JP3186472B2 - Facsimile apparatus and recording paper selection method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus provided with a plurality of recording papers having the same main scanning and different numbers of sub-scanning lines for recording a received image, and a recording paper selection method therefor .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a recording sheet is selected for recording a received image, the received image is reduced at a pre-specified reduction rate, and the recording sheet having the shortest sub-scan length that can be recorded is selected. Was.

[0003]

However, in the above conventional example, when the reduction ratio of the main unit is set to, for example, 75%, both the letter size (LTR) recording paper and the legal size (LGL) recording paper are used. In the case where the document is provided in the main unit, there is a problem that when a document having a legal length (LGL) length is received, the document is reduced and recorded on the LTR recording sheet, even though the LGL recording sheet is optimal. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of selecting a recording sheet having an optimum size regardless of the setting of the reduction ratio of the main apparatus, and a method of selecting the recording sheet .

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[0006]

[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEMS] To achieve the above object
A facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention further comprises a storage unit for storing a received image in a memory, a detecting unit for detecting the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory, and recording the received image. In a facsimile apparatus provided with a plurality of recording papers having the same main scanning and different numbers of sub-scanning lines, the number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording papers is changed to the number of sub-scanning lines of the detected received image. Division means for dividing by a number, subtraction means for subtracting a value 1 from a quotient of the division result, absolute value means for obtaining an absolute value of the subtracted value, and recording of each of the obtained absolute values Selecting means for selecting the recording paper having the smallest value among the papers.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus, comprising: storage means for storing a received image in a memory; detecting means for detecting the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory; and recording for recording the received image. In a facsimile apparatus provided with a plurality of recording papers having the same main scanning and different numbers of sub-scanning lines as paper, the number of each sub-scanning line of the plurality of recording papers is determined by the number of sub-scanning lines of the detected received image. Subtracting means for subtracting, absolute value calculating means for calculating an absolute value of the subtracted value, and selecting means for selecting a recording sheet having the smallest value among the recording sheets of the obtained absolute value are provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of selecting a recording sheet for a facsimile apparatus, wherein a plurality of recording sheets having the same main scanning and different numbers of sub-scanning lines are provided as recording sheets for recording a received image. In the plurality of
The number of each sub-scanning line of the recording paper is
Dividing by the number of ins and a value from the quotient of the divided result
Subtracting 1 and obtaining the absolute value of the subtracted value
Process and the smallest absolute value among the recording sheets of the obtained absolute value.
Selecting a recording paper having a threshold value. Claim 4
In the facsimile apparatus, the method for selecting a recording sheet includes the steps of:
As the recording paper for recording, the number of sub-scan lines
Recording paper of a facsimile machine equipped with a plurality of different recording papers
In the selection method, each sub-scanning line of the plurality of recording papers
Subtracting the number by the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image
Obtaining an absolute value of the subtracted value;
Of the absolute value of the recording paper
Selecting step.

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[0010]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the received image is stored in the memory by the storage means, the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory is detected by the detection means, and the received image is stored in the memory. When recording on a plurality of recording papers having different numbers of sub-scanning lines in the same main scan, the number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording papers is divided by the number of sub-scanning lines of the detected image detected by the dividing means. Subtracting the value 1 from the quotient of the result of the division by the subtracting means, obtaining the absolute value of the subtracted value by the absolute value converting means, and selecting the absolute value of the obtained absolute value by the selecting means among the recording papers. Select the recording paper with the smallest value.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the received image is stored in the memory by the storage means, the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory is detected by the detection means, and the received image is scanned in the same main scanning direction. When printing on a plurality of recording papers having different numbers of sub-scanning lines, the number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording papers is subtracted by the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image detected by the subtraction means, and the absolute value The absolute value of the subtracted value is obtained by the converting means, and the recording sheet having the smallest value is selected by the selecting means from the recording sheets of the obtained absolute value.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a facsimile apparatus and a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention will be described.
An embodiment of the recording paper selecting method will be described.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to a first embodiment.

The facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a reading unit 1 having a CCD or the like for reading image information sent from a partner terminal and a main scanning length and a sub-scanning length of a received document;
A recording unit 2 that controls a recording operation for recording image information on recording paper (cut paper) of a predetermined size such as B5 or A4 based on the main scanning length and the sub-scanning length read by the reading unit 1; An operation unit 3 provided with operation keys and having a display function of displaying an operation state, a driving state of the apparatus, and the like; image information transmitted from a predetermined network 4 and images transmitted to the network 4 NCU (network control device) 5 for controlling information; modem (modulation / demodulation device) 6 connected to this NCU 5 for modulating and demodulating transmission / reception signals; reading unit 1, recording unit 2, operation unit 3, NCU 5 and modem 6
And a system control section 7 connected to the main section.

The system control section 7 includes a read-only ROM 8 in which a predetermined arithmetic program is stored, a writable RAM 9 for storing information of a predetermined size of recording paper on which image information is recorded, and a reading section 1. And an image memory 10 for temporarily storing the image information read by the CPU, and a C for performing various arithmetic processing and controlling the apparatus main body (not shown).
PU11.

Further, a plurality of recording paper storage units (cassettes) (not shown) are detachably mounted on the apparatus main body.
When a recording paper of a desired size is appropriately selected from a plurality of sizes of recording paper stored in the cassette by a recording paper selection processing routine described later, the received document is recorded on the selected recording paper.

Therefore, the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment calculates the reduction ratio and / or the number of divisions according to the main scanning length and the sub-scanning length of the received document, and records the received document on a recording sheet of a desired size.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a selection processing routine of the first embodiment for selecting a recording sheet. First,
The system controller 7 stores the received image for one page in the image memory 10 (step S201).

