JPH01231565A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To realize the print of various finish stamps including the communication control information, etc., by guiding an original to a print part where the received information, etc., are recorded on the recording forms and printing finish stamp on the original. CONSTITUTION:When a finish stamp is used, the original passed through a scanner part 5 is sent to a print part 4 via a guide means and the finish stamp is printed by a thermal head of the part 4. In other words, the part 4 doubles a print partwhere the received information are printed on the recording forms. As a result, the communication control information on the date of transmission, the destination of transmission, etc., can be recorded unlike a routine finish stamp. In addition, the print position of the finish stamp can be selected in accordance with the timer value set by a timer circuit. Thus the overlap of the print positions of the finish stamp can be avoided in case the same original is transmitted by several times. In such a way, the communication control information on the date of transmission, the destination of transmission, etc., can be printed on the back of an original.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and in particular,
The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a function of printing a mark indicating that a document has been sent using a thermal head of a printer.

(Prior Art) FIG. 4 shows an example of a document conveyance path in a conventional facsimile machine. In the figure, originals 2 placed on a document tray are fed out one by one by a document handling roller 3, and sent to a scanner section 5 by a conveyor belt 3a. At an intermediate portion between the document transport roller 6 and the document discharge roller 7 of the scanner section 5, there are irradiation lamps 8a and 8b, and an image that receives the reflected light of the light irradiated from the irradiation lamps 8a and 8b toward the document 2a. A sensor 9 is arranged.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an ejection tray for stacking originals ejected after passing through the scanner section 5, and an original sensor 14 is a sensor for detecting that the end of the original has passed through the installation position of the original sensor 14. It is.

” In a facsimile machine that has two document transport paths,
When the transmission of the original is completed, a mechanism is provided in which a mark indicating that the original has been sent (hereinafter referred to as a completed stamp) is written on the back side of the original. The completed stamp printing mechanism is provided in the document scanner section, and has a configuration as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, for example. In the printing mechanism shown in FIG. 5, a piece 11 having a finished stamp printing surface 11a is provided at the center of one roller 7a of the document ejection roller 7. The piece 1 is engaged with the roller shaft 12 with loose fitting precision, and the piece]]
If no external restraining force is applied to the shaft, it rotates with the rotation of the shaft]2.

On the other hand, when a restraining force, for example, a restraining force by a holding part such as a stopper 13, is applied to the piece 1, the piece 11 rotates idly with respect to the shaft 2, and the rotation of the piece 11 is stopped. There is.

Normally, the frame 11 is stopped by a stopper 13 at a position where the printed surface 11a does not face the document discharge roller 7b. Then, it is detected that the trailing edge of the document 2a has passed the document sensor 14, and after the document 2a has been conveyed a certain distance, a driving means such as a solenoid is activated to mechanically retract the stopper 13 in the direction of the arrow 15. Then, the frame 11 rotates following the rotation of the support 12, and when the printed surface 1a faces the document discharge roller 7a, the document 2a is sandwiched between the print surface 11a and the document discharge roller 7b, and the document 2a is A completion stamp will be written on the back.

In addition, in another completed stamp printing mechanism shown in Fig. 6,
The trailing edge of the document is detected by the document sensor 14;
After the document has been conveyed a certain distance, when the rod 16 is pulled in the direction of the arrow 17 by a driving means such as a solenoid, the arm 18 rotates in the direction of the arrow 19 about the shaft 20, and the printing surface 11a is The document 2a is pressed and a completed stamp is written.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The above-described conventional technology had the following problems.

In the conventional facsimile machine, the completion stamp printing mechanism mechanically presses a printing surface having a predetermined shape as described above against the back surface of the document, so that the completion stamp is written at a predetermined position on the document.

The above-mentioned completion stamp is not sufficient to deal with troubles such as the receiving side not receiving the original information when it occurs later.

Therefore, there is a desire to leave communication management information such as the date and time of transmission of the manuscript and the destination on the manuscript so as to be able to deal with the above-mentioned troubles.

However, there is a problem in that the fixed stamps described above cannot meet such demands.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that eliminates the problems of the prior art and is capable of recording a completion stamp that includes communication management information.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.

(Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the purpose, the present invention originally provides a method for printing information on a document that has passed through a scanner section on recording paper. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with means for guiding the document to the printing section, and means for printing a completion stamp on the document passing through the printing section in the case of document transmission.

According to the present invention having the above configuration, the original is guided to the printing unit that records received information etc. on the recording paper and the stamp is printed, so it is not possible to print on a regular shaped printing surface as in the past. Unlike conventional printers, it is possible to print various types of stamps such as communication management information.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. 1st
The figure is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 4 represent the same or equivalent parts.

In the figure, reference numerals 21 and 22 are guide means for determining the conveyance path of the original 2 after passing through the scanner section 5 and the recording paper 47 fed out from the recording paper cassette 24 by the feeding roller 29. The first guide means 21 is driven by a first solenoid 25 and is oscillated about a shaft 27 . The second guide means 22 is driven by a second solenoid 26 and is oscillated about a shaft 28 . The guide means 21 and 22 are connected to the solenoids 25 and 26.
is positioned at either end of the oscillating stroke according to on/off signals input to the oscillator.

In the same figure, when the solenoid is on, the guide means 21 and 22 are positioned at the positions shown by solid lines in the figure, and when the solenoid is off, they are positioned at the positions shown by broken lines (21a and 22a).
is positioned.

The printing section 4 has a thermal head 32, a thermal head pressing roller 33, and a donor film cassette 34. 23 is a document discharge tray, 29a is a recording paper conveyance belt, 30 is a recording paper discharge roller, 31 is a recording paper/original conveyance roller, and 35 is a recording paper discharge tray after printing.

Reference numeral 38 denotes an operation panel, and information input from the operation panel 38 is input to a solenoid drive circuit 36, a character font 39, and a timer circuit 40.

Transmission date and time data is input from the clock circuit 37 to the character font 39, and the data is converted into print data and transmitted to the thermal head drive circuit 41.

The document end detection signal from the document sensor 14 is also input to the timer circuit 40, and the output signal from the timer circuit 40 is
It is transmitted to the thermal head drive circuit 41. The thermal head drive circuit 41 outputs a drive signal for the thermal head 32, and the solenoid drive circuit 36 outputs a drive signal for the solenoids 25 and 26.

Next, the operation of transmitting a document according to this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the operator inputs the document destination information (call number or destination court number) from the operation panel 38, whether or not to use a completed stamp, and if a completed stamp is used, how many times the completed stamp has been used on the same document. Information on whether there is any information is input (step S1). Inputting the number of times the stamp has been used is performed each time the document is sent as information input to avoid overlapping stamp positions for each transmission when the same document is sent several times.

In step S2, it is determined whether or not the finished stamp is used. When using a completed stamp, a drive signal (on signal) is output from the solenoid drive circuit 36 to the solenoids 25 and 26 in step S3, and the first guide means 21 and the second guide means 22 are moved to the solid line position (first (see figure).

In step S4, date/time data is input from the clock circuit 37 to the character font 39 and converted into print data. In step S4, the destination information is also converted into print data. In step S5, it is determined whether the stamp is used for the first time or not. If it is the first time, the process proceeds to step S6, where a fixed timer value is set in the timer circuit 40. The timer value corresponds to the elapsed time until the end of the document passes through the document sensor 14 and reaches a predetermined position near the end of the document or the thermal head 32 .

If it is not the first time to use the completed stamp, proceed to step S5.
If the determination is negative, the process moves to step S7, and in step S7, a timer value reduced by a predetermined amount from the fixed timer value is set in the timer circuit 40. The purpose of reducing the fixed timer value by a predetermined amount is to avoid duplication between the previous stamp printing position and the current printing position.Therefore, the foil stamp input in step S1 is not used. The timer value to be reduced is set to be different depending on the number of times.

When the setting of the timer value is completed, the document is conveyed to the scanner section 5, and reading of the document information is started (step S
8). In step S9, it is determined whether or not the trailing edge of the document is detected by the document sensor 14, and the process returns to step S8 to continue reading the document information until the trailing edge of the document is detected.

