JP3682368B2 - Facsimile device and facsimile transmission / reception system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus and a facsimile transmission / reception system for transmitting an important document to be printed reliably in a receiving facsimile apparatus.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the facsimile machine that uses roll paper, when the remaining amount of paper is low, the G3 communication procedure notifies the sending side to that effect, and the sending side that has received this determines from the remaining recording paper status on the receiving side. Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 5-114971 discloses a facsimile apparatus that transmits a disconnect message.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above conventional example, the transmission side interrupts the transmission of image information in units of pages, and there is no communication error, but the transmission side still has to call again and send the remaining pages again. There is.
[0004]
The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus and a facsimile transmission / reception system capable of reliably transmitting in order from a page to be transmitted by specifying an arbitrary page as an important manuscript according to an importance level according to the importance level. With the goal.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention described in claim 1 is a reading means for reading a document, and when placing a document on the reading means, an arbitrary page of the document is determined to be the most important page according to importance. Page information control for controlling important pages to be specified according to page and level, and to change the arbitrary pages specified by the important page level according to the order of importance to be transmitted to the receiving facsimile machine. And means .
[0006]
The invention described in claim 2 further comprises notification means for notifying the receiving facsimile apparatus that an arbitrary page is changed and transmitted in order of importance by the page information control means in the invention described in claim 1. It is characterized by.
[0007]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the second aspect, when the page order change information notified by the notification means is received, the remaining number of recording sheets is designated by the important page stage designation means. If there are more than a few, the page information control means performs the printing process in the original order by changing the page order based on the page order change information .
[0008]
The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the information on the remaining number of recording sheets is received from the receiving facsimile apparatus, the remaining number of the receiving facsimile apparatus is: When there are more than the total number of pages of the document to be transmitted, the page that is not designated as the most important page and the important page by the designation means by important page stage is transmitted in the original order by changing the page order by the page information control means. It is characterized by that.
[0009]
The invention described in claim 5 is characterized in that communication is performed using the G4 protocol in the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4 .
[0010]
A sixth aspect of the invention is characterized by using the facsimile apparatus according to any one of the first to fifth aspects .
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus showing an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus includes a ROM 1 that stores a basic program and a processing program as a facsimile apparatus, a CPU 2 that controls each part of the facsimile apparatus according to the program in the ROM 1, and a work. The RAM 3 in which an area is formed and various data necessary for controlling the facsimile apparatus, the scanner 4 for reading the original, the plotter 5 for copying and printing the received original, and the operation from the user are input. An operation display control unit 6 for transmitting information to a user and a communication control unit (CCU) 7 for exchanging a facsimile control signal between a partner facsimile machine and executing a facsimile communication procedure, modulation of a transmission signal, demodulation of a reception signal A modem 8 for performing image storage, a SAF 9 for storing images, and image information in accordance with a predetermined encoding method. Encoding / decoding unit (DCR) 10 for decoding encoded image information, network control unit (NCU) 11 for controlling communication lines, and calculating remaining amount of paper and memory A remaining amount information control unit 13 for setting, important information at the time of transmission, a page information control unit 14 for controlling change or return of the page order, and a data bus 12 for connecting the above units and devices.
[0012]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4 are sequence diagrams showing a communication protocol for controlling communication according to the present embodiment. The embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the communication protocol sequence diagram of FIGS. 3 and 4 in the flowchart of FIG.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, the facsimile transmission / reception system of the present invention will be described by dividing it into two flowcharts on the reception side and the transmission side. The image data at this time is read by the scanner 4 and accumulated in the SAF 9.
[0014]
In the facsimile machine on the transmission side, the user designates transmission conditions such as the most important and important for each page during document accumulation (step 101). Pages that are not specified in step 101 are treated as normal. After the originals are stored, the page order to be transmitted is changed in order to transmit in order from the most important page (step 102). The above information is accumulated after the page information control unit 14 makes a change. Thereafter, a call is made and transmission is started (step 103).