Subsequently, the number of sub-scanning lines L0 of the received image is detected by the reading unit 1 and stored in the RAM 9 (step S202).

The number of sub-scanning lines of the LGL recording paper is divided by the detected L0, and the quotient is stored in the RAM 9 as a variable M0 for the LGL recording paper (step S20).
3). Similarly, the number of sub-scanning lines of the LTR recording paper is divided by the detected L0, and the quotient is stored in the RAM 9 as a variable M1 for the LTR paper (step S20).
4).

Subsequently, the absolute value of M0-1 is calculated and assigned to the variable M0 and stored, and the absolute value of M1-1 is calculated and assigned to the variable M1 and stored (step S205).

The variables M0 and M1 are compared (step S20).
6) If M0> M1 is true, the process proceeds to step S208, and if M0> M1 is false, the process proceeds to step S207.

In step S207, printing is performed on the LGL recording paper, and the selection processing routine ends.

On the other hand, in step S208, printing is performed on the LTR recording paper, and the selection processing routine ends.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a facsimile apparatus of a second embodiment will be described. The facsimile apparatus of the second embodiment has the same electrical configuration as that of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a recording paper selection processing routine according to the second embodiment. First, the system controller 7 accumulates one page of the received image in the image memory 10 (step S301). Subsequently, the sub-scanning line number L0 of the received image is detected by the reading unit 1 and stored in the RAM 9 (step S302).

The number of sub-scanning lines of the LGL recording paper is subtracted by the detected L0, and the value is set as a variable M0.
The data is stored in the storage area of the RAM 9 corresponding to the recording paper (step S303). Similarly, the number of sub-scanning lines of the LTR recording paper is subtracted from the detected L0, and the resulting value is set as a variable M1.
Is stored in the storage area of the RAM 9 corresponding to the LTR recording paper (step S304).

The absolute value of M0 is substituted for the variable M0 and stored (step S305). Similarly, the absolute value of M1 is substituted for the variable M1 and stored (step S306). M0,
M1 is compared (step S307). If M0> M1 is true, the process proceeds to step S309, and if false, the process proceeds to step S308.

In step S309, printing is performed on the LGL recording paper, and the process ends. In step S308, printing is performed on the LTR recording paper, and the process ends.

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[0031]

According to the facsimile apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention, and stores the received image in the memory by storing means, the number of sub-scanning lines of the stored received image in the memory is detected by the detection means, When recording the received image on a plurality of recording paper having a different number of sub-scanning lines in the same main scan,
Dividing each number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording sheets by the number of sub-scanning lines of the detected received image by dividing means,
The value 1 is subtracted from the quotient of the result of the division by the subtracting means, the absolute value of the subtracted value is obtained by the absolute value converting means, and among the recording sheets of the obtained absolute value, Since the recording paper having a small value is selected, the recording paper having the optimum size can be selected.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect, the received image is stored in the memory by the storing means, the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory is detected by the detecting means, and the received images are stored in the same memory. When recording on a plurality of recording papers having a different number of sub-scanning lines in the main scanning, subtract the number of each sub-scanning line of the plurality of recording papers by the number of the sub-scanning lines of the received image detected by the subtracting means, The absolute value of the subtracted value is obtained by the absolute value converting means, and the recording paper having the smallest value is selected by the selecting means from the recording paper of the obtained absolute value. You can choose.

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[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a selection processing routine according to a first embodiment for selecting a recording sheet.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a recording paper selection processing routine according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Reading part 2 ... Recording part 3 ... Operation part 7 ... System control part 9 ... RAM 10 ... Image memory

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing a received image in a memory, a detecting unit for detecting the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory, and a recording paper for recording the received image in the same main scan. A facsimile apparatus provided with a plurality of recording papers having different numbers of sub-scanning lines; a dividing means for dividing each number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording papers by the number of sub-scanning lines of the detected received image; Subtraction means for subtracting the value 1 from the quotient of the result of the division; absolute value means for obtaining the absolute value of the subtracted value; recording of the smallest value among the recording sheets of the obtained absolute value A facsimile apparatus comprising: a selection unit for selecting paper. 2. A storage unit for storing a received image in a memory; a detecting unit for detecting the number of sub-scanning lines of the received image stored in the memory; and a recording paper for recording the received image in the same main scan. A facsimile apparatus including a plurality of recording papers having different numbers of sub-scanning lines; a subtraction unit configured to subtract each sub-scanning line number of the plurality of recording papers by the detected number of sub-scanning lines of the received image; A facsimile apparatus comprising: an absolute value generating means for obtaining an absolute value of the subtracted value; and a selecting means for selecting a recording sheet having the smallest value among the recording sheets of the obtained absolute value. . 3. The same recording paper for recording a received image.
Equipped with multiple recording papers with different numbers of sub-scanning lines in main scanning
In the method of selecting a recording sheet of a facsimile apparatus, the number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording sheets
, The step of subtracting the value 1 from the quotient of the result of the division, the step of obtaining the absolute value of the subtracted value, and the recording paper of the obtained absolute value. Of the smallest value
Selecting a recording paper.
A method for selecting a recording sheet of a crimper. 4. The same recording paper for recording a received image.
Equipped with multiple recording papers with different numbers of sub-scanning lines in main scanning
In the method of selecting a recording sheet of a facsimile apparatus, the number of sub-scanning lines of the plurality of recording sheets
Subtracting with the number of sub-scanning lines, calculating the absolute value of the subtracted value, and determining the absolute value of the
Selecting a recording paper.
A method for selecting a recording sheet of a crimper.