JP2016140036A - Image processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide means capable of removing an abnormality ahead of an operation of reading a document.SOLUTION: An image processor includes: an operation display part (an operator panel 110) having a display part for displaying information and an operation part for receiving an operation of a user; an image read part (a scanner control part 130) for continuously reading images of a document; an output part (a printing part 150) for outputting the images; and a state management part 160 for monitoring a state of the image read part to display the state on the operation display part according to the state, and controlling an operation of the image read part in accordance with a user's operation received by the operation display part. In the case that the state management part detects an abnormality of the output part when the image read part reads the images of the document, the state management part displays on the operation display part the fact that an abnormality occurs, and also displays input means for receiving an operation for instructing the image read part to stop a reading operation.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus including an image reading unit that reads an image of a document.

  The conventional image processing apparatus continuously performs the reading operation without stopping when the abnormality that the copying process cannot be performed during the reading operation of the original image, accumulates the read image data, and the abnormality is resolved. After that, the accumulated image data is printed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP-A-4-273754

However, in the conventional technique, when a document reading operation is performed, the occurrence of an abnormality is detected in another operation performed in parallel, and the abnormality that has occurred more than the document reading operation is detected. Even when priority is given to cancellation, there is a problem that the abnormality cannot be recovered until the reading operation of all the documents remaining in the automatic paper feeder is completed.
An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to cancel an abnormality in preference to an operation of reading a document.

  Therefore, the present invention provides an operation display unit having a display unit for displaying information and an operation unit for accepting a user operation, an image reading unit for continuously reading an image of a document, an output unit for outputting an image, A state in which the state of the image reading unit is monitored, the state is displayed on the operation display unit in accordance with the state, and the operation of the image reading unit is controlled in accordance with a user operation received in the operation display unit And when the image reading unit detects an abnormality in the output unit when the image reading unit reads an image of the document, the state management unit indicates that the abnormality has occurred in the operation display unit. And an input means for accepting an operation for instructing to stop the reading operation of the image reading unit.

  According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to cancel the abnormality in preference to the operation of reading the document.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the printing apparatus in an Example Explanatory drawing of a paper jam occurrence screen during reading in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of the reading pause screen in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of the paper jam occurrence screen in the embodiment Explanatory drawing of the read restart screen in the embodiment State transition diagram of the state management unit in the embodiment Explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the reading interruption process in an Example

  Embodiments of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a printing apparatus according to an embodiment.
In FIG. 1, a printing apparatus 100 as an image processing apparatus is an apparatus including an image reading unit that reads an image of a document, and is, for example, a multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a copy function. The printing apparatus 100 accepts an input operation of a user 200 on an operator panel, reads a document set on an automatic document feeder (ADF) (Auto Document Feeder) or a contact glass, which is a document table, and reads the document. Copying (copying) for printing image data of a document on a medium is performed.

  The printing apparatus 100 includes an operator panel 110, a panel control unit 120, a scanner control unit 130, an image processing unit 140, a printing unit 150, and a state management unit 160. The printing apparatus 100 includes a control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage unit such as a memory, and the control unit performs the entire operation of the printing apparatus 100 based on a control program (software) stored in the storage unit. Control.

  The operator panel 110 as an operation display unit has a display unit for displaying information and an operation unit for accepting user operations. The operator panel 110 includes a touch panel as a display unit and an operation unit, and displays information according to an instruction from the panel control unit 120 and accepts an input operation of the user 200 such as input of information and start of a job. It is.

The panel control unit 120 controls the operator panel 110 in accordance with an instruction from the state management unit 160 to display information and input information. When panel operator 120 accepts input operation of user 200 such as information input or job start-up by operator panel 110, panel controller 120 notifies status management unit 160 of the information.
The scanner control unit 130 as an image reading unit reads an image of a document continuously in accordance with an instruction from the state management unit 160, generates image data of the document, and stores it in a storage unit. Further, the scanner control unit 130 counts the number of read originals and stores it in the storage unit.

