception unit 2.

  In step S10, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not the transmission / reception unit 2 has received from the Internet network, and waits until the determination is YES.

In step S11, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not a confidential identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S12.
The confidential identifier may be a transmission source identifier that can specify the transmission source, a transmission destination identifier that can specify the transmission destination, or both of them, or a password.

  In step S12, the input / output control unit 5 stores the received data in the confidential storage unit 4A.

  If the determination in step S11 is NO, the process proceeds to step S13, and the input / output control unit 5 determines whether a storage identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S14. The received data is stored in the storage unit 4C. The storage unit 4C stores the digital document obtained when the digital document on the Internet line is obtained from the service provider servers 513 to 515 shown in FIG. 1 and printed on the output terminal 12 or the like. This is a storage unit.

  If the determination in step S13 is NO, the process moves to step S15, and the input / output control unit 5 stores the received data in the output storage unit 4B.

  The above explanation is for the Internet, but in the case of FAX and wired LAN, an identifier is added to the head of the FAX text and LAN transfer data, and the same operation as described in FIG. 3 is performed. Data is stored in the storage unit 4.

  In addition, for the data generated by inputting through the input unit 7, the data input through the I / O 8, the data scanned by the scanner 10, etc. Prior to the storage of these data, the identifier is input and the same operation as described with reference to FIG. 3 is performed to store the data in the storage unit 4.

  Next, the data output operation from the storage unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows an output operation from the confidential storage unit 4A.

  In step S20, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not there is data to which a transmission destination identifier is added as an identifier, and if there is a transmission destination identifier, the process proceeds to step S21 to read the transmission destination. .

  In step S22, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether the transmission destination read in step S21 belongs to a FAX line network, an Internet line network, or a wired LAN line network, and corresponds to the determined line network. The format conversion unit 6 is instructed to convert the format of the data read from the confidential storage unit 4A.

  In step S23, the input / output control unit 5 instructs the corresponding transmission / reception unit 1, 2 or 3 to send the format-converted data.

  If the determination in step S20 is NO, that is, if there is no transmission destination identifier, the process proceeds to step S24, where the input unit 7 inputs the identifier.

  In step S25, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether there is data to which the same identifier as the identifier input in step S24 is added. If there is a matching identifier, the process proceeds to step S26.

  In step S26, the input / output control unit 5 reads the output conversion from the file, and in the case of printing, moves to step S27 and prints the accumulated data in the printing unit 11.

  If the data to be printed is FAX, the output conversion unit 13 cancels the band compression. If the data is code sentence data, the output conversion unit 13 develops the code into character dot data, and the printing unit 11 performs printing. .

  If the output conversion in step S26 is audio, the process proceeds to step S28. If the audio data is band-compressed, the output conversion unit 13 cancels the band compression, converts it to an analog signal, and outputs it to the audio output unit 12. .

  If the output conversion in step S26 is an image, the process proceeds to step S29, and the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not it is a moving image. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S30 and starts the moving image program. In step S31, a moving image or a still image is displayed on the display unit 9. In step S32, the output file is deleted.

  As will be described later, the file is deleted after a predetermined time since the data is read from the file. If you want to take out the output data, connect an analog recording medium such as a tape to the I / O8. You can also copy it.

  As described above, file data is automatically relayed for files with destination identifiers, and identifiers corresponding to passwords are input to other files, and only files with matching identifiers can be output. As a result, confidentiality can be protected.

  The output of the data stored in the confidential storage unit 4A has been described above. However, for the data stored in the output storage unit 4B, the input / output control unit 5 performs step S20 described in FIG. -S24 is skipped and steps S25-S32 are automatically executed. That is, the digital data received by the output terminal is automatically printed, reproduced by voice, or reproduced by moving images. In this case, for example, in the case of printing, there is a problem that the output result can be seen by others, but the user waits for a time from when printing is instructed at the installation location of the output terminal to when printing is completed. There is no need.

  For data stored in the storage unit 4C, steps S20 to S23 are skipped, an identifier is input in step S24, and steps S25 to S32 are executed. When the identifier is input in step S24, the identifier of the stored file may be displayed on the display unit 9 so that the user can select it.

  Since the identifiers are displayed and selected in this way, when the data of the stored file is the data targeted for publication, the necessary data can be easily displayed or printed out.

  The embodiment described above assumes that the output terminal of the present invention is mounted on a facsimile apparatus. However, the information processing of a printer, a digital copying machine, or a multifunction machine combining a facsimile and printer function, or a personal computer, etc. It may be attached to the device.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention, FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the storage management unit, and FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the second embodiment.

  In the configuration of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, an accumulation management unit 14 is added to the configuration of the first embodiment described in FIG.

  In the second embodiment, the data stored in the storage unit 4 described in the first embodiment is managed.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the added management unit 14 includes a reference time generating unit 14A, a MAXTIME0 (MT0) recording unit 14B, a MAXTIME1 (MT1) recording unit 14C, and a type (TYPE) time (T) recording unit 14D. Is done.

  MT0 is recorded with a time from when data is stored in advance until it is deleted, for example, MT0 = 24 hours, and MT1 is recorded with a time until data is deleted, for example, MT1 = 1 hour. These values can be input and changed from the input unit 7.

