JP3131245B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention stores a received image from a facsimile apparatus having no identification mark coincident with an identification mark registered in advance in a memory and a part of the received image on recording paper. The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus capable of recognizing reception and received content by printing, and reducing unnecessary recording paper.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional facsimile machine is disclosed in
As described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 260260/1988 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-292663, in order to avoid unnecessary reception such as direct mail, reception from a facsimile apparatus having no identification mark registered in advance. Communication was not performed.

[0003]

In the above prior art, no consideration is given to transmission from a facsimile apparatus in which an identification mark is not registered in advance or a facsimile apparatus with a small number of communication times, and a specific identification mark is used. However, there is a problem that communication can be performed only with the facsimile machine that is in use.

Therefore, as described in JP-A-1-77277 and JP-A-1-185070,
The received image from the facsimile machine having the identification mark registered in advance is immediately printed on the recording paper, and the received images from the other facsimile machines are stored in the memory so that the recording paper can be stored. Saving facsimile machines have been devised.

In these facsimile apparatuses, a received image from a facsimile apparatus having no identification mark registered in advance is stored in a memory while the identification mark and the received image of the transmission source facsimile apparatus are stored in a memory. The identification mark of the original facsimile machine and the contents of the received image are displayed on the operation panel, and the operator prints the received image stored in the memory on recording paper or erases the received image stored in the memory. Is to be instructed from the operation panel.

Generally, when an operator glances at a facsimile machine, if the recording paper is ejected, the presence or absence of a received image can be immediately recognized. If the user does not look at the displayed content, it is impossible to recognize whether or not the received image is stored in the memory.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to print all received images from a facsimile apparatus having an identification mark registered in advance on recording paper, and to store received images from other facsimile apparatuses in a memory. A facsimile apparatus which stores a part of a received image on a recording paper and makes it possible to recognize the reception and the content of the reception and to reduce unnecessary recording paper. It is in. Another object of the present invention is to provide an
Can be printed on recording paper to save printing paper.
An object of the present invention is to provide a similiar device.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a received image storing means for storing a received image, comprising: a recording means for printing the received image on recording paper; Identification mark storage means for storing the above identification mark, collation means for collating the identification sign of the transmission source facsimile apparatus with the identification sign stored in the identification sign storage means, and the result of collation by the collation means, Are matched, the first control means for supplying the received image to the recording means, and the result of the collation by the collation means,
A second control means is provided for storing the received image in the received image storage means when the two do not match, and supplying a part of the received image to the recording means.

[0009] Further, an operation means for performing various inputs and instruction inputs, and a receiving image stored in the image storage means to the recording means in response to a predetermined instruction input from the operation means. 3 control means, and fourth control means for deleting a received image stored in the image storage means in response to a predetermined instruction input from the operation means,
Fifth control means for storing the identification mark input from the operation means in the identification mark storage means is provided.

[0010] The fifth control means may store the identification mark of the destination facsimile apparatus input from the operation means in the identification mark storage means at the time of transmission.

When the received image is stored in the received image storage means, the second control means assigns a code for identifying the received image and, together with a part of the received image, the received image to the received image. Information about the received image, including a corresponding code, may be supplied to the recording means.

When cut paper is used as the recording paper, a part of the received image supplied by the second control means to the recording means is a received image for one cut paper. be able to. In this case, the third
The received image supplied by the control means to the recording means may be a portion excluding a part of the received image supplied to the recording means by the second control means.

Further, the recording paper measuring means for measuring the remaining amount of the recording paper, the received image measuring means for measuring the amount of the received image, and the result of the measurement by the recording paper measuring means, the remaining amount of the recording paper is determined. When a predetermined value is obtained and the identification mark of the transmission source facsimile apparatus matches the identification mark stored in the identification mark storage means, the received image is stored in the received image storage. 6th feeding means
Control means, and the result of measurement by the recording paper measuring means,
If the remaining amount of the recording paper reaches a predetermined value and the collation by the collation unit does not match the identification mark of the facsimile apparatus of the transmission source with the identification mark stored in the identification mark storage unit, Seventh control means for storing an image in the received image storage means and forcibly terminating when the amount of the received image reaches a predetermined value as a result of measurement by the received image measurement means.

In this case, the fifth control means assigns a priority to the identification mark in response to an instruction input from the operation means, and the collation means controls the transmission of the facsimile apparatus. You may make it collate an identification sign with the identification sign of a high priority. Further, in order to achieve another object, the present invention has a storage unit for storing a received image.
The facsimile machine prints the received image on recording paper.
Recording means for supplying the received image to the recording means
A first control unit that supplies the received image to the storage unit;
A second control unit, and the reception unit stored in the storage unit.
A third control unit that supplies a part of the image to the recording unit.
Including control means.