When the scanner control unit 130 receives an instruction to start reading from the state management unit 160, if the sensor or the like detects that there is a document in the ADF 133, the scanner 132 reads the document one by one until the document disappears. Do. When there is no document in the ADF 133, the scanner control unit 130 reads the document placed on the contact glass 131 once with the scanner 132. Each time a single original is read, the scanner control unit 130 passes image data of the read original to the image processing unit 140 to request printing of the image data.
When the scanner control unit 130 receives an instruction to interrupt reading from the state management unit 160, the scanner control unit 130 interrupts the original reading operation when the original reading operation on the ADF 133 is being performed. When the reading operation is interrupted, the scanner control unit 130 notifies the state management unit 160 that the interruption of the reading operation is completed.

  When the scanner control unit 130 receives an instruction to resume reading from the state management unit 160 while the reading operation is interrupted, the scanner control unit 130 resumes the interrupted reading operation, performs the original reading operation on the ADF 133 again, and performs an operation on the ADF 133. The document reading operation is performed until there are no more documents. The scanner control unit 130 performs the document reading operation until there is no document on the ADF 133, and then notifies the state management unit 160 that the reading operation is completed. When the scanner control unit 130 receives an instruction to resume reading from the state management unit 160 and the document does not exist on the ADF 133, the scanner control unit 130 immediately performs the reading operation on the state management unit 160 without performing the document reading operation. Notify completion.

When the image processing unit 140 receives a print request for the image data together with the image data of the document read by the scanner control unit 130, the image processing unit 140 converts the image data into print data that can be printed by the printing unit 150, and prints the printing unit 150. It is what you request.
When a print request is notified from the image processing unit 140 together with the print data, the print unit 150 serving as an output unit prints (outputs) the print data. Further, the printing unit 150 counts the number of printed sheets and stores it in the storage unit.

  When a paper jam is detected during printing by a sensor or the like, the printing unit 150 interrupts printing and notifies the state management unit 160 that a paper jam has occurred. Further, when the printing unit 150 detects the paper jam from the sensor or the like, the printing unit 150 notifies the state management unit 160 that the paper jam has been cleared. Further, when the printing unit 150 receives a notification from the state management unit 160 that the reading of the document has been completed, the state management indicates that the printing has been completed when all of the requested image data has been printed. To the unit 160.

The printing unit 150 can print not only the original image read by the scanner control unit 130 but also image data received from a host computer as an external device connected via a communication line. Yes.
The state management unit 160 monitors the state of the scanner control unit 130, displays the state on the operator panel 110 according to the state of the scanner control unit 130, and scans according to the user's operation received on the operator panel 110. The operation of the control unit 130 is controlled.

In this embodiment, the status management unit 160 manages the status of the scanner control unit 130, starts reading of a document with respect to the scanner control unit 130 based on notifications from the panel control unit 120 and the printing unit 150, Instructs to stop reading and resume reading the document. The state management unit 160 instructs the printing unit 150 to perform printing based on a document reading completion notification from the scanner control unit 130.
The state management unit 160 holds the state of the scanner control unit 130 as the scanner state, notifies the scanner control unit 130, and receives the notification from the scanner control unit 130 to update the scanner state.

As shown in FIG. 6, this scanner state is composed of three states: standby 61, reading 62, and interruption 63.
The initial state is 61 during standby, and when the state management unit 160 instructs the scanner control unit 130 to start reading, the state shifts from standby 61 to reading 62.
When a reading completion notification is received from the scanner control unit 130 during reading 62, the process shifts to standby 61. Further, during the reading 62, when the notification of the completion of interruption is received from the scanner control unit 130, the process proceeds to the interruption 63.

When the state management unit 160 instructs the scanner control unit 130 to resume reading during the interruption 63, the process proceeds to reading 62.
When the status management unit 160 receives a notification from the printing unit 150 that a paper jam has occurred, the status management unit 160 performs an operation according to the scanner status.

  When the status management unit 160 receives a notification indicating that a paper jam has occurred from the printing unit 150 during reading 62, the status management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a reading paper jam occurrence screen. This during-reading paper jam occurrence screen is, for example, the in-read paper jam occurrence screen 20 shown in FIG. 2, and is used to indicate that a paper jam has occurred, the number of originals read (number of read pages), and printed. A “reading pause” button 21 for instructing a pause of the original reading operation together with the number of copies (number of printed sheets) and a “cancel” button 22 for erasing the image data already stored in the storage means and ending the reading operation Contains.

