JP3376011B2 - Facsimile machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention particularly relates to a facsimile apparatus in which recording paper cassettes of a plurality of sizes are mounted at the same time, a recording paper of any size is selected from the recording paper cassettes of a plurality of sizes, and a received image is recorded and output. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, LBP facsimiles using a laser beam printer (hereinafter referred to as LBP) have become widespread as printers for facsimile machines.

In such an LBP facsimile apparatus, when recording paper cassettes that are regarded as having the same size as the received image are selected and recording output control is performed, when there is no recording paper in the selected recording paper cassette, the reception is performed. A first receiving operation mode for performing processing such as reduction on a recording paper of a size different from the image and outputting the recording paper; and a second receiving operation mode for receiving the received image on behalf of the image memory. The first receiving operation mode and the second receiving operation mode are selected in advance.

In such a process, it is judged whether or not there is a recording sheet of a desired size as a part of the receiving operation, and particularly in the second receiving operation mode, the same as the received image is received. When the recording paper of the size runs out, the image data received by the reception processing unit is stored in the substitute reception memory without being transferred to the recording processing unit.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing the operation in this case. As shown in the figure, on the reception processing unit side,
When the reception of one page is completed (S1), it is determined whether or not there is a recording sheet of the same size (S2). If there is a recording sheet of the same size, a recording start request is issued to the recording processing unit side to record the page. Output is performed (S3). If there is no recording paper of the same size, the process proceeds to the alternate reception control by the image memory without making a recording start request (S4).

Further, when the proxy reception image received by proxy reception is output, if there is no recording paper of the same size as the proxy reception image, the proxy reception is output on a recording paper of a size different from the proxy reception image, or the proxy reception is executed. If there is no recording paper of the same size as the image, the output of the proxy reception image is stopped.

[0007]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the recording / output control of the received image is performed, the predetermined first receiving operation mode or the second receiving operation mode is performed. Since the recording output control of the received image is performed, it is not possible to switch the first receiving operation mode or the second receiving operation mode for each recording paper size.

Further, since the reception processing unit side judges whether or not the same size recording paper is present in the received image, the reception operation on the reception processing unit side becomes complicated and it is difficult to expand the reception operation mode. It was The expansion of the reception operation mode means addition of processing for switching the reception operation mode according to the destination of the communication partner or the position of the paper feed unit, as will be described in the embodiments described later.

Further, when the proxy reception image received by proxy is output, if there is no recording paper of the same size as the proxy reception image, the proxy reception is output on a recording paper of a size different from the proxy reception image, or the proxy reception is performed. Either the output of the received image was stopped or the operator could not select.

That is, the conventional facsimile apparatus has a very inconvenient specification in the above points.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a convenient facsimile apparatus capable of more effectively carrying out processing such as proxy reception when recording paper runs out for a plurality of recording paper sizes.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention feeds recording paper.
It has a plurality of paper feeding means to record the received image on the recording paper.
The size of the received image is the same as that of the received fax machine.
If there is one size of recording paper, select the recording paper and record.
However, if there is no recording paper of the same size,
The first reception operation mode for selecting and recording chart paper, and
If there is a recording paper of the same size as the received image size, select that recording paper.
Select and record, and if there is no recording paper of the same size,
A second receive operation mode for intercepting into the memory
In addition, the size of the signal to operate in the second reception operation mode described above.
Facsimile apparatus having size selecting means for selecting size
Is.

The present invention also provides the above size selecting means.
Of the main scan width of the selected size and the received image size
When the main scanning width is the same size, the second receiving motion
It operates in production mode and is selected by the size selection means above.
Main scan width of the specified size and main scan width of the received image size
The same size, the first receiving operation mode
It is a facsimile machine that operates in.

[0014]

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing the operation in the second receiving operation mode in this case. As shown in the figure, when reception of one page is completed on the reception processing unit side (S11), a recording start request is sent to the recording processing unit side (S12). At this time, on the reception processing unit side, the optimum cassette is selected using the size of the received image and the data in the cassette size storage means, and this cassette is notified to the recording control unit side. On the other hand, on the recording control side, it is judged whether or not there is a recording sheet in the notified cassette (S13).
The recording output operation (S14) is performed, and if there is no recording sheet, the memory proxy reception is performed (S15).