[0015]

When the operator inputs an identification mark using the operation means, the fifth control means stores the input identification mark in the identification mark storage means.

The fifth control means, when transmitting,
The identification mark of the destination facsimile machine input from the operation means may be stored in the identification mark storage means.

When the image is received, the collating means collates the identification mark of the transmission source facsimile apparatus with the identification mark stored in the identification mark storage means, and
The control means supplies a received image to the recording means when the two match as a result of the collation by the collation means.

As a result, all the images received from the facsimile apparatus having the identification mark registered in advance can be printed on the recording paper.

The second control means stores the received image in the received image storage means and stores a part of the received image in the recording means when the result of the check by the check means does not match. To supply.

When the received image is stored in the received image storage means, the second control means assigns a code for identifying the received image, and together with a part of the received image,
Information about the received image, including a code corresponding to the received image, may be supplied to the recording unit.

As a result, only a part of the image received from the facsimile apparatus having no identification mark registered in advance is printed on the recording paper, so that it is possible to recognize that the image has been received and its contents. In addition, recording paper can be saved.

Then, the operator looks at the contents of the received image printed on the recording paper and, based on whether or not it is necessary, inputs a predetermined instruction through the operating means. The control means supplies the received image stored in the image storage means to the recording means, and if unnecessary, the fourth control means deletes the received image stored in the image storage means.

When cut paper is used as the recording paper, a part of the received image supplied by the second control means to the recording means is a received image for one cut paper. Further, the received image supplied to the recording means by the third control means may be a part excluding a part of the received image supplied to the recording means by the second control means. it can. That is, for example, at the time of reception, the received image is printed only on the first recording paper and, if necessary, printed on the second and subsequent recording papers, so that extra recording paper can be saved. .

Here, as a result of the measurement by the recording paper measuring means, when the remaining amount of the recording paper reaches a predetermined value, the sixth control means allows the collation by the collating means to be performed even if the two match. The received image is supplied to the received image storage means, and the seventh control means stores the received image in the received image storage means when the two do not match as a result of the collation by the collation means, When the amount of the received image reaches a predetermined value as a result of the measurement by the received image measuring means, the process is forcibly terminated.

Thus, when the remaining amount of the recording paper becomes small, all the images received from the facsimile apparatus having the identification mark registered in advance are stored in the received image storage means. Since only a part of the received image from the facsimile apparatus having no registered identification mark is stored in the received image storage means, the received image storage means can be saved.

When a priority is given to the identification mark, even if the image is received from a facsimile apparatus having the identification mark registered in advance, the identification mark with the high priority is not included. Only the received image from the facsimile apparatus in question can be stored in the received image storage means.

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment has a network control unit (NCU) 1 for controlling a communication line.
And an operation panel 2 for enabling various inputs and instructions from the operator, a communication control unit 3 for transmitting and receiving a procedure signal conforming to CCITT recommendation T30, an identification marker memory 4 for storing identification markers, and An identification sign collation unit 5 for collating the identification sign with the identification sign stored in the identification sign memory 4, and a control unit 6 for performing overall control of the facsimile apparatus.
And a received image memory 7 for storing the received image, and a recording unit 8 for printing.

Note that the identification marker memory 4 and the received image memory 7 share one memory, and the boundary line changes flexibly. That is, the capacity of the identification marker memory 4 is determined by the number of identification markers stored in the identification marker memory 4, and the remaining capacity is the capacity of the received image memory 7.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the image receiving operation of this embodiment.

First, the NCU 1 connects a line when there is a call from another facsimile machine (step 10).
Subsequently, the communication control unit 3 receives the identification mark of the transmission source facsimile machine in the process of transmitting and receiving the procedure signal based on CCITT Recommendation T30 (Step 11).

Next, the identification sign collating unit 5 collates the received identification sign with the identification sign stored in the identification sign memory 4 (step 12). If the same identification marker as the identification marker is stored in the identification marker memory 4, the control unit 6 supplies all the received images to the recording unit 8 (Step 13), and the recording unit 8
Prints this on recording paper (step 14).

If the same identification mark as the received identification mark is not stored in the identification mark memory 4 as a result of the collation by the identification sign collation section 5, the control section 6 supplies the received image to the recording section 8. Instead, it is stored in the received image memory 7 (step 15). At this time, a reception number is given to the received image. Then, after the reception is completed, the control unit 6 supplies the memory storage information such as the reception number assigned to the received image and a part of the received image to the recording unit 8 (Step 16),
The recording unit 8 prints these on recording paper (step 1).
7).

