JP4596182B2 - Network MFP - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a network multifunction peripheral, and more particularly to output of a transmission result of facsimile transmission.

  After transmitting the G3 facsimile or Internet facsimile, the communication result is printed out as a so-called transmission certificate. However, the transmission certificate is not transmitted to a specific client or the like by e-mail or G3 facsimile for each transmission process. Moreover, changing the output form of the transmission certificate in accordance with the user is not performed.

An object of the present invention is to transmit the transmission result to all destinations stored for each output form in the output form selected by the user after transmitting the G3 facsimile or the Internet facsimile (Claims 1 and 2 ).
An additional problem in the invention of claim 2 is to add the management information of the device for the network multifunction peripheral to the transmission result so that it can be transmitted.
A further object of the present invention is to transmit the transmission result of facsimile transmission to all transmission destinations stored for each user in an output form stored for each user. (Claims 3 to 5).
An additional problem in the invention of claim 4 is that it is possible to freely set whether or not to use the output form of the transmission result stored for each user as a default.
An additional problem in the invention of claim 5 is that the output form of the transmission result can be changed each time when the logged-in user performs facsimile transmission.

According to the present invention, in a network multi-function peripheral that prints out a transmission result at the time of facsimile transmission, the output form of the transmission result is e-mail transmission, facsimile transmission, and printout, and the output of the transmission result is e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission. Output unit, a transmission destination when the output form is e-mail transmission, a transmission destination storage part capable of storing a plurality of transmission destinations when facsimile transmission, and the user selects the output form And a selection unit for outputting a transmission result to all destinations stored for each selected output form when the user selects at least one output form of e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission. characterized in that it was.

Preferably, device management information about the network multifunction peripheral is added to the transmission result and output (claim 2 ).

Further, according to the present invention, in a network multi-function peripheral that prints out a transmission result at the time of facsimile transmission, the output result output mode is e-mail transmission, facsimile transmission, and printout, and the output of the transmission result is e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission. And an output form storage unit capable of storing a plurality of output forms for each user. The storage unit further includes a transmission destination when the stored output form is an e-mail, a facsimile transmission A plurality of destinations can be stored, and output results for each user are output to all destinations stored for each user in the output form stored for each user in the storage unit. characterized in that the configuration was (claim 3).

Preferably, when a user logs in, the output form of the transmission results stored for each user is provided with means for setting whether to use as the default (claim 4). More preferably, it provided the output mode selecting unit for allowing the user to select an output form, when a facsimile transmission of the user, configured to the output format of the transmission result can be selected in each case (claim 5).

In this invention, the user can select the output form of the transmission result at the time of facsimile transmission. If the output of the transmission result is e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission, it is possible to notify a predetermined transmission destination stored for each output form. For this reason, the transmission result of the facsimile processing in the network multifunction peripheral can be notified to a remote user or administrator. Further, since the transmission destination such as an e-mail address or a facsimile number is stored according to the transmission destination, the transmission result can be notified by using a transmission method convenient for the transmission destination (claims 1 , 2 ).
Since the user can designate at least one of e-mail transmission and facsimile transmission as the output form, the user can select the output form and transmit the transmission result to all transmission destinations stored for each output form. In addition, the user can select an output form suitable for managing transmission results. Further, for example, even if the transmission result of e-mail transmission fails, it can be output by facsimile transmission, and the printout can be used for backup.

Further, it is possible to attach the device information about the network multifunction peripheral that has transmitted the facsimile to the transmission result (claim 2 ).

Moreover, in this invention, the output form of a transmission result can be varied for every user. The logged-in user does not need to input the output form of the transmission result for each facsimile transmission , and can notify the transmission result to all the transmission destinations in the stored output form (claims 3 to 5 ).
Furthermore, since a plurality of output forms can be stored for each user, transmission results can be output to all the transmission destinations in different output forms.

Furthermore, it is possible to set whether the output form for each user stored in advance is used as a default (claim 4 ).