  Next, the operation of the accumulation management unit 14 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S40, when it is detected that the accumulation of data in the accumulation unit 4 is completed, the process proceeds to step S41, where both TYPE and T of the mold time recording unit 14D for the accumulated file are set to zero.

In step S42, the reference time generation unit 14A determines whether or not a reference time T ₀ , for example, T ₀ = 10 minutes has elapsed, and waits until the determination becomes YES.

In step S43, T ₀ is added to the value of time T recorded in the mold time recording unit 14D, and re-recording is performed.

  In step S44, it is determined whether or not the mold TYPE of the mold time recording unit 14D is zero.

  As will be described later, when TYPE = 0, data has not been read from the storage unit 4, and TYPE = 1 indicates a case where data has been read.

  If the determination in step S44 is YES, the process proceeds to step S45, where it is determined whether the time T added in step S43 is greater than MT0, which is the value recorded in the MAXTIME0 recording unit 14B, and the determination is YES If so, the process moves to step S46 to delete the file.

  That is, a file that has never been read within the MT0 time is deleted.

  If the determination in step S45 is no, the process proceeds to step S47, and it is determined whether or not there is output (reading) from the file stored in the storage unit 4. If there is no reading, the process proceeds to step S42. Steps S42 to S47 are repeated.

  If the determination in step S47 is YES, the process moves to step S48, the type value of the mold of the mold time recording unit 14D is set to 1, the time T is set to 0, the process moves to step S42, and steps S42 to S44 are executed. Is done.

  If the determination in step S44 is NO, that is, if reading from the file has been performed, the process proceeds to step S49, where the time T recorded in the mold time recording unit 14D is the time MT1 recorded in the MAXTIME1 recording unit 14C. It is determined whether it is greater than (= 1 hour). If the determination is YES, the process moves to step S50 to delete the file.

  That is, a file that has been read for MT1 time is deleted from the read file.

  If the determination in step S49 is NO, the process proceeds to step S51, and it is determined whether or not reading from the file has been performed again. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S42, and steps S42 to S44 and steps S49 to S51 are performed. Is repeated.

  If the determination in step S51 is yes, the process proceeds to step S52, the time T of the mold time recording unit 14D is reset to 0, the process proceeds to step S42, and steps S42 to S44 and S49 to S52 are repeated.

  That is, when reading from the file is performed again, the deletion of the file is extended again.

  In the embodiment, MT0 and MT1 to be recorded in the MAXTIME0 recording unit 14B and the MAXTIME1 recording unit 14C are input from the input unit 7, but the remaining storage capacity (capacity in which data can be stored) of the storage unit 4 is detected. Then, MT0, MT1 or both MT0 and MT1 may be changed according to the detected capacity.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a third embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention, FIG. 9 is a specific example of copyright information, and FIG. 10 is an operation flowchart of the third embodiment.

  In the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, a copyright management unit 15 is added to the configuration of the second embodiment described in FIG.

  Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  In step S60, the copyright management unit 15 reads the data from the storage unit 4 and determines whether or not copyright information is recorded in the data to be printed by the printing unit 14, and if not, the step S61 is performed. Then, the normal printing operation is executed.

  If the copyright information is recorded in step S60, the process proceeds to step S62, and the copyright information is displayed on the display unit 9.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the copyright information includes [CopyrightInfo] indicating that the copyright is set, followed by “String” indicating the author and the copyright year, “Price” indicating the copyright usage fee, This is composed of a POS Code indicating a product type code that can be input to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal (POS) terminal in the store where the output terminal is installed, a Print indicating a position where copyright information and a finalized print are printed, and the like.

  In step S63, if it is desired to change the position indicated by Print, the process proceeds to step S64 and is input from the input unit 7 and changed.

  In step S65, the String, Price, and POSCode described in FIG. 10 are printed at the position indicated by Print on the printed matter printed by the printing unit 11.

  In step S66, the copyright usage fee indicated by Price is displayed and the usage fee is recorded in a memory (not shown).

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the fourth embodiment, FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the storage unit 4 used in the fourth embodiment, FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a storage data protection unit used in the fourth embodiment, and FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the fourth embodiment.

  In the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, an accumulated data protection unit 16 is added to the configuration of the third embodiment shown in FIG.

  Since the storage unit 4 may store a large amount of data, and it is necessary to store the stored data even when the power is turned off.

  Further, it is necessary to protect the stored data 4 from being read out without permission by removing the storage unit 4 from the output terminal.

  The fourth embodiment is intended to protect the data stored in the storage unit 4 from being read out without permission.

  Therefore, a password recording unit 4D and a permission unit 4E are added to the storage unit 4 as shown in FIG.

  A password is recorded in the password recording unit 4D.

  Each time the power is turned on, the permission unit 4E compares the password transferred from the stored data protection unit 16 described later with the password recorded in the password recording unit 4D. Is allowed to read and write.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the stored data protection unit 16 includes a password recording unit 16A, a set time recording unit 16B, a reference time generation unit 16C, an encryption unit 16D, a random number generation unit 16E, and a control unit 16F.

  Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The operation is started every time the storage unit 4 is turned on.

  In step S70, the control unit 16F reads the encrypted password recorded in the password recording unit 16A, proceeds to step S71, decrypts it with the encryption unit 16D, obtains the password, and proceeds to step S72 to store the storage unit. Forward to 4.