  When the status management unit 160 receives notification from the printing unit 150 that a paper jam has occurred in a state other than 62 during reading, the status management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a paper jam occurrence screen. This paper jam screen is, for example, the paper jam screen 40 shown in FIG. 4, a message for informing that reading is stopped, a word for informing that a paper jam has occurred, and the number of read originals (number of read pages). ), And the number of printed sheets (number of printed sheets), a “resume reading” button 41 for instructing the resumption of the document reading operation, and “cancel” for erasing the image data already stored in the storage means and ending the reading operation A button 42 is included.

When the status management unit 160 receives a notification from the printing unit 150 that the paper jam has been cleared, the status management unit 160 performs an operation corresponding to the scanner status.
When the status management unit 160 receives a notification that the paper jam has been cleared from the printing unit 150 during the interruption 63, the status management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a reading resume screen. This reading restart screen is, for example, the reading restart screen 50 shown in FIG. 5, and “reading restart” instructing the restart of the document reading operation together with the number of read documents (number of read sheets) and the number of printed sheets (number of printed sheets). A button 51 and a “cancel” button 52 for erasing image data already stored in the storage means and ending the reading operation are included.

When the status management unit 160 receives a notification from the printing unit 150 that the paper jam has been cleared in the standby 61 state, the status management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a print resumption screen.
Further, upon receiving a notification instructing the start of copying from the panel control unit 120, the status management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a reading screen informing that the document is being read, and performs scanner control. The unit 130 is instructed to start document reading.

  While the reading paper jam occurrence screen (see FIG. 2) is displayed, the status management unit 160 presses the “Pause Pause” button on the reading paper jam occurrence screen to interrupt reading from the panel control unit 120. When receiving the instruction to instruct, the panel control unit 120 is requested to display a document reading pause screen, and the scanner control unit 130 is instructed to interrupt reading of the document. The reading pause screen is, for example, the reading pause screen 30 shown in FIG. 3 and includes a pop-up screen 31 for informing that reading is temporarily suspended.

On the other hand, while the reading paper jam occurrence screen (see FIG. 2) is displayed, the “Reading Pause” button is not pressed on the reading paper jam occurrence screen, and the scanner control unit 130 has finished reading the document. In this case, upon receiving a notification of reading completion from the scanner control unit 130, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a paper jam screen. This paper jam occurrence screen is, for example, the paper jam occurrence screen 40 shown in FIG.
When the status management unit 160 receives a notification of completion of interruption from the scanner control unit 130, the status management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a paper jam screen.

When the “resume reading” button is pressed on the reading resumption screen (see FIG. 5) and the state management unit 160 receives a notification from the panel control unit 120 instructing resumption of reading, the state management unit 160 displays the original reading screen on the panel control unit 120. In addition to requesting display, the scanner control unit 130 is instructed to resume document reading.
When the status management unit 160 has not received a notification of a paper jam from the scanner control unit 130 and receives a notification of reading completion from the scanner control unit 130 in a normal state in which the screen for generating a paper jam during reading is not displayed, The control unit 120 is requested to display the print screen, and the printing unit 150 is notified that the reading of the original has been completed.

When the status management unit 160 receives a print completion notification from the printing unit 150, the status management unit 160 determines that the copying is complete and requests the panel control unit 120 to display a standby screen.
As described above, when the state management unit 160 detects an abnormality of the printing unit 150 while the scanner control unit 130 reads an image of the document, the state management unit 160 displays on the operator panel 110 that the abnormality has occurred in the printing unit 150. In addition, a “pause reading” button is displayed as input means for accepting an operation to instruct the scanner control unit 130 to stop the reading operation.

When the state management unit 160 receives an operation for instructing the operator panel 110 to stop the reading operation of the scanner control unit 130, the state management unit 160 stops the reading operation of the scanner control unit 130 and instructs the scanner control unit 130 to stop the reading operation. When the operation to be performed is not accepted, the reading operation of the scanner control unit 130 is continued.
In this embodiment, the output unit is described as the printing unit 150. However, the output unit is not limited to this, and the output unit is a first transmission unit that transmits an image of a read document to an external device by e-mail, facsimile transmission The second transmission unit may be a third transmission unit that stores an image of a read document in an external storage device such as a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory.