[0016]

[0017]

[0018]

[0019]

1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

The CPU 101 controls the entire apparatus, and the ROM 102 stores a control program for the CPU 101. Work memory 103 is SR
It is composed of AM or the like and stores program control variables and the like.

The operation unit 104 is composed of a keyboard or the like for the operator to perform various input operations, and the display unit 105 is composed of an LCD or the like for various displays.

The communication unit 106 is composed of a modem (modulation / demodulation unit), NCU (network control unit), etc., and exchanges image information with a partner communication unit through a line.

The ASCII buffer 107 is composed of an SRAM or the like, and temporarily stores the received data obtained from the communication section 106.

The registration memory 108 is composed of SRAM or the like, and stores setting values registered by the operator, management data of the apparatus, and the like. The registration memory 108
Is backed up by a battery, the state is maintained even when the power of the device is turned off.

The image memory 109 is composed of a DRAM or the like and stores transmission image data, reception image data and the like.

The reading unit 110 is composed of a CCD image sensor, a document feeding mechanism, an image processing device, etc., and optically reads a document and converts it into electrical image data.
Further, various correction processes are applied to the image data to output high definition image data.

The encoding / decoding processing unit 111 performs encoding processing or decoding processing of image data handled by the facsimile apparatus. The encoding / decoding processing unit 111 includes the following four processing blocks 112 to 115 and a line buffer 116 for storing raw image data.

The scanner processing unit 112 includes a reading unit 11
One line of the image data output by 0 is fetched and stored in the line buffer 116.

The encoder 113 has a line buffer 11
Encoding the raw image line data stored in 6 (M
H, MR, MMR, etc.) and output to the data bus 123.

[0030] The decoder 114, encoded data from the data bus 123 (MH, MR, MMR, etc.) receive and decrypt and stored in the line buffer 116.

The printer processing unit 115 uses the raw image line data stored in the line buffer 116 as LBP.
Transfer to the controller 117.

The LBP controller 117 also receives the image line data from the printer processing unit 115 in the encoding / decoding processing unit 111 and transfers it to the LBP 118.

Further, the LBP controller 117 uses the CP
Transfer the command from U101 to LBP118,
Conversely, it receives the status from the LBP 118 and transfers it to the CPU 101.

Further, the LBP controller 117 is
A line buffer is built in so that data transfer to the BP 118 can be performed without delay.

The LBP 118 receives image data from the controller 117 and prints on recording paper. Recording paper for printing is fed from cassettes 120a to 120c.

The DMA controller 121 is the CPU 10
The transfer of image data is controlled between the image memory 109 and the encoding / decoding processing unit 111 without going through 1.

Further, the CG 122 has a function of converting ASCII data into raw image data,
The data bus 123 connects the CPU 101 and each member.

Next, a basic receiving operation in this embodiment will be described.

In this embodiment, in the receiving operation, since the arrival speed of the code data from the line and the printing speed of the page printer 110 do not match, (1) the receiving data is stored in the image memory 109. It is composed of two independent processes, that is, a receiving process of encoding and accumulating, and (2) a printing process of printing an image stored in the image memory 109 on a recording sheet.

First, regarding the receiving process, the system control unit 101 sequentially decodes the received code data obtained through the NCU unit and the modem unit, and sequentially controls only normal lines except the error line. The unit 101 performs an encoding process according to a predetermined encoding format and stores it in the image memory 109. After receiving one page, the number of accumulated lines is counted and stored.

In order to judge the end of one page of the received image data, the RTC signal (CC
ITT-T. 4) should be detected.

Further, the normal line number is counted and stored here because the print unit is a page printer, and therefore the reception 1
This is because it is necessary to determine which recording paper size, how many pages of the recording paper should be divided and printed, etc. before the start of printing.

Next, the image memory 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The management information of 09 will be described. It is assumed that this management information is stored in an image management data storage unit (not shown).

The management information of the image memory 109 is the management information necessary for storing the image data in the image memory 109, and is stored in the registration memory 108.

The image management record 201 manages the received image data in the image memory 109, which is generated once for each reception. Items included in this are modes indicating file attributes (reception, transmission, proxy reception: these are also applied to memory management, image management in memory copy, etc.) and the first page. There is a pointer to an eye page management record.

Page management records 202, 203, 20
4 is generated each time one page is received, and image memory 1
One page of received image data in 09 is managed.