When the trailing edge of the document is detected, the determination in step S9 becomes affirmative, and the process proceeds to step SIO. In step 510, counting of the timer value set in the timer circuit 40 is started. In step Sll, whether the counter value is “0” or
If the counter value is “0”, in step S12, the thermal head drive circuit 41
A drive signal is output to the thermal head from the first
A completion stamp (destination, date and time of transmission) is printed on the back side of the document that has been guided to the position of the thermal head 32 by the guiding means 21 . The document that has been printed is guided to the guide means 22.
The document is guided to the document discharge tray 23 and the operation is completed. Note that if the finished stamp is not used, the determination in step S2 is negative and the process moves to step 313, and in step 81B, the solenoid drive circuit 36 sends an ON signal to the first solenoid 25 and an ON signal to the second solenoid 26. The on signal is output, and the first guide means 2] is at the broken line position 21a.
The second guide means 22 is positioned at the position indicated by the solid line (see FIG. 1). Step S]
, 4, the scanner section 5 reads the document information. In step 81.5, a judgment is made as to whether or not a document end detection signal has been output, and when this signal is detected, the document whose information has been read is guided to the guide means 21 and passed through the conveyance path 42. The document is then conveyed to the document discharge tray 23 and the operation is completed.

In the case of reception, the first guide means 21 is positioned at the position shown by the solid line, and the second guide means 22 is positioned at the position 22a shown by the broken line. Then, the recording paper fed out from the cassette 24 and conveyed by the two conveyor belts is conveyed to the printing section 4, where the received information is printed by the thermal head 32, and then conveyed to the recording paper ejection tray 35.

Next, a modified example of the conveyance path for the original document and the recording paper will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1 indicate the same or equivalent parts.

In the figure, a U-turn guide 43 is a member for reversing the original 2 that has passed through the scanner section 5 in the direction of an arrow 44 and guiding the original to a conveyance path 45. The U-turn guide 43 is provided so as to be movable in the direction of an arrow 46 by a driving means such as a solenoid, and moves according to a signal output from the solenoid driving means depending on whether or not a completed stamp is used, and transports the document. Determine the route. That is, when using a finished stamp, the U-turn guide 43 slides upward in the figure to move the document to the thermal head 32.
If the finished stamp is not to be used, it slides downward to guide the document to the document discharge tray 23b. When a finished stamp is used, the document is ejected to the ejection tray 23a. In the case of receiving document information, the received information is printed on recording paper supplied from the recording paper cassette 24, and the recording paper is ejected to the ejection tray 23a.

As described above, in this embodiment, when using a completed stamp, the document that has passed through the scanner section 5 is conveyed to the printing section 4 by the guide means, and the completed stamp is printed by the thermal head of the printing section 4. I did it like that. Since the printing section 4 also serves as the printing section 4 for printing received information on recording paper, it is possible to record communication management information such as transmission E1 time and destination instead of a fixed stamp. Furthermore, since the printing position of the finished stamp can be selected according to the timer value set in the timer circuit, it is possible to avoid duplication of the printing position of the finished stamp when the same document is sent several times.

As a means to avoid duplicate printing positions of completed stamps when the same original is sent several times, this embodiment uses a timer circuit to adjust the printing position in the original transport direction. Indicated. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and by selectively energizing the heating element provided in the thermal head, the printed stamp position can also be adjusted in the width direction of the recording paper. That is, since the thermal helad is equipped with heating elements arranged over at least the entire width direction of the manuscript paper, the drive area of the heating elements can be changed according to the number of used stamps inputted from the operation panel. , the printing position can be easily shifted in the width direction of the original paper.

In addition, in the above embodiment, an example was shown in which a guide means was provided to transport the document along a different route depending on whether or not a finished stamp was used. However, the guide means is not limited to the above embodiment, and The same effect can be obtained even if the conveyance path is set to pass through the printing unit 4, and whether or not to drive the thermal head is selected depending on whether or not to use a finished stamp. can get. In short, it is equipped with a guide means that configures a conveyance path such that the document after reading the document information with the scanner section 5 is discharged via the printing section 4, and drives the printing section depending on whether or not stamping is required. , the same object as in the above embodiment can be achieved if the present invention is configured to print a completed stamp on the document.

In addition, in the above embodiment, a recording paper cassette using cut paper was shown as the recording paper, but when using a roll of recording paper, the leading edge of the recording paper should be moved away from the thermal head position when transmitting the document. The present invention can be implemented by adding a retracting mechanism.