Further, since the output form of the transmission result can be selected each time when the logged-in user transmits a facsimile, for example, the transmission result can be sent to a user other than the user stored in the logged-in multifunction device. We notify the result of another user (client) navel to (claim 5).

  In the following, an optimum embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be shown.

  1 to 8 show an embodiment of the network multifunction device 2. The network multifunction device 2 is connected to a network such as a LAN 4 or the Internet 6, is connected to a client personal computer 8, another multifunction device 10, a router 12, or the like via the LAN 4, and further personally connected via the router 12 or the Internet 6. Connect to a terminal device 14 such as a computer.

  In FIG. 1, 20 is a LAN interface, 22 is a main control unit, 24 is a G3 facsimile function processing unit, and performs transmission / reception of G3 facsimile and the like via a public telephone network (PSTN). Reference numeral 26 denotes an Internet facsimile function processing unit which processes transmission / reception of an Internet facsimile in an e-mail format, for example. 28 is a network scanner function processing unit, 30 is a network printer unit, and 32 is a copy function processing unit. Reference numeral 34 denotes a display unit such as an LCD, and 36 denotes an operation unit such as a keyboard or a touch panel. The RAM 38 is configured by SRAM, DRAM, flash memory, or the like, and stores various data associated with processing. The ROM 40 stores a program necessary for the operation of the multifunction machine 2.

  A transmission certificate output unit 42 outputs a transmission result such as a communication result and its transmission contents as a transmission certificate after processing of G3 facsimile transmission and Internet facsimile transmission. The transmission certificate output unit 42 includes a setting unit 44 for determining the transmission certificate output form and a storage unit 52 for storing the transmission certificate output form and destination information. The output form of the transmission certificate is an e-mail or facsimile transmission to a predetermined destination or a printout. In what form the output of the transmission certificate after facsimile transmission is set in advance. It is stored in the transmission destination information management table 46 together with the mail address and the like. Then, in the output form selection unit 48, the user selects the output form of the transmission certificate at the time of facsimile transmission. When the multifunction device 2 is used in a multi-user environment, the output form for each user is stored in advance in the output form management table 54 for each user, and the transmission certificate is output in the output form set for the login user. For each output form selected by the user or for each output form assigned to the logged-in user, a destination e-mail address or the like is stored. The mail address corresponding to the output form selected by the user is stored in the table 46, 54.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining selection of the output form. The transmission destination information management table 46 shown in FIG. 2A stores an output form and transmission destination information for each MFP. In the embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2B, when the user selects a form for outputting a transmission certificate when instructing facsimile transmission, the address of the transmission destination corresponding to the output form is obtained from the table 46. For example, if the user selects to send by e-mail, a transmission certificate is transmitted to each of user A and user B. If facsimile transmission is selected, the transmission certificate is transmitted to user C by facsimile. When an e-mail is sent as a transmission certificate, the contents of the transmission certificate such as a destination at the time of facsimile transmission, a transmission start time, a required time, and the number of sheets are described in the body (FIG. 4). Alternatively, the contents of the transmission certificate may be attached to an e-mail as image data, and the image data transmitted by facsimile or a part of the image data may be attached to the transmission certificate. When sending a certificate to the administrator, the management information of the device can be written / attached together. The description of the device management information can be arbitrarily selected, and only necessary information is transmitted to the destination client (administrator).

  In the embodiment of FIG. 2, since the transmission destination is registered in advance for each output form, the user of the multifunction device 2 can send the transmission certificate to a predetermined transmission destination only by selecting the output form. The user can select a combination of output forms such as e-mail and printout, G3 facsimile and printout, and the printout of the transmission certificate is used for backup. In the embodiment, the user selects the output form of the transmission certificate every time facsimile transmission is performed. For example, transmission by e-mail is set as a default, and the user selects the output form as necessary during facsimile transmission. It is also good. Furthermore, when output of the transmission certificate fails by the method 1 of the output form selected by the user, switching to another output form may be performed.