  In step S73, the permission unit 4E of the storage unit 4 determines whether or not the transferred password matches the password recorded in the password recording unit 4D. If they do not match, the mismatch is transferred to the stored data protection unit 16 and the process ends. If they match, the process proceeds to step S75 to permit writing or reading of the subsequent data to the storage unit 4, and the process proceeds to step S76 to return a password match to the stored data protection unit 16.

In step S77, the control unit 16F of the stored data protection unit 16 calculates a difference time T from the set time recorded in the set time recording unit 16B from the reference time generated in the reference time generating unit 16C. step S78 time calculated move to T is determined whether large or not than the predetermined time T _1, when the determination is NO, the process ends.

  If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S79, the random number generator 16E generates a random number to generate a new password, and the process proceeds to step S80. If the new password matches the password decrypted in step S71, step S79 is performed again. Move to and generate a new password.

  In step S81, the control unit 16F transfers the new password to the storage unit 4.

  In step S82, the permission unit 4E records the transferred new password in the password recording unit 4D, moves to step S83, and returns a record OK to the stored data protection unit 16.

  In step S84, when the recording OK is returned, the control unit 16F encrypts the new password by the encryption unit 16D, proceeds to step S85, records it in the password recording unit 16A, and proceeds to step S86 to reference time generation unit 16C. Is recorded in the set time recording unit 16B, and the process ends.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to transfer or print out the data transferred through the lines with different data transfer methods and the input data to the designated transfer destination.

  Moreover, since it can cope as mentioned above, cost and installation space can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, for example, the output terminal that prints the print data is the output terminal to which the user has sent the print request e-mail. Therefore, for example, if the user intends to make a print request to the output terminal at position A but accidentally makes a print request to the output terminal at position B, even if he / she picks up the printed matter at position A, There is a problem that the print data is not distributed and cannot be printed. For example, if you intend to send print data to the second floor in the same building of the company but have sent it to the eighth floor, return to your computer again to check the e-mail destination, and take it to the eighth floor. It is possible to deal with such as going to However, if you send it to the wrong convenience store from your home, if you go to the convenience store where you intended to send the print data and notice it, it will take time and effort to deal with it. The following embodiment provides a system that can easily cope with such a mistake.

  A further embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 15 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention, FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the data storage operation of this embodiment, and FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the transfer operation.

  In FIG. 15, 1, 2 and 3 are connected to a FAX line network, an Internet line network and a wired LAN line network, respectively, and a transmission / reception unit for receiving and transmitting data from the line network, 4 is a confidential storage unit 4A, An output storage unit 4B and a storage storage unit 4C. The storage unit stores data, 5 is an input / output control unit, 6 is a format conversion unit, 7 is an input unit, and 8 is an interface for inputting / outputting digital data. (I / O), 9 is a display unit, 10 is a scanner, 11 is a printing unit, 12 is an audio output unit, 13 is an output conversion unit, 20 is a transfer identifier sending unit, and 17 is a processor (CPU) that performs processing. is there.

  Next, an operation for accumulating data in the accumulation unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 16 shows a case where data is received from the Internet line connected to the transmission / reception unit 2.

  In step S10, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not the transmission / reception unit 2 has received from the Internet network, and waits until the determination is YES.

  In step S11, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not a confidential identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S12.

  The confidential identifier may be a transmission source identifier that can specify the transmission source, a transmission destination identifier that can specify the transmission destination, or both of them, or a password.

  In step S12, the input / output control unit 5 stores the received data in the confidential storage unit 4A.

  If the determination in step S11 is NO, the process proceeds to step S13, and the input / output control unit 5 determines whether a storage identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S14. The received data is stored in the storage unit 4C.

  If the determination in step S13 is NO, the process proceeds to step S15, and the input / output control unit 5 determines whether the received data is a transfer identifier. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S16. The received data is stored in the output storage unit 4B. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S17, and the received transfer identifier is recorded in a memory (not shown).

  The above description is for the Internet. In the case of FAX and wired LAN, an identifier is added to the head of the FAX text and LAN transfer data, and the same operation as described in FIG. 16 is performed. Data is stored in the storage unit 4.

  In addition, for the data generated by inputting through the input unit 7, the data input through the I / O 8, the data scanned by the scanner 10, etc. Prior to the storage of these data, the identifier is input and the same operation as described in FIG. 16 is performed to store the data in the storage unit 4.

  The data output operation from the storage unit 4, that is, the output of the data stored in the confidential storage unit 4A, the output of the data stored in the output storage unit 4B, and the storage unit 4C is stored. Since the output of the data is the same as in the case of the first embodiment, the description of the operation is omitted.

  Next, the operation of the transfer identifier sending unit 20 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As described in the first embodiment, the user inputs an identifier from the input unit 7 of the present invention, searches the confidential storage unit 4A for a file corresponding to the input identifier, and outputs the searched stored data.

  However, if data is accidentally transmitted to another output terminal, this data cannot be output from the output terminal used by the user.

  The transfer identifier sending unit 20 automatically sends a transfer identifier so as to transfer data erroneously stored in another output terminal to the output terminal in use.

  When an identifier is input in step S24 of FIG. 17 (corresponding to step S24 of FIG. 4), the confidential storage unit 4A searches for the corresponding file in step S25 (corresponding to step S25 of FIG. 4), and step S50. Move on.