FIG. 2 shows the print contents at this time. In addition,
As shown in FIG. 2, generally, a source image such as a reception time and a source is added to a received image.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment prints all the images received from a specific facsimile apparatus on recording paper, and partially prints the images received from other facsimile apparatuses on recording paper. Since it is printed, even if a required received image is received, but not a specific facsimile machine, by viewing a part of the printed content, it does not overlook the reception, Also, mischievous documents and direct mails whose transmission sources are unknown are printed only partially on recording paper, so that recording paper can be saved.

The operator checks the printed contents,
If the content is necessary, a reception number and a print instruction are input from the operation panel 2. If the content is unnecessary, a reception number and a deletion instruction from the received image memory 7 are input from the operation panel 2.

Although the example shown in FIG. 2 is an example in which roll paper is used as recording paper, when cut paper is used as recording paper, as shown in FIG. A part of the image may be a part to be printed on the first sheet, and only the remaining part may be stored in the received image memory 7. At this time, when the operator inputs a print instruction,
The second and subsequent sheets can be printed. In this way, the received image memory 7 can be saved, and extra recording paper can be saved.

In this embodiment, when the number of remaining sheets of recording paper decreases, the operation as shown in FIG. 5 can be performed.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the image receiving operation of this embodiment when the remaining number of recording papers becomes small.

The control section 6 checks whether or not the remaining number of recording sheets has reached a predetermined number (step 20). As a result of the collation, even if the same identification marker as that of the transmission source facsimile machine is stored in the identification marker memory 4 (step 21), the received image is not supplied to the recording unit 8 but is stored in the received image memory 7. Store (Step 2
2). At this time, an alarm for urging replenishment of the recording paper is issued.

When the remaining number of recording papers reaches a predetermined number, if the identification mark matching unit 5 determines that the same identification mark as the received identification mark is not stored in the identification mark memory 4, (Step 21), the control unit 6
It is monitored whether or not the number of received images has reached the specified number (step 23). When the number of received images has reached the specified number, the process is forcibly terminated (step 24).

At this time, in order to make it easy to recognize the received image stored in the received image memory 7, a part of the received image is printed as shown in FIG. You may do so.

Further, a priority may be added to the identification mark. Reception from a facsimile apparatus having an identification mark such that the identification mark stored in advance in the identification mark memory 4 is an identification mark with a high priority. Only the images are all stored in the received image memory 7, and the identification mark memory 4 is stored in advance.
Even if the facsimile apparatus has the identification mark stored in the facsimile apparatus, the received images from the facsimile apparatus having the identification mark which is the low-priority identification mark should be forcibly terminated when the specified number of images has been reached. You may.

The method of adding the priority to the identification mark will be described later.

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment, when the remaining number of recording papers becomes small, when the amount of images received from facsimile apparatuses other than the specific facsimile apparatus reaches the specified number, Since the forced termination has been performed, unnecessary use of the received image memory 7 due to mischief documents or direct mails of unknown transmission sources can be avoided.

Next, a method of storing an identification mark in the identification mark memory 4 will be described.

When the identification markers are stored in the identification marker memory 4, the identification markers to be stored one by one may be input from the operation panel 2, but the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment transmits once. The identification mark of the facsimile apparatus is automatically stored in the identification mark memory 4.

That is, at the time of transmission, the identification sign collating unit 5
Collates the identification sign of the destination facsimile machine with the identification sign stored in the identification sign memory 4, and as a result of the collation by the identification sign collation unit 5, the same identification sign as the identification sign of the destination facsimile machine is obtained. If it is not stored in the identification marker memory 4, it is stored in the identification marker memory 4.

As described above, the facsimile apparatus of the present embodiment automatically stores the identification mark of the facsimile apparatus that has been transmitted once in the identification mark memory 4, so that it is possible to reduce troublesome registration work. Further, the more the transmission is performed, the more the number of identification markers stored in the identification marker memory 4 is increased, and the probability of not performing the memory reception can be increased. In this embodiment, since the identification mark memory 4 and the received image memory 7 share one memory, if the number of identification marks stored in the identification mark memory 4 increases, the received image Although the capacity of the memory 7 is reduced, the probability of performing the memory reception is correspondingly reduced, so that the memory can be used efficiently.

When a priority is added to the identification mark,
The high priority identification sign can be an identification sign of a facsimile machine registered in a speed dial or one-touch dial. Further, at the time of transmission, after inputting the identification mark of the facsimile machine of the transmission destination, an instruction to set a high priority may be given from the operation panel 2.

The identification markers stored in the identification marker memory 4 in this way are displayed on the operation panel 2 and can be freely deleted from the displayed identification markers.

If a facsimile machine of the transmission destination is selected from the displayed identification marks, the transmission may be automatically made to the selected identification mark.

