JPH022788A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the waste of recording paper on which telegraphic message information is recorded by selecting a housing means having recording media with different size corresponding to the discriminated capacity of print information. CONSTITUTION:The information capacity of image information or control information transmitted from and received by a communication control part 107 is discriminated by the control of a CPU101 corresponding to the program of a ROM102. One of paper feeding cassettes 110-112 which house the recording paper with different size in a print part 106 is selected corresponding to the discriminated capacity, and information is recorded on the recording paper housed in the cassette, thereby, the recording paper can be prevented from being used wastefully. Similarly, it is possible to separate plural telegraphic messages by clearing up the boundary of the telegraphic message even when they are overlapped by printing the recording paper for the image information and the control information in different colors.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a communication device that transmits messages to and from other communication terminals via a communication line.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, when a communication device such as an e-mail system transmits and receives a message, the message information printed out as a result of the communication is usually composed of a control document and a normal document. The control document includes e-mail control information such as destination information, and the normal document includes electronic message information such as a facsimile image. Conventionally, in the electronic message information printed in this way,
The control document and normal document are each printed on paper of the same size and color.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, a printed electronic message control document usually has less information than a normal document, and it is difficult to print the control document on paper of the same size as the paper (cut paper) on which the normal document is printed. There is a problem in that printing wastes recording paper.

Furthermore, if a normal document and a control document are printed on paper of the same color, it becomes impossible to distinguish between a message (normal document) and a message when a plurality of printed messages are stored in the paper ejection tray. In other words, there is a sheet of paper on which a control document is printed between the messages, but there is a problem that it becomes difficult to determine how far one message ends and where other different messages are stored. For example, when messages to multiple recipients are stored in a paper ejection tray, there is a risk of accidentally taking someone else's message with them.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional example, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication device that reduces waste of recording paper for recording telegraphic information.

In addition, by changing the color of the recording paper for normal messages and messages containing control information, etc., it is possible to make the boundaries between each message clear, for example when multiple messages are stacked. The purpose is to provide

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a communication device of the present invention has the following configuration. That is, it is a communication device capable of printing out telegram information and various control information to be transmitted and received, and includes at least two storage means each storing a plurality of recording media, each having recording media of different sizes, and determining the capacity of the print information. and a selection means for selecting a storage means storing a recording medium of a size corresponding to the capacity from among the storage means, and a printing means for printing the print information on a recording medium from the selected storage means. Be prepared.

Further, a communication device according to another claim has the following configuration. That is, it is a communication device capable of printing out telegram information and various control information to be transmitted and received, and includes at least two storage means each storing a plurality of recording media and having recording media of different colors, and a communication device in which the contents of the print information are printed out in a telegram. a determining means for determining whether the information is information or control information; a selecting means for selecting one of the storage means in accordance with the determination result of the determining means; and a selection means for selecting one of the storage means from the selected storage means; and printing means for printing.

According to yet another claim, the recording media stored in each of the storage means are configured to have different sizes.

[Operation] In the above configuration, the capacity of the print information is determined, and the storage unit that stores a recording medium of a size corresponding to the capacity of the print information is selected from among at least two storage units. Each of these storage means stores a plurality of recording media, and each storage means has recording media of different sizes. To the recording medium from the storage means selected in this way,
Operates to print print information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, it is determined whether the content of the print information is telegram information or control information, and one of the at least two storage means is selected in accordance with the determination result. Each of these storage means stores a plurality of recording media, each of which has a different color. The printing information is printed on the recording medium from the storage means selected in this way.

According to yet another aspect of the present invention, the sizes of the recording media stored in each of the storage means are different from each other.

[Embodiments] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Description of E-mail System (FIG. 1)] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an e-mail system according to an embodiment.

In the figure, 101 is a CPU and ROM that operate according to the control program stored in the ROM 102 and control the entire device.
Reference numeral 102 stores control programs and various data of the CPU 101 shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3. 103 is used as a work area for CPU10I, and also contains various control data and image reading unit 10.
This is a RAM that stores image data from 5 and CPU10I.

