JP2530862Y2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, and more particularly to a facsimile apparatus that prints a predetermined portion of facsimile reception data recorded in a built-in memory on a recording sheet by a required operation.

[Related Art] In a conventional facsimile apparatus, instead of printing directly on a recording sheet, instead of directly printing on a memory, an alternate reception is performed when the recording paper is exhausted or by an alternate reception setting.
The facsimile reception data is temporarily recorded in the memory, and the recorded data is printed out by attaching the recording paper to the apparatus and performing a required operation.The printing at this time is recorded in the memory. It prints all the received data, so if there are many received documents etc., it takes time to print, and the printing of urgent documents etc. will be postponed or eventually unnecessary Unless printing is performed on a document or the like, it cannot be determined that the document is unnecessary, and as a result, the recording paper is wasted. For this reason, each document recorded in the memory is printed out except for lines without black data or lines with a low black data rate, and the printed documents are selected based on the printing result, and the selected documents, etc. are selected. If only facsimile printing can be performed, waste of time for printing recording paper and all received data can be saved. Therefore, the appearance of such a facsimile apparatus has been desired.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] A conventional facsimile apparatus having an alternate reception function is used when a recording sheet runs out or an alternate reception setting is made.
The received data is recorded in the memory, and later printed on a recording sheet by a printing operation without discrimination whether it is urgent or urgent or whether it is necessary or unnecessary. For this reason, there has been a problem that urgent documents or the like cannot be taken out first, or those that do not need to be printed are automatically printed. The present invention is intended to solve such a problem. First, the reception data recorded in the memory by the alternate reception, except for a line having no black data or a line having a predetermined black data rate or less, has a black data rate higher than a predetermined value. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of printing out only a line, selecting a required document or the like by looking at the printed matter, and printing it on recording paper.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a facsimile apparatus in which received data of a facsimile is temporarily recorded in a memory unit without being printed on a recording sheet. A black data ratio determination unit that determines a black data ratio (a ratio of black data in the data) of each read line of the read data and outputs a signal at a predetermined black data ratio or more, and a read line read from the memory unit An auxiliary memory unit that records data for each of the colors based on a signal from the black data ratio determination unit, a printing unit that prints data read from the auxiliary memory unit on recording paper, the memory unit, a black data ratio determination unit, A control unit for controlling the memory unit and the printing unit; and an operation unit for reading data from the auxiliary memory unit and instructing printing on recording paper. A facsimile apparatus is provided.

[Operation] With the above configuration, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the received data recorded in the memory unit by the alternate reception is replaced with a predetermined black data rate except for a line having no black data or a line having a low black data rate. Only the data of the above lines are transferred and recorded in the auxiliary memory unit. The data recorded in the auxiliary memory unit is printed on recording paper by a required operation. The received data recorded in the memory unit is
All data can be printed on recording paper by a required operation.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an input / output unit,
Connect the facsimile machine to the telephone line. A control unit 2 controls each unit in the apparatus. Reference numeral 3 denotes a storage unit which stores programs and the like necessary for controlling the apparatus. 4 is a memory unit,
At the time of proxy reception, the received facsimile data is stored in RAM (random access memory) for each line, for example.
Etc. Reference numeral 5 denotes a black data rate determining unit which determines a black data rate (a ratio of black data in the read line data) of the data read from the memory unit 4 for each line, and sets a preset black data rate, for example, A signal is output when there is black data of 5% or more. Reference numeral 6 denotes an auxiliary memory unit which converts the data for each line read from the memory unit 4 into an RA based on a signal from the black data ratio determination unit 5.
Record in M etc. Reference numeral 7 denotes a printing unit which prints data or the like recorded in the memory unit 4 or the auxiliary memory unit 6 on recording paper. Reference numeral 8 denotes an operation unit which is provided with, for example, an "approximate print" key or a "designated print" key, and operates when printing data or the like recorded in the memory unit 4 or the auxiliary memory unit 6 on the recording paper by the printing unit 6. I do.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are conceptual diagrams for explaining printing by the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. The operation of FIG. 2 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. When the facsimile machine is set to intercept, the input / output unit 1
For example, the recording paper of FIG.
Enter data like 11 This data, for example,
It is composed of ten lines (the lines are enlarged for the sake of explanation and are indicated by). The data entered is
The control program stored in the storage unit 3 is recorded in the RAM or the like of the memory unit 4 via the control unit 2. To print the outline of the received facsimile document or the like (for example, to thin out lines with a low black data rate), the user operates the “summary print” key of the operation unit 8. With this operation, data is read line by line from the memory unit 4 via the control unit 2 (step 1, hereinafter abbreviated as ST1). The black data rate for each read line is determined by the black data rate determination unit 5, and when the rate occupied by the black data is, for example, 5% or more (in FIG. 2, corresponds to), (ST2: Yes) ) Signal, and in accordance with this signal, the read line data is transferred to the auxiliary memory unit 6 (ST3).
Record (ST4). Alternatively, in ST2, when the black data rate of the read line is as low as 5% or less (ST2: No), for example, the black data rate of the line 8 lines before is 5% or more. In this case (ST5: Yes), the data of these lines having a low black data rate is also transferred to the auxiliary memory unit 6 in order to avoid the next line to be read being printed adjacent to the recorded line and becoming difficult to see. Record. In this case, if the black data rate of the line eight lines before is 5% or less (ST5: No), the reading of the data of this line from the memory unit 4 is skipped (ST8). Therefore, what is transferred and recorded in the auxiliary memory unit 6 is, for example, as shown in FIG.
,,, And are data of each line. These data recorded in the auxiliary memory unit 6 are read out by operating the "approximate printing" key of the operation unit 8, for example (ST6), and printed by the printing unit 7 like the recording paper 12 (ST7). .

