JPH0258967A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecessary for an operator to remember the management number of a document stored by the operator oneself by retrieving the stored document with its storage time of day. CONSTITUTION:When the document stored in a storing device 4 is to be transmitted or printed in a storage type facsimile equipment 1, and when the storage time of day of the document is designated, a document retrieving circuit 6 finds the document corresponding to the storage time of day inputted form a document retrieving parameter input circuit 5 from the storing device 4 and starts either transmitting or printing the document. Since the facsimile equipment is equipped with a means to retrieve the stored document with the storage time of day in this manner, it becomes unnecessary for the operator to remember the document management number added to the stored document by the facsimile equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a Ha-type sofa facsimile machine that temporarily stores facsimile image signals.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Conventionally, in this type of facsimile device, an operator memorizes the document management number added by the facsimile device to the stored document after storing it, and uses this document management number when resending or reprinting the stored document. I was searching using the number.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention As mentioned above, in conventional facsimile machines, operators have to remember the management numbers of the documents they have stored.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional situation,
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a new facsimile apparatus that can solve the above-mentioned problems inherent in the conventional technology.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention is configured to include means for searching stored documents by storage time.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, when the storage type facsimile 1 attempts to send or print a document stored in the storage device 4, when the storage time of the document is specified, the storage type input from the document search parameter input circuit 5 The document search circuit 6 searches the storage device 4 for the document corresponding to the time, and starts sending or printing it.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart I~ showing the operation of FIG. 1.

In FIG. 2, it is determined in step 22.24 whether the document search parameter is a document number or storage time, and step 26.
At step 28, it is determined whether the transmission designation or print designation is specified, and the corresponding document is read out from the storage device 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, as described in detail, the present invention provides the advantage that when an operator retransmits or reprints a stored document, the operator can search for the document using the storage time.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG. 1.

Claims (1)

[Claims] What is claimed is: 1. A storage type facsimile device that temporarily stores facsimile image signals, the facsimile device comprising means for searching stored documents based on storage time.