  In step S50, the transfer identifier sending unit 20 determines whether there is a matching file in step S25. If there is a matching file, the process proceeds to step S26 in FIG. 4, and steps S26 to S26 described in FIG. S32 is executed.

  If there is no matching file in step S50, the process proceeds to step S51, where no corresponding file is displayed on the display unit 9, and the process proceeds to step S52 to display whether data is transferred from another output terminal.

  In response to this display, when the operator inputs “don't transfer” from the input unit 7, the operation ends.

  When “transfer” is input, the process proceeds to step S53, where the identifier input in step S24 and the address of the self-output terminal which is a regular transfer destination are added to the transfer identifier and transmitted to, for example, the Internet.

  For example, in the case of an office, the address of an output terminal installed in the office is recorded in advance, and the transfer identifier is transmitted to all the recorded addresses.

  When the transfer identifier is transmitted to transfer the data stored in another output terminal and the transferred data is to be immediately output from the printing unit 11, the transferred data is output for output as described above. What is necessary is just to make it accumulate | store in the accumulation | storage part 4B. For this purpose, an instruction not to add the confidential identifier and the storage identifier to the transfer data is added to the above-described transfer identifier in addition to the identifier and the address of the self-output terminal that is the regular transfer destination. do it. When neither the confidential identifier nor the storage identifier is added to the transferred data, the transferred data is stored in the output storage unit 4B as described with reference to FIG. Is printed out.

  In this embodiment, the transfer identifier is sent from the output terminal. However, any device that can input the transfer identifier, such as a personal computer connected to the transmission / reception unit 1, 2, or 3, can be used. The transfer identifier can also be sent from the device. In this case, it is possible to print from the target output terminal by designating the transfer destination to which the data is transferred.

  In the above embodiment, the data transmitted to any output terminal can be transferred to any output terminal and output. However, in this configuration, the transfer identifier is sent to all output terminals. The load on the output terminal and line is large. Instead of such a configuration, for example, only one output terminal may be disclosed as a destination of a print request by e-mail. In this case, the published output terminal functions as a master machine, and all print requests and print data are stored in this master machine. If an output terminal connected to the master machine via the Internet line is installed as a slave machine in each store of convenience stores in the nationwide chain, for example, it can be transmitted from the slave machine anywhere in the country to the master machine. The stored print data can be obtained and printed.

  Next, the operation when the transfer identifier is recorded in step S17 of FIG. 16 will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the transfer identifier is received, as described below, based on the data added to the transfer identifier, the data of the target file is transferred to a regular transmission destination.

  As described with reference to FIG. 17, the data added to the transfer identifier includes the identifier of the data stored in the storage unit 4 and a regular transmission destination.

  In FIG. 18, when a transfer identifier is received from the transmission / reception unit 1, 2, or 3, the transfer operation is started. In step S40, the input / output control unit 5 identifies the identifier of the data stored in the confidential storage unit 4A. And the identifier added to the received transfer identifier is searched.

  In step S41, if there is a matching file by searching, the format conversion unit 6 performs format conversion to the line corresponding to the regular transmission destination (transfer destination) in which the stored data is added to the transfer identifier. The process proceeds to step S42 and is output from the transmission / reception unit 1, 2, or 3 connected to the corresponding network, and the process proceeds to step S43 to delete the transferred file.

  This embodiment described above assumes that the output terminal of the present invention is mounted on a facsimile apparatus. However, information on a printer, a digital copying machine, or a multifunction machine having a facsimile and printer function, or a personal computer, etc. You may mount | wear with a processing apparatus.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to transfer or print out the data transferred through the lines with different data transfer methods and the input data to the designated transfer destination.

  Moreover, since it can cope as mentioned above, cost and installation space can be reduced.

  Even if data is mistakenly accumulated, it can be easily transferred from a remote place to a regular transmission destination.

  In the above embodiment, the print data transmitted by e-mail is merely printed according to a predetermined format at the received output terminal. Therefore, only a specific page whose contents are difficult to recognize unless it is color printing is printed with a color printer, and the remaining pages are printed with a low-cost monochrome printer, thereby reducing the overall running cost. I can't. In addition, in a system used in a company, for example, a part of a document needs to be distributed to all branch offices, and a branch office as a base needs to output all pages. In this case, the digital document is divided in advance so that only a specific page is sent to the output terminals of all the branch offices, and all pages are sent to the output terminals of the branch offices that are the bases. Must be delivered to the branch office.

  In the following embodiment, a description will be given of a configuration in which each output terminal can be output in a specified format by simply transmitting one document data by one e-mail.

  A further embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 19 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the data storage operation of this embodiment.

  In FIG. 19, 1, 2 and 3 are respectively connected to a FAX line network, an Internet line network and a wired LAN line network, and a transmission / reception unit for receiving and transmitting data from the line network, 4 is a confidential storage unit 4A, An output storage unit 4B and a storage storage unit 4C. The storage unit stores data, 5 is an input / output control unit, 6 is a format conversion unit, 7 is an input unit, and 8 is an interface for inputting / outputting digital data. (I / O), 9 is a display unit, 10 is a scanner, 11 is a printing unit, 12 is an audio output unit, 13 is an output conversion unit, 21 is a process definition recording unit, 22 is a related transfer destination recording unit, and 23 is optimal. A route selection unit and 17 are processors (CPUs) that perform processing.