Items included in the page management record are mode (encoding method, main scanning width, density in sub-scanning direction, etc.), page number, and next page. There are a pointer to a management record, a first memory block number, and the like. The number of lines counted at the time of image storage described above is also stored here. An end code (NULL) is set in the pointer portion to the page management record of the final page.

Here, the page confirmation code means whether or not the page is confirmed, that is, whether or not the image data until the RTC signal is received is stored in the image memory unit 111. Show me how.

After receiving one page, when the MPS signal and the EOM signal (CCITT recommendation T.30) indicating "there is the next page" are received in the post-procedure, the page management record for the next page is received. -Create a code and connect the two page management records with the pointer. At this time, since the image data is not yet stored in the page confirmation record, a code of OFF is set to indicate this.

When the image data of the next page has been stored in the image memory 109, a code "ON" indicating that is set in the page confirmation code.

The memory block number means the image memory 10
This is a serial number when 9 is divided into blocks of a certain fixed size, and the system control unit 101 can calculate the physical address in the system from this number and the block size.

The block management table 205 stores the number information of the memory blocks constituting the received image data 1 page in the image memory 109.

In the block management table 205, memory blocks 0, 1, 2, ...
The area is statically assigned to each memory block. Then, a pointer to the area of the next block is stored in each area, and the end code (NULL) is set in the area of the final block.

An unused memory block in the image memory 109 can be obtained by searching a free area from the beginning of the block management table 205. Image memory 1
When reading one page of image data in 09,
If the first block number information is obtained from the page management record and the area of the block in the block management table is sequentially followed by a pointer, data for one page can be obtained.

When one page of received images to be printed is stored in the image memory 109, the printing process is started in parallel with this receiving process.

The printing process will be described below.

First, the block management table is searched from the first block information of the page management record, and while the block information is acquired, the DMA controller 121 and the decoding unit of the coding / decoding processing unit 111 are searched. The image line data is stored in the line buffer 116 using the header 114. At the same time, the image line data stored in the line buffer 116 is transferred to the LBP through the printer 115. LBP
When the line buffer in the controller 117 has accumulated a certain amount of line data, the LBP controller 117
From LBP118 to LBP11 and LBP11
The printing operation in 8 is started.

Before the printing operation of the LBP 118 is started, the main scanning width designation, the sub-scanning direction density designation, the cassette designation, etc. are performed by a command.

The processing is stopped when the decoder 114 detects the RTC code which is the terminal code.

If the line length of the image data in the sub-scanning direction is the designated recording paper length of the cassette, the process is temporarily interrupted at the printable line and the rest is printed on the next recording paper.

Next, a series of reception recording control in this embodiment will be described in detail.

First, before starting the reception / recording control, it is necessary to set the reception operation mode for each size of each recording paper cassette. Here, the reception operation mode means that when there is a recording paper of a recording paper cassette that is regarded as the same size as the received image, the received image is recorded and output, and when the recording paper is exhausted, it is necessary. Depending on the size of the received image,
If there is a first receiving operation mode for recording on a recording paper of a size different from that of the received image and the recording paper of the selected recording paper cassette, the received image is recorded and output. This is a second reception operation mode for receiving images in the image memory 109 in the same size.

In this embodiment, the cassette 119
The recording paper sizes that can be mounted on a to 119c are B4 and B5.
Horizontal, A4, A5 horizontal, LTR (letter), and LGL (legal).

In this embodiment, the operator can register the setting of the normal magnification alternate reception mode (that is, the second reception operation mode) by using the key of the operation unit 104 and the display unit 105. . FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing a display example of a selection menu in the registration of the normal magnification alternate reception mode.

When a registration operation is performed in each display state, the code is converted and stored in the registration memory 108 inside the apparatus.

First, the display example 601 is a mode that operates in the first receiving operation mode for all recording paper sizes.
It is

A display example 602 is for setting the normal magnification alternate reception mode. In this case, a display example 603
For all the recording paper sizes, the mode operating in the second receiving operation mode and the B system (B4 in display example 604)
And B5 horizontal) size, the second receiving operation mode is operated, and for sizes other than the B system, the first receiving operation mode is switched. Shall be provided.

In this embodiment, the mode set in the display example 601 is "normal reception mode", and the display example 6
The mode set in No. 03 is "1: 1 substitute reception mode", and the mode set in the display example 604 is "B4 substitute reception mode".
"Do".

Further, in the present embodiment, the "all sizes" are the sizes of the cassette 1, cassette 2 and cassette 3 currently mounted in the LBP 118.