The operation of the above configuration will be described.
The document reading interruption process performed by the printing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. 1 in accordance with the step represented by S in the explanatory diagram showing the flow of the reading interruption process in the embodiment of FIG. The output unit is assumed to be the printing unit 150, and an abnormality in the output unit will be described as a paper jam.
S1: The printing apparatus 100 accepts a setting operation for performing one copy at the same magnification and an input operation for starting a copy on the operator panel 110 after the user 200 sets three A4 originals on the ADF 133 by the user 200. The operator panel 110 that has received the input operation for starting the copy notifies the panel control unit 120 of a copy start instruction.

S2: The panel control unit 120 that has received the notification of the start instruction notifies the status management unit 160 of the copy start instruction.
S3: Upon receiving the notification of the start instruction, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display the reading screen.
S4: The panel control unit 120 that has received the request to display the reading screen displays the reading screen on the operator panel 110.

S5: Further, the state management unit 160 instructs the scanner control unit 130 to start reading the document, and updates the scanner state from waiting 61 to reading 62 shown in FIG.
S6: Upon receiving an instruction to start reading the document, the scanner control unit 130, when determining that there is a document in the ADF 133, feeds one document from the ADF 133, and starts reading the first document. When the scanner control unit 130 reads the first document, the scanner control unit 130 sets the document reading number to “1”.

S7: The scanner control unit 130 that has read the first document requests the image processing unit 140 to print the image data of the read document.
S8: The image processing unit 140 performs image processing of the requested image data, and instructs the printing unit 150 to print the image data.
S9: The printing unit 150 performs the printing operation of the instructed image data, and sets the number of prints to “1”. Here, it is assumed that the printing unit 150 detects a paper jam in printing and stops the printing operation.

S10: The printing unit 150 that has detected a paper jam issues a paper jam notification that notifies the status management unit 160 that a paper jam has occurred.
S11: Upon receiving the paper jam notification, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a reading paper jam screen because the scanner status is being read.
S12: The panel control unit 120 that has received the request to display the reading paper jam screen displays the reading paper jam screen 20 shown in FIG. In the reading paper jam screen 20, the number of originals read by the scanner control unit 130 and the number of prints printed by the printing unit 150 are displayed.

S13: The scanner control unit 130 feeds one document from the ADF 133, and starts reading the second document.
S14: Here, the printing apparatus 100 performs an input operation (pressing the “Pause Pause” button 21) for interrupting (pause) the reading of the original by the user 200 on the paper jam screen 20 shown in FIG. The operator panel 110 accepts an input operation for interrupting the reading of the document and notifies the panel control unit 120 of an instruction to interrupt the reading of the document.

  Note that in a state where the operator panel 110 does not accept an input operation for interrupting reading of a document by the user 200, the scanner control unit 130 continues to read the document. When the operator panel 110 accepts pressing of the “cancel” button 22 for ending the reading of the original on the paper jam screen 20 shown in FIG. 2, the scanner control unit 130 is already stored in the storage unit. The image data is erased and the reading operation is terminated.

S15: Receiving the instruction to interrupt the reading of the document, the panel control unit 120 notifies the state management unit 160 of the instruction to interrupt the document reading.
S16: Receiving the notification of the document reading interruption instruction, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a reading pause screen.
S17: The panel control unit 120 that has received the request to display the reading pause screen displays a reading pause screen (see FIG. 3) on the operator panel 110.

S18: Furthermore, the state management unit 160 instructs the scanner control unit 130 to interrupt reading of the document.
S19: The scanner control unit 130 continues the current document reading operation in response to the instruction to interrupt document reading, reads one document, and requests the image processing unit 140 to print the image data of the read document. .
S20: The image processing unit 140 performs image processing of the requested image data, and instructs the printing unit 150 to print the image data. The printing unit 150 holds the instructed printing because it is currently in a paper jam state.