  Next, the operation of accumulating data in the accumulation unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 20 shows a case where data is received from the Internet line connected to the transmission / reception unit 2.

  In step S10, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not the transmission / reception unit 2 has received from the Internet network, and waits until the determination is YES.

  In step S11, the input control unit 5 determines whether or not a processing instruction is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S12 and records the processing instruction in a memory (not shown).

  In step S13, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not a confidential identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S14. The confidential identifier may be a transmission source identifier that can specify the transmission source, a transmission destination identifier that can specify the transmission destination, or both of them, or a password.

  In step S14, the input / output control unit 5 stores the received data in the confidential storage unit 4A.

  If the determination in step S13 is NO, the process proceeds to step S15, and the input / output control unit 5 determines whether a storage identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S16. The received data is stored in the storage unit 4C.

  If the determination in step S15 is no, the process proceeds to step S17, and the input / output control unit 5 stores the received data in the output storage unit 4B.

  The above description is for the Internet, but in the case of FAX and wired LAN, an identifier is added to the head of the FAX text and LAN transfer data, and the same operation as described in FIG. 20 is performed. Data is stored in the storage unit 4.

  In addition, for the data generated by inputting through the input unit 7, the data input through the I / O 8, the data scanned by the scanner 10, etc. Prior to the storage of these data, the identifier is input and the same operation as described in FIG. 20 is performed to store the data in the storage unit 4.

  The data output operation from the storage unit 4, that is, the output of the data stored in the confidential storage unit 4A, the output of the data stored in the output storage unit 4B, and the storage unit 4C is stored. Since the output of the data is the same as in the case of the first embodiment, the description of the operation is omitted.

  Next, the case where the processing instruction sheet is recorded in step S12 of FIG. 20 will be described.

  As shown in FIG. 21, a 15-page digital document is transmitted from the terminal computer 51 of the head office, so that two full texts are printed by the color printing device of the output terminal 52 of the head office, and monochrome printing of the output terminal 53 of the head office is performed. The device prints 10 copies of the full text, sends 1 copy of the full text to the customer's output terminal 54 in Tokyo, sends 1 copy of pages 1 and 3 to the output terminal 55 of the Sapporo branch office, and outputs the branch office of the Sapporo branch office. It is assumed that one page is transmitted to the terminal 56 and one page and ten pages are transmitted to the output terminal 57 at the branch office of the Sapporo branch office.

  In such a case, the terminal computer 51 at the head office attaches a processing instruction as shown in FIG. 22 to the digital document data as a file, for example, and sends it as an e-mail to the output terminal 52 equipped with a color printing apparatus. .

  As shown in FIG. 22, in the processing instruction sheet, the transfer destination address is described in parentheses [] of line numbers 1, 5, 8, 11, and 18, and the print page and the number of copies are printed below Print =. Are listed. Note that Print = (1-15) * 2 indicates that two copies are printed from page 1 to page 15, and Print = (1,3) * 1 indicates that one copy is printed on pages 1 and 3.

  In addition, the address of the transfer destination is described below “Transfer =” following Print.

  When receiving the digital document and the processing instruction shown in FIG. 22 from the terminal computer 51, the output terminal 52 at the head office searches the processing instruction for a line whose own e-mail address starts with a character string described in parentheses. In this case, line number 1 is a line in which the own e-mail address starts with a character string described in parentheses. From the next line of line number 1, line number 5 [monor @ company. com], that is, the processes defined by the line numbers 2 and 3 are to be executed by the output terminal 52. First, according to the instruction of line number 2, two copies of 1 to 15 pages of the digital document are printed using the color printing device of the self-output terminal.

  Further, the output terminal 52 receives the address mono@company.com described in the transfer of line number 3. The processing instruction and the digital document are transferred as e-mail to com. Similarly, the address “shisha @ sapporo.” Described in Transfer. company. The processing instruction and the digital document are transferred as e-mail to com.

  The last address 03-4444-5555 “G4FAX” described in Transfer indicates a FAX transfer to the G4FAX. In the case of electronic mail, the transfer destination can interpret the processing instruction, but this is not possible with a FAX machine, so the processing instruction is interpreted at the transfer source. That is, the section of [03-4444-5555] is found at line number 8 from the processing instruction, and Print (1-15) * 1 at line number 9 is interpreted, and the digital document is faxed with the interpreted contents. Execute.

  The output terminal 55 of the Sapporo branch office that has received the digital document and the processing instruction from the output terminal 52 of the head office searches the processing instruction for a line whose own e-mail address starts with a character string described in parentheses. In this case, since line number 11 is found, the subsequent processes of line numbers 12 and 13 are executed. First, according to the line number 12, one page and three pages are printed by the printing apparatus. Also, since Transfer = is described in line number 13, transmission and transfer processing are executed for each address described.

  As the data of the digital document transferred together with the processing instruction sheet, if only the page described in Print = is transferred, the transfer time can be shortened and the line usage fee can be reduced. .

  Further, as shown in FIG. 22, it is necessary to describe many transfer destination addresses, but it is difficult for the sender of the digital document to remember all of these addresses. It is convenient to write in.

  Therefore, in the present invention, the transfer destination is described with an abbreviated symbol as indicated by line numbers 3 and 5 in FIG.