Next, according to the flow chart shown in FIG.
The recording output control of the received image will be described.

First, an image management record corresponding to the received image
The page management records 202, 203 and 204 are accessed from the pointer to the page management record of the first page of the page 201, and the mode for one page of the received image data is accessed. The received image size Rs, which is the size of the received image, is determined from the code (encoding method, main scanning width, sub-scanning direction density, etc.) and the number of lines (S301).

Next, the size of each currently mounted cassette and the presence / absence of recording paper are received from the LBP 118 in a status, and the recording paper size with and without recording paper is set to the recording paper size Ps (S302). ). It is determined whether or not the recording paper is set in all the cassettes attached here (S303). If the recording paper is not set, it is determined that the recording is impossible, and S320 is set.
Move to.

When the recording paper is set, the size of the mounted cassette is set to the cassette size Cs from the status from the LBP 118 (S304).

Next, it is judged which of the predetermined receiving operation modes the recording / output control of the received image operates (S).
305), the process proceeds to S306 in the normal reception mode, to S310 in the normal magnification alternate reception mode, and to S315 in the B4 alternate reception mode.

In the normal reception mode, the recording paper size Ps is set to the selection size Ss indicating the selectable cassette size (S306).

Then, a recording paper cassette for recording the received image is selected from the selected size Ss and the received image size Rs (S307).

Here, a method of selecting a recording paper cassette will be described according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, from the selected size Ss, A4, A
The 5 horizontal cassettes are extracted and set to the A system selection size indicating the A system recording paper size (S401). Next, B4 and B5 horizontal cassettes are extracted from the selected size Ss and set to the B-system selected size indicating the B-system recording paper size (S
402).

Next, it is judged from the received image size Rs whether the main scanning width of the received image is A4 size or B4 size (S4
03), if it is A4 size, the received image size Rs
Is moved to S404 as the A system size, and if it is the B4 size, the process shifts to S406 as the B system size.

First, when the size A is selected, S4
In 04, it is determined whether or not there is a selected size of A system size, and if there is a selected size, A is added to the selected size Ss.
The system selection size is set (S405). If there is no selection size, the B system selection size is set in the selection size Ss (S407).

When the B system size is selected, S4
In 06, it is determined whether or not there is a selected size of the B system size, and if there is a selected size, B is added to the selected size Ss.
The system selection size is set (S407). If there is no selected size, the A-system selected size is set in the selected size Ss (S405).

Next, the number of lines in the sub-scanning direction of the received image is checked from the received image size Rs (S408), and the optimum size is determined from the selected size Ss based on this number of lines (S409). Then, this optimum size is set to the selection size Ss (S410), and the cassette selection control is ended.

Next, returning to FIG. 4, in S307, cassette selection is performed by the cassette selection control described above, but when operating in the normal reception mode, in S306, the recording paper size Ps is set to the selection size Ss. By doing so, if there is a recording paper of the same size as the received image size Rs, that recording paper is selected, and if there is no recording paper of the same size, a recording paper of a different size is selected.

For example, when the received image size Rs is the B4 size, if there is a B4 size recording paper, the same size recording output is performed on the B4 recording paper, and if the B5 horizontal size recording paper is selected, B5 A horizontal recording paper is divided into two sheets and recorded and output.
When 4 size recording paper is selected, it is reduced to A4 recording paper and printed.

In this way, the selected cassette is set to L
It is set in the BP 118 and recording output of one page is started (S308).

After recording and outputting one page, it is judged whether or not there is a next page (S309). If there is no next page, the reception recording control is terminated and there is a next page. If S
The process shifts to step 301, and the recording output of the next page is started.

Further, in the case of the normal magnification alternate reception mode, the cassette size Cs is set to the selected size Ss which is the selectable cassette size (S310).

Then, the recording paper cassette for recording the received image is selected from the selected size Ss and the received image size Rs (S311).

That is, in S311, cassette selection is performed by the cassette selection control described above. However, when operating in the normal magnification alternate reception mode, in S310, the cassette size Cs is set to the selection size Ss. Received image size Rs regardless of the presence of recording paper
By selecting a cassette of the same size as, if there is a recording paper of the same size as the received image size Rs, that recording paper is selected, and if there is no recording paper of the same size, proxy reception is performed.