[0015]
On the other hand, the receiving side facsimile apparatus obtains the remaining amount information of the paper feed from the tray raising type paper feed stage (step 201). Also, memory capacity information that can be received by the memory is obtained in advance. The above information is performed by the remaining amount information control unit 13.
[0016]
After the communication is started, the receiving side adds the remaining paper amount information and the remaining memory information to the DUI layer 3 and USERINFO UUI (inter-user information notification) (step 202). This is performed by the remaining amount information control unit 13. Upon receiving this, the transmitting side determines whether the remaining amount of paper and memory satisfies the number of transmitted pages of the own device. This is performed by the page information control unit 14. For example, the most important information must be printed out, the important information must be received in memory, or the lowest memory is received including normal pages. deep.
[0017]
When communication is continued, transmission of image information is started. The receiving side performs memory reception, and starts printing the pages received up to that point when the memory runs out. As a result, printing is performed up to the page intended by the transmission side, and when the paper runs out, the page intended by the transmission side is stored in the memory. In addition, when all of the data can be received at the end of reception and the recording paper has more than the number of received pages, the receiving facsimile machine changes the page order received in the B channel layer 5 and CDCL SUD. The information is referred to, arranged in the original order (step 210), and the recording paper is output (step 209). The above is performed by the page information control unit 14.
[0018]
On the other hand, if the transmission side determines that transmission is not possible, a notification to that effect is sent via the D-channel layer 3 DISC UUI (notification of information between users) (step 107), and the transmission ends (step 108). The receiving side that has received this displays a message indicating that the remaining amount is insufficient on its own display unit (step 212).
[0019]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the reception side facsimile apparatus transmits the remaining amount information to the transmission side facsimile apparatus at a stage before the document is transmitted. Information can be determined before transmission, and if it cannot be received, a message to that effect is sent to the receiving facsimile machine so that the user can see at a glance why the message is not sent and perform unnecessary transmission. Because there is no communication cost can be reduced.
[0020]
Further, according to the present invention, when the user does not receive a facsimile in the receiving facsimile apparatus, it can be seen at a glance whether the recording paper is insufficient or the storage capacity is insufficient, so that it is very easy to use. .
[0021]
Also, according to the present invention, when a user designates an arbitrary page as an important document, it can be designated according to the importance level according to the importance level, so that the user can surely transmit in order from what he wants to send.
[0022]
Further, according to the present invention, when printing processing other than that designated for the important page is possible, the manuscript is printed out in the original order.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of transmission / reception of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a transmission example of a first communication protocol of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a transmission example of a second communication protocol of the facsimile apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ROM
2 CPU
3 RAM
4 Scanner 5 Plotter 6 Operation Display Control Unit 7 CCU
8 Modem 9 SAF
10 Encoding / Decoding Unit 11 NCU
12 Data bus 13 Remaining amount information control unit 14 Page information control unit

Claims (6)

Reading means for reading an original;
An important page stage designation means for designating an arbitrary page of the document according to the degree of importance in accordance with the degree of importance;
Page information control means for controlling an arbitrary page designated by the important page stage designation means to be changed to the order of importance and transmitted to the receiving facsimile apparatus;
A facsimile apparatus comprising: A notification means for notifying the receiving facsimile apparatus that the arbitrary page is changed and transmitted in order of importance by the page information control means;
The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: When the page order change information notified by the notification means is received and the remaining number of recording sheets exceeds the number of pages specified by the important page stage specification means, the page information control means causes the page 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the printing process is performed in the original order by changing the page order based on the order change information . When the number of remaining sheets of recording paper is received from the receiving facsimile apparatus and the remaining number of sheets is equal to or greater than the total number of pages of the original, the most important page and the important page 4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a page that has not been specified is transmitted in the original order by changing the page order by the page information control unit . 5. 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein communication is performed using a G4 protocol . A facsimile transmission / reception system using the facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

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