Next, a method of copying the identification mark stored in the identification mark memory 4 to the identification mark memory 4 of another facsimile machine will be described.

First, in response to an instruction from the operation panel 2, the recording section 8 prints the identification mark stored in the identification mark memory 4 on a recording sheet. Then, the recording paper on which the identification mark is printed is set in a reading system of another facsimile machine, automatically read in accordance with an instruction from the operation panel 2, and stored in the identification mark memory 4.

As a result, the identification mark stored in the identification mark memory 4 of a certain facsimile apparatus can be used by another facsimile apparatus. In addition, it takes time and effort.

[0058]

As described above, according to the present invention,
All the received images from the facsimile apparatus having the identification mark registered in advance are printed on recording paper, and the received images from the other facsimile apparatuses are received in the memory,
By printing a part of the received image on the recording paper, there is an effect that the reception and the received content can be recognized, and unnecessary recording paper can be reduced.
According to the present invention, a part of the received image is printed on a recording paper.
The importance of information from the received image
Can be judged, printing of all received images can be canceled, and recording paper
Savings. At this time, the received image is stored and stored.
By doing so, all of the received images can be
Printing is possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a received image output format at the time of memory reception in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a received image output format at the time of memory reception in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an image receiving operation according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an image receiving operation according to the present exemplary embodiment when the remaining number of recording sheets is reduced.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network control part (NCU), 2 ... Operation panel, 3 ... Communication control part, 4 ... Identification sign memory, 5 ... Identification sign collation part, 6 ...
Control unit, 7: received image memory, 8: recording unit.

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having received image storage means for storing a received image, a recording means for printing the received image on recording paper, an identification mark storage means for storing one or more identification marks, A collating means for collating the identification mark of the facsimile apparatus with the identification mark stored in the identification sign storage means; and a collation means for supplying a received image to the recording means when the collation results in matching. A second control unit that stores a received image in the received image storage unit and supplies a part of the received image to the recording unit if the result of the comparison by the first control unit and the comparison unit does not match. Means , recording paper measuring means for measuring the remaining amount of recording paper, received image measuring means for measuring the amount of received image, and the result of measurement by the recording paper measuring means indicates that the remaining amount of recording paper is
It becomes a predetermined value and the result of the collation by the collation means
As a result, the identification mark of the transmitting facsimile machine and the identification mark
When the identification sign stored in the knowledge storage means matches,
Sixth control for supplying a received image to the received image storage means
And the result of the measurement by the recording paper measuring means,
It becomes a predetermined value and the result of the collation by the collation means
As a result, the identification mark of the transmitting facsimile machine and the identification mark
When the identification sign stored in the knowledge storage means does not match
The received image is stored in the received image storage
As a result of the measurement by the communication image measurement means, the amount of the received image is
Seventh control means forcibly terminating when a predetermined value is reached
And a facsimile machine characterized by comprising: 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second control means assigns a code for identifying said received image when storing said received image in said received image storage means. A facsimile apparatus, wherein information about the received image, including a part of the received image and a code corresponding to the received image, is supplied to the recording unit. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a cut sheet is used as the recording sheet, and a part of the received image supplied to said recording section by said second control means is a cut sheet. A facsimile apparatus characterized in that the received images are the number of received images. 4. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operation means is adapted to perform various inputs and instruction inputs, and is stored in said image storage means in response to a predetermined instruction input from said operation means. Third control means for supplying the received image to the recording means, and fourth control for deleting the received image stored in the image storage means in response to a predetermined instruction input from the operation means. A facsimile apparatus comprising: means for storing an identification marker input from the operation means in the identification marker storage means. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said fifth control means stores the identification mark of the destination facsimile apparatus inputted from said operation means in said identification mark storage means at the time of transmission. A facsimile machine characterized by the above. 6. A facsimile apparatus according to claim 4 or 5.
In, the fifth control means, an instruction input from the operation means
Accordingly, a priority is given to the identification sign, and the collating means assigns a priority to the identification sign of the transmission source facsimile machine.
Recording paper measuring means for comparing the remaining amount of recording paper by comparing the
As a result of the measurement by the received image measuring means for measuring the amount and the recording paper measuring means, the remaining amount of the recording paper is
It becomes a predetermined value and the result of the collation by the collation means
As a result, if the two match, the received image is stored in the received image
The sixth control means for supplying the storage means and the result of the measurement by the recording paper measuring means indicate that the remaining amount of the recording paper is
It becomes a predetermined value and the result of the collation by the collation means
As a result, if the two do not match, the received image is
Stored in the storage means, and used for measurement by the received image measurement means.
As a result, if the amount of the received image reaches a predetermined value,
A facsimile apparatus provided with a seventh control means for ending the processing.