For example, when the received image size Rs is B4 size, if there is a B4 size recording paper, the same size recording is output to the B4 recording paper, and if there is no B4 recording paper, the proxy reception is performed.

After the cassette selection control is completed, it is judged whether or not there is a recording sheet in the selected cassette (S312), and if there is a recording sheet, the step moves to S313 to start recording output of one page. If the recording output can be started, the selected cassette is set in the LBP 118, and the recording output of one page is started (S313).

After the recording and outputting of one page, the presence or absence of the next page is checked (S314). If there is no next page,
When the reception record control is finished and there is the next page, S30
The process shifts to 1 and the recording output of the next page is started.

If there is no recording paper in the selected cassette in S312, the process proceeds to S320, the recording output control is terminated, and the process proceeds to the alternate reception mode.

The reason why the recording output control is stopped here is that even if the next page can be recorded and output, if the order of the pages of the received image is out of order, it causes confusion. At this point, the recording output control is stopped, and the proxy reception is performed for all subsequent pages.

When this proxy reception is performed, a proxy reception flag indicating "proxy reception" is set in the mode indicating the file attribute of the image management record 201 of the received image (S321), and reception is performed. The recording control ends.

In the case of the B4 proxy reception mode, the B4 cassette size Bs is set to the selected size Ss which is the selectable cassette size (S315). B4
Cassette size Bs is B system size (B4 and B5
For the horizontal direction, the cassette size Cs is set, and for the sizes other than the B system size, the recording paper size Ps is set.

A recording paper cassette for recording a received image is selected from the selected size Ss and the received image size Rs (S316).

That is, in S316, cassette selection is performed by the cassette selection control described above.
When operating in the 4th reception mode, in S315,
By setting the B4 cassette size Bs in the selected size Ss, when the received image size Rs is the B system size (the main scanning width of the received image is B4 size), the received image size Rs and the received image size Rs are By selecting a cassette of the same size and passing the processing to the recording processing unit side, if there is a recording paper of the same size as the received image size Rs on the recording processing unit side, that recording paper is selected and recording of the same size is performed. If there is no paper, perform proxy reception.

Further, when the received image size Rs is the A system size (the main scanning width of the received image is A4 size), the received image size Rs is the same as in the above-mentioned normal receiving mode.
If it is a recording paper of the same size as s, that recording paper is selected, and if there is no recording paper of the same size, a recording paper of a different size is selected.

Specifically, for example, the received image size Rs is B
If it is 4 size, B if there is B4 size recording paper
The same size recording output is performed on four recording papers, and if there is no B4 recording paper, the proxy reception is performed. Further, when the received image size Rs is A4 size, if there is A4 size recording paper, the same size recording output is performed on the A4 recording paper, and there is no A4 size recording paper, and A5 horizontal size recording paper is selected. In this case, A5 horizontal recording paper is divided into two and recorded and output. If there is no A4 size recording paper, B4
When the size recording paper is selected, the same size recording output is performed on the B4 recording paper.

Next, after the cassette selection control is completed, the presence or absence of recording paper in the selected cassette is judged (S31).
7) If there is recording paper, the process proceeds to S318, and recording output of one page is started. That is, if the recording output can be started, the selected cassette is set in the LBP 118, and the recording output of one page is started (S318).

After recording and outputting one page, the presence or absence of the next page is checked (S319). If there is no next page, the reception recording control is terminated and the next page is present. In this case, the process shifts to S301 and the recording output of the next page is started.

If there is no recording paper in the selected cassette in S317, the process proceeds to S320, the recording output control is terminated, and the process proceeds to the alternate reception mode.

Next, the flow chart shown in FIG. 6 and FIG.
The recording output control of the proxy reception image will be described in accordance with the above.

First, the first substitute image is searched (S503). This retrieval of the proxy received image indicates the attribute of the file of the image management record 201 which is the management information stored in the registration memory 108 of the image data currently stored in the image memory 109. This is performed by determining whether or not a substitute reception flag indicating "reception" is set in the mode. Currently, image memory 1
Image management record of image data stored in 09
A set of codes 201 will be referred to as a proxy reception image sequence.

Next, the first of the image management records 201 corresponding to the first substitute received image in the substitute received image sequence is displayed.
From the pointer to the page management record for the page
Access the management record 202, 203, 204,
The substitute received image size Ms, which is the size of the substitute received image, is determined from the mode (encoding method, main scanning width, density in the sub-scanning direction, etc.) for one page of received image data and the number of lines ( S504).