  When the transfer destination is described with such abbreviations, the process definition recording unit 21 is provided in the output terminal 52, and a regular address for the abbreviations is recorded as shown in FIG. Change to a regular address.

  Also, as indicated by line numbers 3 and 13 in FIG. 22, it is necessary to describe where the device is to be transferred, but this designation is the optimum transfer route. It cannot be described except by those who are.

  In addition, FAX telephone number 03-4444-5555 described in line number 3 in FIG. 22 is erroneously described as FAX telephone number 01-1222-3333 described in line number 13 as shown in FIG. There is also a possibility of doing.

  Therefore, in the present invention, as indicated by line numbers 3 and 4 in FIG. 26, all transfer destination addresses may be described in Transfer = for the first device without being aware of the transfer route.

  When the processing instruction sheet as shown in FIG. 26 is transferred, the optimum route selection unit 23 refers to the position of the transfer destination (address), whether or not data transfer is possible, the specifications of the printing apparatus, and the like. 26 is changed to the processing instruction shown in FIG. 22 in which the optimum transfer route is clearly shown.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 21, the output terminal 52 has a color @ company. com and the fax line number (address) of 03-6666-7777, and as shown in FIG. 27, the address from each line is recorded in the related transfer destination recording unit 22 to obtain the optimum Change the processing instruction to select the route.

  Next, an operation based on the processing instruction will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the processing instruction is recorded in step S12 of FIG. 20, step S40 is executed.

  In step S40 of FIG. 28, the input / output control unit 5 describes the process definition described in abbreviated symbols as described in FIG. 23 as the transfer destination in Transfer in the recorded processing instruction sheet. If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S42.

  If the determination in step S40 is yes, the process moves to step S41, and the transfer destination of the abbreviated symbol is changed to a regular transfer destination (address) with reference to the record of the process definition recording unit 21 described in FIG.

  In step S42, the optimal route selection unit 23 determines whether or not the transfer route described in the processing instruction is optimal. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S44.

  If the determination in step S42 is NO, that is, for example, if the processing instruction is described in FIG. 25 and FIG. 26, the process proceeds to step S43, and the recording in the related transfer destination recording unit 22 is referred to in FIG. The transfer destination is changed so that transfer is performed using the optimum transfer route shown.

  In step S44, the input / output control unit 5 searches for a file to be transferred from the storage unit 4, moves to step S45, performs format conversion to the line corresponding to the transfer destination, moves to step S46, and connects to the corresponding line. The stored digital document is transmitted from the transmitting / receiving unit 1, 2, or 3.

  When sending, an apparatus equipped with the input device of the present invention, for example, the output terminal 55 of the Sapporo branch office and the output terminal 58 of the Fukuoka branch office shown in FIG. Mail is forwarded.

  Also, for the monochrome printing apparatus of the output terminal 53, the line number 6 of the processing instruction in FIG. 22 has 10 copies of 1 to 15 pages, so the data of 1 to 15 pages is sent out 10 times for printing.

  In step S47, the input / output control unit 5 determines whether or not there is an untransfer destination, and if the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S44 and executes steps S44 to S47 for the untransfer destination.

  If there is no untransfer destination, the process moves to step S48 to delete the file related to the transferred data.

  The embodiment described above assumes that the output terminal of the present invention is mounted on a facsimile apparatus. However, the information processing of a printer, a digital copying machine, or a multifunction machine combining the facsimile and printer functions, or a personal computer, etc. It may be attached to the device.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to transfer or print out the data transferred through the lines with different data transfer methods and the input data to the designated transfer destination.

  Moreover, since it can cope as mentioned above, cost and installation space can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, when an e-mail address, for example, is used as the confidential identifier, print data transmitted from the same transmission source is printed with the same identifier. Therefore, for example, when a third party who knows an e-mail address of a user inputs the e-mail address as an identifier to the output terminal, all print data can be printed, and security is low. There is a problem.

  In the following embodiment, a configuration for improving security by a simple method will be described.

    A further embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 29 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the output terminal according to the present invention, and FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the data storage operation of this embodiment. In FIG. 29, the same components as those of the above-described embodiment are referred to by the same reference numerals.

  In FIG. 29, 1, 2 and 3 are connected to a FAX line network, an Internet line network and a wired LAN line network, respectively, and a transmission / reception unit for receiving and transmitting data from the line network, 4 is a confidential storage unit 4A, The output storage unit 4B and the storage storage unit 4C are configured to store data, 5A is an input / output control unit, 6 is a format conversion unit, 7 is an input unit, and 8 is an interface for inputting and outputting digital data. (I / O), 9 is a display unit, 10 is a scanner, 11 is a printing unit, 12 is an audio output unit, 13 is an output conversion unit, and 17 is a processor (CPU) that performs processing. In this embodiment, the input / output control unit 5A uses either one or both of the transmission side setting confidential identifier set on the transmission side and the reception side confidential setting identifier set on the reception side as the confidential identifier. Thus, the confidential control is executed.

  Next, the operation of accumulating data in the accumulation unit 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 30 shows a case where data is received from the Internet line connected to the transmission / reception unit 2.

  In step S10, the input / output control unit 5A determines whether or not the transmission / reception unit 2 has received from the Internet network, and waits until the determination is YES.