  FIG. 3 shows another embodiment. In the multi-function machine 2 used in the multi-user environment, the output form is stored in advance in the output form management table for each user 54 for each login user. The table 54 registers an output form for each user, an e-mail address, a G3 facsimile destination address, and the like. The output form for each user can be a combination of e-mail and printout, only printout, or no output. In FIG. 3, for example, the transmission certificate of the logged-in user D (user ID: 02) is registered to be output to the user B by electronic mail, and the transmission certificate is shown in the electronic mail 56 of FIG. Here, the user B and the user D may be different persons or the same person.

  In the e-mail 56 of FIG. 4, the transmission result of the facsimile processing to the user X is described in the body, and the destination is the user B. The user B can obtain that the transmission result is normal termination together with the contents of the facsimile transmission to the user X, etc., and can manage the data related to the processing of the user D in the multifunction machine 2.

  FIG. 5 shows an e-mail 58 when a transmission certificate is described in text data in the body of the e-mail. In the figure, the transmission results of two facsimile transmissions are described, and the number of broadcasts is listed.

  In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the case where the output form is individually set for each user for the login user has been described. However, in the case of not being a login user or a user not registered in the table 54, the embodiment of FIG. Similarly, the output form is selected each time. Alternatively, the data is output in the output form (common setting of the device) set as the default for the device. In the embodiment, a parameter for determining whether to use the output form for each user registered in the table 54 is used. For example, if it is detected that the parameter is ON upon user login, the output form of the table 54 is used as a default, and if the parameter is OFF, the user can select a desired output form.

  As described above, since the login user of the multifunction device 2 is set in advance to send a certificate to a predetermined client, it is possible to remotely manage the processing result in a terminal device other than the multifunction device to which the user has logged in. The processing result of the MFP can be transmitted to a remote terminal device. Also, the output form can be changed according to the transmission destination set for each user. For example, if a client for managing the processing result is determined for each user, the processing for each user can be managed by a predetermined client.

  Next, FIG. 6 shows the setting of the default output form to the multifunction device 2. In the embodiment of FIG. 2, the default value is a setting value for the device and is used when the user does not select an output form. In the embodiment of FIG. 3, the default value is an output form registered for each user, and whether to use the default value is determined by ON / OFF of the parameter indicating whether the default value is used at the time of user login. In the figure, when the output form is not registered for each user in the multifunction peripheral, the output form determined for the device, the mail address and facsimile number of the output destination are registered in the table 46 (S1, S2). When registering the output form for each user, after the user logs in (S3), the user ID, output form, destination address, etc. for each user are registered in the table 54 (S4). And the parameter for using the output form registered for every user is set to ON (S5).

  FIG. 7 shows an operation screen of the multifunction machine for performing the default value setting of FIG. In the figure, a button 101 on the display screen 100 is used to call up a display screen 110 relating to the output of a transmission certificate. A display screen 120 for selecting an output form is displayed with the button 111, and the output form is selected with buttons for printout, e-mail, and facsimile transmission. The screen 110 is provided with a button 112 for inputting an email destination address.

  When setting the output form for each user, the display screen 130 relating to the transmission certificate output for each user is called from the display screen 100. If the user is not logged in, a login screen is displayed. The button 131 displays a parameter ON / OFF setting screen 140 for setting use of the user's default value. The button 132 displays a display screen 120 for selecting an output form for each user.

  FIG. 8 shows a transmission certificate output process. When the user instructs G3 facsimile transmission or Internet facsimile transmission (S10), the output form can be set at the same time. In the embodiment, for the login user (S11), a parameter for determining whether to use a default value set for each user or for each user is used (S12). When not used, the set value of the device is used (S13, S14), or the output form is selected each time (S13 to S15).

  When the logged-in user outputs using the default value for each user, the output form registered for the user is used (S16, S17). Further, when the logged-in user wants to change the output form only at the time of the processing, it is changed individually (S16 to S18).

  Then, facsimile transmission instructed by the user is performed (S19), and the transmission result is output as a transmission certificate in the selected output form (S20). If the output process of the transmission certificate does not end normally, for example, if the e-mail transmission is selected but the e-mail cannot be transmitted, the output is performed by another method, for example, the transmission certificate is printed out (S22). ).