Next, the size of each currently mounted cassette and the presence / absence of recording paper are received from the LBP 118 in a status, and the size of recording paper that can be recorded is set to the recording paper size Ps (S505). Further, the size of the mounted cassette is set to the cassette size Cs (S
506).

Next, it is judged which of the predetermined receiving operation modes the recording / output control of the substitute received image operates (S507), and in the case of the normal receiving mode (all recording sheets are received). If there is no such), go to S523, and perform the same-size alternate reception mode.
Mode, go to S508, and if B4 proxy reception mode, go to S508.
To 510 respectively.

In the normal reception mode, it is not necessary to record on the recording paper of the same size as the substitute reception image.
Then, the flow shifts to S523, where recording and outputting of the substitute reception image are started.

Further, in the case of the normal magnification alternate reception mode, the cassette size Cs is set to the selected size Ss which is the selectable cassette size (S508). Then, the recording paper cassette for recording the received image is selected from the selected size Ss and the substitute received image size Ms (S50).
9). In this embodiment, the selection of the recording paper cassette in the proxy reception image output control is performed by the same method as the reception image output control at the time of reception described above.

In the case of the B4 proxy reception mode, the above-mentioned B is added to the selected size Ss which is the selectable cassette size.
4 cassette size Bs is set (S510). Then, the selected size Ss and the substitute received image size Ms
From, the recording paper cassette for recording the received image is selected (S511).

After the cassette selection control is completed, the presence / absence of recording paper in the selected cassette is determined (S512). If there is a recording paper, the process proceeds to S513, the presence / absence of the next page is checked, and the next page is checked. -If there is a message, move to S504,
The determination as to whether or not the substitute received image of the next page can be recorded and output is continued.

If there is no next page, the n-th substitute received image can be recorded / outputted on all pages, so a recordable flag Fe indicating that recording / outputting is possible. Is set (S514).

In S512, if there is no recording sheet in the selected cassette, it means that the n-th substitute received image cannot be recorded and output. The unrecordable flag Fd is set (S515).

After the judgment of whether or not the n-th substitute received image can be recorded and output, it is judged whether or not the next substitute received image exists (S516). If the next proxy reception image exists, the process proceeds to S502, and it is determined whether the next proxy reception image can be recorded and output.

After the judgment of all the proxy reception images in the proxy reception image sequence is completed, it is judged whether or not the recording disable flag Fd is set (S517), and the recording disable flag Fd is set.
If is not set, since all the proxy reception images can be recorded and output, the process proceeds to S521, and the output of all the proxy reception images with the same size corresponding to each is started.

When the recording disabled flag Fd is set, the display example 701 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed and whether or not it is permitted to record the intercepted image in a size different from the intercepted image size is displayed. Set by operator (S51
8).

If recording in different sizes is permitted, the recording paper of different sizes is output.
Then, the control shifts to the different size recording / output control 23, and the recording control of the substitute reception image is started. This different-size recording output control performs the same operation as in the normal reception mode selection in the reception recording control.

If recording with a different size is rejected, the flow shifts to S519, where it is determined whether the recordable flag Fe is set. Then, the recordable flag F
If e is not set, it is impossible to record and output all the intercepted reception images. Therefore, the process proceeds to S522, and the recording output control of the intercepted reception images is stopped.

When the recordable flag Fe is set, the display example 702 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the assumption that there is a proxy reception image that can be output in the proxy reception image sequence.
The operator sets whether to allow the output of the proxy reception image to be preferentially output in the order of reception (S5).
20).

Then, if it is permitted to preferentially record and output only the proxy reception image that can be output, S521
In the above, only the proxy reception capable of recording on the recording paper having the same size as the proxy reception image size is output. It should be noted that printout control is not performed for the proxy reception image having no recording paper of the same size.

If it is rejected to preferentially record and output only the proxy reception image that can be output, it is impossible to record and output the proxy reception image. Therefore, the process proceeds to S522, and the proxy reception image is recorded. Stop output control.

In the setting of the reception operation mode of the above embodiment, the reception operation mode is selected from the normal reception mode, the normal magnification alternate reception mode, and the B4 alternate reception mode. It was set, but it is not limited to this. For example, as shown in a display example 801 of FIG. 10, the size of the recording paper cassette currently mounted is displayed, and the second receiving operation mode of the above embodiment is operated from the displayed recording paper size. It is also possible to select the cassette size (display example 802) and perform the reception / recording operation control based on this set value.