  In step S11, the input / output control unit 5A determines whether or not a confidential identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S12. As the confidential identifier, a transmitting confidential identifier such as an e-mail address that can specify the transmission source may be used.

  In step S12, the operation mode of the input / output control unit 5A is determined. The operation modes include a mode that uses only the transmission side confidential identifier, a mode that uses only the reception side confidential identifier, a mode that uses the transmission side confidential identifier, and the reception side confidential identifier.

  In the mode in which only the sender confidential identifier is used, in step S13, the input / output control unit 5A stores the received data together with the sender confidential identifier in the confidential storage unit 4A. Here, the file stored in the confidential storage unit 4A includes, for example, a data field, a field for storing a transmission-side confidential identifier, and a field for storing a reception-side confidential identifier. Therefore, in this case, for example, the source e-mail address taro @ company. com is stored in the sender confidential identifier field, the received data such as a digital document is stored in the data field, and the receiver confidential identifier field is left at the initial value (for example, 0).

  In the mode in which only the reception side confidential identifier is used, in step S14, the input / output control unit 5A generates a reception side confidential identifier. For example, a number is generated by combining the date and time when the electronic mail is received and the hour, minute, and second, and the generated number is used as a reception side confidential identifier. A check digit calculated from a generated number according to a certain rule may be added so that it is not mistaken for another data with a single digit number. Such a number generation method may be any of a number of methods conventionally proposed, and is not limited to a specific method in the present invention.

  In step S15, the input / output control unit 5A returns the generated reception-side confidential identifier, for example, “052643” to the transmission source by e-mail. In step S16, the input / output control unit 5A stores the received data together with the generated reception-side confidential identifier in the confidential storage unit 4A. For example, the generated number “052643” is stored in the receiving-side confidential identifier field, the received data such as a digital document is stored in the data field, and the transmitting-side confidential identifier field remains in the initial value (for example, 0). It is said.

  In the case of the mode using the transmission side confidential identifier and the reception side confidential identifier, the input / output control unit 5A generates the reception side confidential identifier in step S17. Thereafter, in step S18, the input / output control unit 5A returns the generated reception-side confidential identifier, for example, “052643” to the transmission source by e-mail. In step S19, the input / output control unit 5A stores the transmission-side confidential identifier, the generated reception-side confidential identifier, and the received data in the confidential storage unit 4A. For example, the source e-mail address taro @ company. com is stored in the sender confidential identifier field, the generated number “052643” is stored in the receiver confidential identifier field, and the received data such as a digital document is stored in the data field.

  If the determination in step S11 is NO, the process proceeds to step S20, and the input / output control unit 5A determines whether a storage identifier is added to the received data. If the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step S21. The received data is stored in the storage unit 4C.

  If the determination in step S20 is no, the process proceeds to step S22, and the input / output control unit 5A accumulates the received data in the output accumulation unit 4B.

  The data output operation from the storage unit 4, that is, the output of the data stored in the confidential storage unit 4A, the output of the data stored in the output storage unit 4B, and the storage unit 4C is stored. The data output is substantially the same as in the first embodiment.

  That is, in the mode in which only the sender confidential identifier is used, for example, its own e-mail address taro @ company. By inputting “com” into the output terminal as a sender confidential identifier, the document data requested to be printed can be printed out. In the case of the mode using only the reception-side confidential identifier, for example, by inputting the reception-side confidential identifier “052643” returned from the output terminal to the output terminal, the document data requested for printing is printed out. be able to. In the case of a mode in which the sender confidential identifier and the receiver confidential identifier are used, for example, an email address taro @ company. com and the receiving side confidential identifier “052643” returned from the output terminal are input to the output terminal, whereby the document data requested for printing can be printed out.

  At this time, the data received by the output terminal is not limited to print data, and the output form is not limited to printing. For example, music digital data may be output as analog data recorded on a cassette tape, or moving image digital data may be output as analog data recorded on a video tape. Alternatively, the delivered music digital data may be output as voice on the spot from the output terminal, or the moving picture digital data may be output on the output terminal by displaying a moving picture on the spot.

  The present invention has been described based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be freely modified and changed within the scope described in the appended claims. Is intended.

1 is a block diagram of a system according to the principle of the present invention. It is a block diagram of 1st Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of a data accumulation operation. It is a flowchart of the output operation | movement of accumulation | storage data. It is a block diagram of 2nd Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of an accumulation management part. It is an operation | movement flowchart of 2nd Example. It is a block diagram of 3rd Example of this invention. It is a specific example of copyright information. It is an operation | movement flowchart of 3rd Example. It is a block diagram of 4th Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of the accumulation | storage part used for 4th Example. It is a block diagram of the accumulation | storage data protection part used for 4th Example. It is an operation | movement flowchart of 4th Example. It is a block diagram of the further Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of a data accumulation operation. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the identifier transmission part for a transfer. It is a flowchart of a transfer operation. It is a block diagram of the further Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of a data accumulation operation. It is a figure for demonstrating this invention. It is a specific example of a processing instruction sheet. This is a processing instruction written in the processing definition. It is a specific example of a process definition recording part. It is a specific example of a processing instruction sheet. It is a specific example of a processing instruction sheet. It is an example of a recording of a related transfer destination recording part. It is a flowchart of a process instruction | indication operation | movement. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a further embodiment of an output terminal according to the present invention. It is a flowchart of a data accumulation operation.