Furthermore, if the transmitting side receives a signal sent from the receiving facsimile machine to the transmitting facsimile machine indicating that image information without errors has been received, then the stamp is printed. It goes without saying that this objective can be achieved more reliably.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the following effects are achieved.

(1) Since a completed stamp can be printed using the thermal head of the printing unit, communication management information such as the destination and sending date and time can be printed on the back of the document, in addition to printing in a standard format, and the receiving side can receive and receive the document information. You can easily deal with problems such as not being able to do so.

(2) You can select the printing position of the completed stamp, so even if you print the completed stamp more than once on the same document, the printed position of the completed stamp will not overlap, making it easy to determine whether it has been sent or not. Ta.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an operation flowchart of an embodiment of the invention, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing a modified embodiment of the invention, and Fig. 4 is a conventional FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating a conventional document conveyance path, and are diagrams illustrating a conventional stamp printing mechanism. ]・Document tray, 2...Document, 4...Printing section, 5...
Scanner section, 2]...first guide means, 22...second
Guide means, 23... Original tJ output tray, 24...
Recording paper cassette, 25...first solenoid, 26...
Second solenoid, 36... Solenoid drive circuit, 37
...Special training circuit, 38...Operation panel, 3 characters, font, 40...Timer circuit, 41...Thermal head drive circuit 43...U-turn guide agent, patent attorney
Michito Hiraki and 1 other person Figure 5 1b Figure 6

Claims (7)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile device having a printing section that prints received information on recording paper, a recording paper conveyance path that conveys the recording paper through the printing section and to an ejection tray, and a recording paper conveyance path that is connected to the recording paper conveyance path; A document conveyance path for conveying a document that has passed through a scanner for reading document information to the printing section, and operating the printing section based on completed stamp information when transmitting the document, and operating the printing section based on received information when receiving the document. A facsimile device characterized by comprising means. (2) An operation panel for inputting a command indicating that a completed stamp is required or not required, and a means for operating the printing section in response to a command input from the operation panel indicating that a completed stamp is required. The facsimile machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: (3) in a facsimile device having a printing unit that prints received information on recording paper, a recording paper conveyance path that conveys the recording paper through the printing unit and to an ejection tray, and a recording paper conveyance path connected to the recording paper conveyance path; a first document conveyance path in which the document that has passed through the scanner section for reading document information passes through the printing section and is conveyed to the output tray; and the document that has passed through the scanner section is directly ejected without passing through the printing section. a second document conveyance path for conveying to the tray; and a guide means for selecting one of the first and second document conveyance paths; and a guide means for driving the guide means to convey the document. The present invention is characterized by comprising: a drive means for transporting the document along one of the paths; and a means for operating the printing unit based on completed stamp information when the document is transported to the first transport path. facsimile machine. (4) an operation panel for inputting a command indicating whether a completed stamp is required or not; and a control panel for driving the guide means in response to a command input from the operation panel indicating that a completed stamp is required, and moving the guide means along the first document transport path. Claim 3, further comprising: a driving means for transporting the document; and a means for operating the printing section in response to the command for requiring a completed stamp.
Facsimile machine as described. (5) a document sensor that detects when a trailing edge of a document passes through the scanner unit; a timer circuit that starts counting a timer value when a trailing edge detection signal is output from the document sensor; 5. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a printing section that prints on the document in response to a counting end signal from the circuit. (6) An operation panel for inputting communication management information such as the telephone number of the recipient, a clock circuit for outputting the date and time, and a clock circuit for converting the call number and the data output from the clock circuit into print data. Claims 1 and 2, further comprising a character font for outputting data to the printing unit.
5. The facsimile machine according to 3, 4 or 5. (7) An operation panel is provided for inputting the number of times a completed stamp has been used for the same document, and a timer circuit is configured to set a timer value according to the number of times the completed stamp has been used input from the operation panel. 6. The facsimile machine according to claim 5, further comprising: a facsimile machine according to claim 5; (8) An operation panel for inputting the number of times the completed stamp has been used for the same document, and a drive area for the heating element of the printing section selected according to the number of times the completed stamp has been used inputted from the operation panel. 5. The facsimile machine according to claim 1, further comprising means for printing a completed stamp.