Further, when selecting the cassette size that operates in the second receiving operation mode, it is possible to select from the sizes of the recording paper cassettes that can be mounted (display example 803).

In the cassette selection control of the above embodiment, the cassette selection method is not limited to this.

Further, in the above embodiment, the cassette selection control is performed by giving priority to the main scanning direction of the received image to perform the cassette selection, but the cassette selection is performed with priority given to the sub-scanning direction of the received image. It doesn't matter.

Next, the operation in the case of carrying out cassette selection by giving priority to the sub-scanning direction will be briefly described.

First, the number of lines in the sub-scanning direction of the received image is set in the line counter L. Next, from the preset selection size, the recording paper is compared with the line counter L in order from the shortest recording paper in the sub-scanning direction, and the recording paper in which the value of the line counter L is within the sub-scanning direction is selected. Then, the selected cassette size is set as the selected size.

In the cassette selection control of the above embodiment, the cassette selection method is not limited to this.

For example, in the case of adding a control "A4 image is not divided and output on A5 horizontal recording paper", when the received image is A4 size, the A5 horizontal cassette is selected in the cassette selection control shown in the above embodiment. If (A4 mosquito <br/> set is not mounted) that is, to set again the B system cassette size cassette selection control of the above embodiment, again, performs the check number in the sub-scanning direction line, the B4 cassette Controls to be selected may be added.

Further, when the divided output is performed on a plurality of recording sheets, the reduction processing may be performed to prohibit the divided output and the cassette may be selected.

In the substitute reception image output control of the above embodiment, the output control setting method is not limited to this.

For example, the output method may be set in advance, and the output may be automatically started when the recording becomes possible according to the mode.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the output is possible for each substitute reception, but it may be determined for each page.

In this embodiment, three kinds of recording operation modes are used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and two kinds of recording operation modes may be combined to perform proxy reception image recording control. I do not care.

[0136]

According to the present invention, the received image is recorded on the recording paper.
When recording, if there are no more paper on the selected recording paper cassettes, a first receiving operation mode for outputting the recording paper having a size different from the received image - and de, intercepts the received image to the image Zome Mori second reception operating mode for - and a de, second reception
Size selection hand to select the size to operate in the operation mode
By providing a step , the size selected by the user
It is possible to operate in the second reception operation mode .

With this configuration, the needs of diversifying users are increased.
It is now possible to support various operating modes.
Even if it is optimized, it is easy to expand the function.
You can get the fruit.

[0138]

[0139]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an image management record and a page management record of management information necessary for storing image data in an image memory in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing block management information of management information necessary for storing image data in an image memory in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of reception recording control in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of cassette selection control in the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an operation of a proxy reception recording control in the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing an operation of a proxy reception recording control in the above embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when the reception operation mode is set in the above embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when the recording mode of the intercepted reception information is selected in the above embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when setting the interception reception recording control mode in the above embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an outline of a conventional operation.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an outline of the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... CPU, 102 ... ROM, 103 ... work memory, 104 ... operation unit, 105 ... Display, 106 ... communication section, 107 ... ASCII buffer, 108 ... registration memory, 109 ... image memory, 110 ... reading unit, 111 ... Encoding / decoding processing unit, 117 ... LBP controller, 118 ... LBP, 120a to 120c ... cassette, 121 ... DMA controller, 122 ... CG, 123 ... Data bus.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of paper feeding means for feeding recording paper are provided.
And a facsimile machine for recording received images on recording paper
If there is a recording paper of the same size as the received image size in,
When recording paper is selected and there is no recording paper of the same size
Is the first receiver that selects and prints recording paper of different sizes.
If there is a recording paper of the same size as the received
Select and record, and if there is no recording paper of the same size,
A second receiving operation mode for receiving on behalf of the image memory
And select the size to operate in the second receiving operation mode
A facsimile device having a size selecting means . 2. A main scan of a size selected by the size selecting means according to claim 1.
The width and the main scanning width of the received image size are the same size.
In this case, the main scanning operation is performed in the second receiving operation mode and the size selected by the size selecting means is the main scanning.
The width and the main scan width of the received image size are not the same size.
If it is not, it is special that it operates in the first reception operation mode.
Facsimile machine to collect.