Reference numeral 104 denotes a panel section including a display section for displaying image data, messages to the operator, etc., and a keyboard for inputting various control commands. Reference numeral 105 denotes an image reading unit such as a league, which photoelectrically reads an original image and inputs it as image data. 106 is a printing unit that prints out image data, control information, etc., and this printing unit 106 has at least two
It has different types of paper feed cassettes 110 and 111, and
The configuration is such that one of them can be selected and printed according to instructions from Ol. 107 is a communication control unit (CCU)
Then, processing for sending image data, control information, etc. to the communication line 108 and receiving control information, image data, etc. from the communication line 108 is executed.

Note that one of the plurality of paper feed cassettes (11
0) stores paper, such as A4 size paper, on which normal electronic message information such as facsimile images is printed, and the other paper feed cassette 111 stores paper, such as 85 size paper, on which control information etc. are printed. Contains the smaller recording paper. Further, the color of the recording paper stored in one of these paper feed cassettes 110 is different from the color of the recording paper stored in the other paper feed cassette 111. Note that the number of these paper feed cassettes is not limited to two, and for example, a paper feed cassette 112 storing sheets of the same size as the paper feed cassette 110 but different colors may be provided.

[Description of Operation (FIGS. 1 and 2)] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the e-mail system of the embodiment, and a control program for implementing this process is stored in the ROM 102.

In step Sl, the CCU 107 determines whether or not there is received data. If there is received data, the process advances to step S2, and the received message data is transferred to the control document (
control data). If it is a control document, the process advances to step S3, and it is checked whether the paper in the paper feed cassette 111 containing the smaller recording paper in the printing section 106 can be used for recording. If the data amount of this control document can be printed on the recording paper in the paper feed cassette 111, the process advances to step S4, the paper feed cassette 106 of the printing section 106 is selected, and recording is performed in step S6.

On the other hand, if the received control document cannot be printed using the recording paper in the paper cassette 111, the process advances to step S5, where the paper cassette 112 containing recording paper larger than that of the cassette 111 is selected, and step S6
Then, printing is performed using the paper stored in the cassette 112. Here, the paper feed cassette 111 and the paper feed cassette 112
The colors of the sheets stored in the paper feed cassettes 110 and 112 may be the same or different colors, but at least the colors of the sheets stored in the paper feed cassettes 110 and 112 need to be different from each other.

If it is determined in step S7 that a normal document has been received, the process advances to step S8, and the paper feed cassette 110 of the printing section 106 is selected. Then, in step S9, a normal document is printed on the paper stored in the cassette 110.

As a result, the control document and the normal document are printed in different colors, and when the amount of information in the control document is small, it is recorded on the smaller paper, which has the effect of reducing paper waste.

In this embodiment, it has been explained that normal documents are always printed on recording paper in the paper feed cassette 110, but a paper feed containing paper of the same color and smaller size as the paper in the paper feed cassette 110 is used. Additional cassettes may be provided, and when the amount of print output for normal documents is small, the smaller paper may be selected for printing.

Further, in this embodiment, the control document is printed when a message is received, but the invention is not limited to this; it may also be printed when a message is sent or when an instruction to print control information is input. good.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that waste of recording paper for recording telegraphic information can be reduced.

In addition, by changing the color of the recording paper for normal messages and messages containing control information, etc. among the messages to be printed, for example, when multiple messages are stacked, the boundaries between each message can be clearly defined. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an e-mail system according to an embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the e-mail system according to an embodiment. In the figure, 101...CPU, 102...ROM, ]0
3...RAM, 104...Panel section, 105...
Image reading section, 106... Printing section, 107... CCU
, 110-112... paper feed cassettes.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A communication device capable of printing out telegram information and various control information to be sent and received, which includes at least two storage means each storing a plurality of recording media and having recording media of different sizes, and a capacity for printing information. a selection means for determining and selecting a storage means storing a recording medium of a size corresponding to the capacity from among the storage means; and a printing means for printing the print information on a recording medium from the selected storage means. A communication device comprising: (2) A communication device capable of printing out telegram information and various control information to be transmitted and received, which includes at least two storage means each containing a plurality of recording media, each having recording media of different colors, and the content of the printed information. a determining means for determining whether the message information is the message information or the control information;
It is characterized by comprising a selection means for selecting one of the storage means in response to the determination result of the determination means, and a printing means for printing the print information on a recording medium from the selected storage means. communication equipment. (3) The second aspect of the invention is characterized in that the sizes of the recording media stored in each of the storage means are different from each other.
Communication devices as described in Section.