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1, 2, 3 Transmission / reception unit 4 Storage unit 4A Confidential storage unit 4B Output storage unit 4C Storage storage unit 5 Input / output control unit 6 Format conversion unit 7 Input unit 8 Interface (I / O)
9 Display unit 10 Scanner 11 Printing unit 12 Audio output unit 13 Output conversion unit 17 Processor (CPU)

Claims (19)

A transmission / reception unit that receives an email including first identification information and data transmitted based on a user's request from a communication line;
An accumulation unit for accumulating the data;
A print output section;
An input unit for receiving second identification information input by the user by direct operation;
A control unit that causes the print output unit to print the data corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage unit when the first identification information matches the second identification information;
When the transmission / reception unit receives the transfer identification information including the first identification information and the transfer destination e-mail address as an e-mail, the control unit receives the data corresponding to the first identification information from the storage unit. An output terminal which reads and transfers to the transfer destination e-mail address.   When the data corresponding to the second identification information does not exist in the storage unit, transfer identification information including the second identification information and the e-mail address of the output terminal is generated, and at least one other output terminal The input / output device according to claim 1, wherein The storage unit
A storage unit for confidential information;
An output storage unit, and the control unit stores the electronic mail data including the first identification information in the confidential storage unit and the e-mail data not including the first identification information. 3. The output terminal according to claim 2, wherein the data is stored in the output storage unit and the data stored in the output storage unit is immediately printed on the print output unit.   4. The information for instructing to transfer data by e-mail not including the first identification information is added to the transfer identification information and transmitted to the at least one other output terminal. I / O device. A transmission / reception unit that receives an email including first identification information and data transmitted based on a user's request from a communication line;
An accumulation unit for accumulating the data;
A print output section;
An input unit for receiving second identification information input by the user by direct operation;
A control unit that causes the print output unit to print the data corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage unit when the first identification information matches the second identification information;
When the electronic mail includes a processing instruction, the control unit controls the print output unit based on the specification of the processing instruction, and the data and the processing instruction are determined based on the specification of the processing instruction. An output terminal that transfers to another output terminal.   6. The output terminal according to claim 5, wherein the processing instruction includes a description indicating addresses of one or a plurality of transfer destination output terminals.   6. The output terminal according to claim 5, wherein the processing instruction includes a description indicating a print page and the number of copies.   A processing definition section that records a correspondence relationship between a transfer destination expressed in abbreviations and a transfer destination expressed in a regular format, and the transfer destinations described in the processing instructions are described in the abbreviations; 6. The output terminal according to claim 5, wherein the output terminal is changed to a transfer destination expressed in the regular format with reference to the process definition unit. An associated transfer destination recording unit including information on the transfer destination location and data transfer availability;
6. The output according to claim 5, further comprising an optimum route selection unit that selects an optimum route with reference to a record of the related forwarding destination recording unit and changes a forwarding destination described in the processing instruction. Terminal. A transmission / reception unit that receives an email including first identification information and data transmitted based on a user's request from a communication line;
An accumulation unit for accumulating the data;
A print output section;
An input unit for receiving second identification information input by the user by direct operation;
A control unit that causes the print output unit to print the data corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage unit when the first identification information matches the second identification information;
An output terminal, wherein the data is deleted when a first predetermined time elapses after the data is stored in the storage unit.   11. The output terminal according to claim 10, wherein the data is deleted when a second predetermined time elapses after the data is read from the storage unit.   12. The output terminal according to claim 10, wherein the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time are changed according to a storage capacity of the storage unit. A transmission / reception unit that receives an email including first identification information and data transmitted based on a user's request from a communication line;
An accumulation unit for accumulating the data;
A print output section;
An input unit for receiving second identification information input by the user by direct operation;
A control unit that causes the print output unit to print the data corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage unit when the first identification information matches the second identification information;
When printing the data stored in the storage unit with the print output unit, if copyright information is added to the data to be printed, the copyright fee settlement display obtained from the copyright information is displayed on the printed matter. An output terminal further comprising a copyright management unit for printing.   14. The output terminal according to claim 13, wherein the copyright management unit records the copyright fee.   The output terminal according to claim 13, wherein the display position and size of the copyright fee settlement display are changeable. A transmission / reception unit that receives an email including first identification information and data transmitted based on a user's request from a communication line;
An accumulation unit for accumulating the data;
A print output section;
An input unit for receiving second identification information input by the user by direct operation;
A control unit that causes the print output unit to print the data corresponding to the first identification information stored in the storage unit when the first identification information matches the second identification information;
A random number generator,
A non-volatile recording unit outside the storage unit for recording a random number generated by the random number generation unit as a password;
A password recording unit that is provided in a non-volatile storage area of the storage unit and records the password;
An output terminal comprising: a permission unit that allows access to stored data in the storage unit when the password of the nonvolatile recording unit and the password of the password recording unit match after power-on.   The output terminal according to claim 16, further comprising an encryption unit for encrypting the password.   17. The output terminal according to claim 16, wherein the random number is generated every time the power is turned on to generate a new password, and the generated password is recorded in the password recording unit.   The output terminal according to claim 16, wherein the password is updated when a predetermined time elapses after the password is recorded in the password recording unit.

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