S21: When the reading of one original is completed, the scanner control unit 130 interrupts the original reading operation.
S22: The scanner control unit 130 that interrupted the document reading operation notifies the status management unit 160 of the completion of the interruption to the effect that the document reading operation has been interrupted.
S23: Upon receiving the interruption completion notification, the state management unit 160 updates the scanner state from reading 62 shown in FIG. 6 to interruption 63, and requests the panel control unit 120 to display a paper jam screen.
S24: The panel control unit 120 that has received the request to display the paper jam screen displays the paper jam screen 40 shown in FIG.

S25: Here, the user 200 collects one document remaining on the ADF 133 of the printing apparatus 100, moves the scanner 132, for example, lifts it, opens the cover of the printing apparatus 100, etc., and enters the conveyance path. It is assumed that the remaining paper is removed or the like to clear the paper jam, and the cover of the printing apparatus 100 and the scanner 132 are restored.
The printing unit 150 detects the removal of the paper jam by a sensor or the like, and resumes printing of the suspended image data.
S <b> 26: The printing unit 150 that has detected the removal of the paper jam issues a paper jam clearance notification that notifies the status management unit 160 that the paper jam has been cleared.

S27: The state management unit 160 that has received the notification of clearing the paper jam requests the panel control unit 120 to display the read resume screen.
Even when the paper jam of the printing apparatus 100 is not cleared, when the panel control unit 120 detects that the “resume reading” button 41 for instructing to resume the document reading operation is pressed on the paper jam screen 40 shown in FIG. The state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a read resume screen. When the operator panel 110 accepts pressing of the “cancel” button 42 for ending the reading of the document on the paper jam screen 40 shown in FIG. 4, the scanner control unit 130 stores the image data already stored in the storage unit. Is erased and the reading operation is terminated.

S28: The panel control unit 120 that has received the request to display the read resume screen displays the read resume screen (see FIG. 5) on the operator panel 110.
S29: The user 200 resets the remaining one document on the ADF 133, and performs an input operation (pressing the “resume reading” button 51) for restarting reading of the document on the reading restart screen 50 shown in FIG. Assumed to be performed. The operator panel 110 that has received an input operation for resuming document reading notifies the panel control unit 120 of an instruction to resume document reading.

When the operator panel 110 accepts pressing of the “cancel” button 52 for ending the reading of the document on the reading restart screen 50 shown in FIG. 5, the scanner control unit 130 stores the image data already stored in the storage unit. Is erased and the reading operation is terminated.
S30: Receiving the instruction to resume document reading, panel control unit 120 notifies state management unit 160 of an instruction to resume document reading.

S <b> 31: Upon receiving the document reading restart instruction notification, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a reading screen.
S <b> 32: The panel control unit 120 that has received the request to display the reading screen displays the reading screen on the operator panel 110.
S33: Further, the state management unit 160 instructs the scanner control unit 130 to resume document reading, and updates the scanner state from being interrupted 63 to being being read 62 in FIG.

S34: The scanner control unit 130 feeds one document from the ADF 133, and starts reading the third document.
S35: The scanner control unit 130 that has read the third document requests the image processing unit 140 to print the image data of the read document.
S36: The image processing unit 140 performs image processing of the requested image data, and instructs the printing unit 150 to print the image data.
S37: The scanner control unit 130 that has completed the reading operation of the third document detects that the document on the ADF 133 has run out, and notifies the state management unit 160 that the reading of the document has been completed.

S38: Upon receiving the notification of completion of reading, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a print screen, and updates the scanner state from reading 62 to standby 61 shown in FIG.
S 39: The panel control unit 120 that has received the print screen display request displays the print screen on the operator panel 110.
S40: Further, the state management unit 160 notifies the printing unit 150 that the reading of the document has been completed.

S41: When the printing unit 150 finishes printing the image data of all pages for which printing has been instructed by the image processing unit 140, the printing unit 150 performs a print completion notification that notifies the status management unit 160 that printing has been completed.
S42: Upon receiving the print completion notification, the state management unit 160 requests the panel control unit 120 to display a standby screen.
S43: The panel control unit 120 that has received the standby screen display request displays the standby screen on the operator panel 110, and ends this process.