FIG. 3 is a diagram of another example for explaining printing by the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram read from an original, and this data is temporarily recorded in the memory unit 4. Reference numeral 22 denotes a case in which data is read from the memory unit 4 by operating the "approximate print" key, temporarily recorded in the auxiliary memory unit 6, read out and printed. Figure
In FIG. 21, a white portion between the line 23 and the line 24 (A) is, for example, about 8 mm, and the number of data lines in this part is about
There are 60 lines (for example, one millimeter in the vertical direction is formed by eight lines). In this white data (A), for example,
8 lines are transferred and recorded in the auxiliary memory unit 6, but the remaining
Line 52 skips data reading. Therefore, if the data read from the auxiliary memory unit 6 is printed, as shown in FIG. 22, the portion (A) is about 1 mm (for example, 8 lines) between the lines 25 and 26 (B). ) And printed. As described above, by printing while slightly leaving the white data portion, even when a document or the like is “roughly printed”, it is possible to considerably reduce the difficulty in reading.

To print all the data received by proxy,
The number of a document or the like to be printed is determined with reference to a reception management record or the like (not shown).
By operating a dial key of a number of a document to be printed or the like, printing can be performed on recording paper.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, lines having a low black data rate of the data of the facsimile that has been alternately received can be thinned out and printed on the recording paper. An overview of the contents of the facsimile received in a shorter time than the conventional method of printing all data can be seen. If necessary and urgent items are selected from these, and only those that require printing of all data are printed in full text, wasteful consumption of recording paper can be prevented, and unnecessary documents and the like can be prevented. Saves time for printing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, FIGS. 2 and 3 are conceptual views for explaining printing by the facsimile apparatus, and FIG. 4 is an operation of the facsimile apparatus. It is a flowchart for explaining. In the figure, 1 is an input / output unit, 2 is a control unit, 3 is a storage unit, 4 is a memory unit, 5 is a black data ratio determination unit, 6 is an auxiliary memory unit, 7
Denotes a printing unit, and 8 denotes an operation unit.

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] In a facsimile apparatus in which received data of a facsimile is temporarily recorded in a memory unit without being printed on a recording paper, a black data rate of each read line of data read from the memory unit is determined to determine a predetermined black value. A black data rate determination unit that outputs a signal at a data rate or more, and based on a signal from the black data rate determination unit, records data for each read line read from the memory unit when the signal is output. An auxiliary memory unit, a printing unit that prints data read from the auxiliary memory unit on recording paper, and a control unit that controls the memory unit, the black data ratio determination unit, the auxiliary memory unit, and the printing unit, respectively. A facsimile apparatus comprising: an operation unit that reads data from an auxiliary memory unit and instructs printing on recording paper. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the black data rate determination unit determines that a black data rate of data read from the memory unit is smaller than a set value.
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a signal is output until the small state reaches a predetermined line.