  In the embodiment, the user can select the output form of the transmission result during facsimile transmission. The output forms are e-mail transmission, facsimile transmission, and printout. Since the destination information is stored together with the output form, there is no need to input the destination every time. A plurality of output forms can be selected, and a plurality of transmission destinations may be stored for one output form. Furthermore, device management information and image data transmitted by facsimile can be attached together with the transmission result.

  Since the transmission result of the facsimile processing can be notified to a remote user, an administrator or the like, for example, the facsimile transmission of the remote multifunction peripheral can be managed by the terminal device. Further, since destination information such as an e-mail address and a facsimile number is stored according to the destination, the transmission result can be notified by using a transmission method desired by the destination.

  In another embodiment, since the output form of the transmission result is stored for each user, the login user can notify the predetermined transmission destination of the transmission result for each facsimile transmission.

  In addition, by setting a parameter for outputting the transmission result using the output form stored for each user, the login user does not need to select the output form of the transmission result for each facsimile process, and to a predetermined destination. The transmission result can be notified.

The logged-in user may select the output form of the transmission result at the time of facsimile transmission. As a result, the transmission result can be sent to a destination other than the transmission destination stored in the multifunction peripheral, and the result can be notified to another user (client) desired by the user who performed the facsimile processing.

Block diagram showing the network multifunction peripheral of the embodiment and its use environment (A) The figure which shows the management table for memorize | storing the transmission destination information for every output form in an Example, (B) The figure for demonstrating selection of the output form of a transmission certificate in an Example The figure for demonstrating the setting of the output form of the transmission certificate for every user in an Example The figure which shows the e-mail which describes the transmission certificate in the execution example The figure which shows the electronic mail which describes the transmission certificate with text data in the execution example The flowchart which shows the default value setting process of a transmission certificate output form in an Example The figure which shows the display screen for setting the default value of a transmission certificate output form in an Example The flowchart which shows the output process of the transmission certificate of an Example

Explanation of symbols

2 Network MFP 4 LAN
6 Network 8, 14 Personal computer 10 Other multifunction device 12 Router 20 LAN interface 22 Main control unit 24 G3 facsimile function processing unit 26 Internet facsimile function processing unit 28 Scanner function processing unit 30 Printer function processing unit 32 Copy function processing unit 34 Display Unit 36 Operation unit 38 RAM
40 ROM
42 transmission certificate output section 44 transmission certificate output form setting section 46 transmission destination information management table 48 output form selection section 50 output form processing section for each user 52 storage section 54 output form management table for each user

Claims (5)

In a network multifunction device that prints out the transmission result when sending a facsimile,
The output form of the transmission result is e-mail transmission, facsimile transmission and printout,
An output unit for sending the output of the transmission result by e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission;
A transmission destination storage unit capable of storing a plurality of transmission destinations when the output form is e-mail transmission and transmission destinations when facsimile transmission;
A selection unit for the user to select the output form;
A network multifunction device configured to output a transmission result to all transmission destinations stored for each selected output form when a user selects at least one output form of e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission . 2. The network multifunction device according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission result is added with device management information about the network multifunction device for output . In a network multifunction device that prints out the transmission result when sending a facsimile,
The output form of the transmission result is e-mail transmission, facsimile transmission and printout,
An output unit for sending the output of the transmission result by e-mail transmission or facsimile transmission;
An output form storage unit capable of storing a plurality of output forms for each user;
The storage unit can further store a plurality of transmission destinations when the stored output form is electronic mail and a transmission destination when facsimile transmission,
A network multifunction device configured to output an output result for each user in an output form stored for each user in the storage unit to all transmission destinations stored for each user . 4. The network multifunction device according to claim 3 , further comprising means for setting whether or not the output form of the transmission result stored for each user is used as a default when the user logs in. A selection unit for allowing the user to select the output mode is provided, at the time of facsimile transmission of the user, the output form of the transmission result is characterized by being configured so as to select each time, network multifunction machine according to claim 3 or 4.

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