As described above, when the scanner 150 detects a paper jam during printing while the scanner control unit 130 performs a document reading operation, the state management unit 160 of the printing apparatus 100 causes the operator panel 110 to store the document. By displaying a paper jam screen during reading provided with an operation button for temporarily stopping reading and enabling the reading of the original to be interrupted, the paper jam can be released in preference to the reading of the original.
When two or more operations are performed in parallel, such as an original reading operation and a printing operation, and an abnormality occurs in an operation other than the original reading operation, conventionally, after the original reading operation is completed, Since other abnormalities of the operation are canceled, it is impossible to perform the operations in parallel, and much time is required until all the operations are completed.

However, as in this embodiment, when two or more operations are performed in parallel, such as an original reading operation and a printing operation, and an abnormality occurs in an operation other than the original reading operation, the original Since the other reading operations can be canceled by temporarily stopping the reading operation, the time until all the operations are completed can be shortened.
In this embodiment, when the operation button for temporarily stopping the reading of the document is not pressed on the paper jam screen during reading, the reading of the document can be continuously performed.
In other words, the user can select between clearing a paper jam and continuing to read a document according to the situation.

  In the present embodiment, the abnormal state in the operation other than the original reading operation has been described as a paper jam of the printing unit 150. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an abnormality in an operation performed in parallel with the original reading operation. If so, an abnormality in the first transmission unit such as a line connection failure when the read original image is transmitted to the external device by e-mail, or an abnormality in the second transmission unit such as a line connection failure when the facsimile transmission is performed The abnormality of the third transmission unit such as poor connection or insufficient storage capacity when an image of a read document is stored in an external storage device such as a USB memory may be used.

  As described above, the state management unit of the printing apparatus reads the document on the operator panel when the scanner control unit detects an abnormality in another parallel operation while performing the document reading operation. By displaying an operation screen with an operation button for pausing and allowing the reading of the original to be interrupted, it is possible to cancel other operation abnormalities in preference to the reading of the original. .

In addition, it is now possible to select the cancellation of abnormalities occurring in other operations performed in parallel with the original reading operation and the continuation of original reading, so that reading of the original can be continued without canceling the abnormality. Thus, after the reading operation is completed, it is possible to cancel the abnormality.
In this embodiment, the image processing apparatus has been described as a printing apparatus (multifunction machine). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any apparatus having a document reading function may be used as a copying machine, a facsimile machine, or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Printing apparatus 110 Operator panel 120 Panel control part 130 Scanner control part 140 Image processing part 150 Printing part 160 Status management part

Claims (8)

An operation display unit having a display unit for displaying information and an operation unit for receiving a user's operation;
An image reading unit that continuously reads an image of a document;
An output unit for outputting an image;
The state of the image reading unit is monitored, the state is displayed on the operation display unit according to the state, and the operation of the image reading unit is controlled according to a user operation received by the operation display unit. A state management unit;
Have
When the image reading unit detects an abnormality of the output unit while the image reading unit is reading an image of the document, the state management unit displays on the operation display unit that the abnormality has occurred, and the image reading unit An image processing apparatus for displaying an input means for accepting an operation for instructing to stop the reading operation. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1.
The state management unit stops the reading operation of the image reading unit when the operation display unit receives an operation to stop the reading operation of the image reading unit. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The state management unit continues the reading operation of the image reading unit when the operation display unit does not accept an operation for instructing to stop the reading operation of the image reading unit. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The image processing apparatus, wherein the output unit is a printing unit that prints an image. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4.
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality in the printing unit is a paper jam. The image processing apparatus according to claim 5.
The printing unit prints an image of a document read by the image reading unit;
The state management unit, when detecting an abnormality of the printing unit, displays the number of documents read by the image reading unit and the number of printed sheets printed by the printing unit on the operation display unit. apparatus. The image processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The image processing apparatus, wherein the output unit is a transmission unit that transmits an image. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7.
The transmission unit includes a first transmission unit that transmits an image of a document read by the image reading unit to an external device, a second transmission unit that transmits a facsimile, and a third transmission unit that transmits the image to an external storage device. An image processing apparatus comprising any one of the above.

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