JPH0272762A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically and appropriately handle each sheet of a paper to be ejected by providing a plural paper ejection trays classified by paper ejecting purpose and a paper ejection mechanism to distribute the sheets of paper to be ejected to the plural paper ejection trays, and ejecting the paper by selecting the paper ejection tray based on the opposite terminal identifier of a reception document. CONSTITUTION:A paper ejection driving part 50 is provided with an ejection roller 6 for a recorded sheet and three sensors 5, 7, and 8. The ejectable position detecting sensor 5 detects the movement of the recorded sheet to a paper ejection requested position, and the paper ejection completion detecting sensor 7 detects the completion of paper ejection. A paper ejection tray movement completion detecting sensor 9 detects the moving position of a movable type paper ejection tray 40. The movable type paper ejection tray 40 is provided with the plural trays T1-TN, and moves those trays T1-TN upward and downward. A tray number, a use purpose code, and the opposite terminal identifier are stored in a tray use purpose table. The ejection of a reception original is performed by setting the tray at every opposite terminal identifier.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

[Prior Art] Facsimile machines that transmit, receive, and copy image information have been widely used.

By the way, regarding this facsimile machine.

Only one paper ejection tray is provided, and received recording sheets and copied recording sheets are stacked on this paper ejection tray from bottom to top in the order in which they were ejected.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, since all the sheets are ejected to the same tray, for example, if a call arrives while the copy machine is in use, it is received while the copy paper is in use. There were cases where paper would get in the way, or conversely, if copying was instructed during reception, the copy paper would get in between the received sheets.

Therefore, the user has to sort the stacked papers on the paper ejection tray, which is cumbersome, and there are also disadvantages in that important documents may be lost or mistakenly taken away by the wrong user.

It is also possible to control the paper ejection order by prohibiting one processing process while the other is being processed so that paper is stacked on the tray in units of received documents for each incoming call or in units of copy documents for each copy operation. Since each document is ejected to a common tray, it is necessary to manually sort each document later, which can lead to errors in sorting each document, especially when multiple departments share a facsimile machine. However, there is a drawback that documents may be passed on to other departments.

Furthermore, if the receiving operation is restricted during the copying operation in this manner, even if a call arrives while the printer is not yet operating while reading the copied document, the receiving operation will not be performed. For this reason, this is particularly true for devices that temporarily store information read from a document in a memory and then proceed to a recording operation.

Since there is a certain time difference from the reading operation to the recording operation, there is a drawback that the printer cannot be used effectively in chronological order.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can sort received papers and copy papers without manual work, handle each ejected paper appropriately, and improve printer usage efficiency. do.

[F stage to solve the problem] The present invention provides a plurality of paper discharge trays provided for different paper discharge purposes;
The present invention is characterized in that it has a paper ejection mechanism that distributes ejected paper to these paper ejection trays, and selects and ejects the paper from the paper ejection tray based on the destination terminal identifier of the received document.

[Operation] In the present invention, the plurality of paper ejection trays and paper ejection mechanisms sort the ejected sheets according to their paper ejection purposes, and output them to different paper ejection trays. Therefore, received papers and copy papers can be sorted without manual work, and each discharged paper can be handled appropriately.

Furthermore, in order to avoid mixing up ejected sheets, it is no longer necessary to restrict receiving operations during copying operations, for example, and it is possible to improve the utilization efficiency of the printer.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a facsimile machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

This facsimile device includes a printer section 10, a scanner section 20, a facsimile controller 30, a movable paper ejection tray 40, and a paper ejection drive section 50.

The facsimile controller 30 is provided in the printer section 10, and as shown in FIG.
OM14. RAM 15, scanner controller 16, paper ejection) ray controller 17, interrupt controller tg, C
It has a CU 19, an I10 controller 21, and an image conversion processor 22.

The CPU 13 controls the entire facsimile apparatus, and the ROM 14 contains a facsimile control program necessary for the operation of the CPU 13 and a program for paper ejection control according to the gist of the present invention. Also, in RAM15.

Data such as the tray usage table is stored 9
The interrupt controller 18 includes the scanner controller 16,
It accepts an interrupt request from the paper discharge tray controller 17 or the like and causes the CPU 13 to execute it.

Further, the paper ejection drive section 50 has a recorded paper ejection roller 6 and three sensors 5, 7, and 8. The discharge position detection sensor 5 detects that the recorded paper has moved to the paper discharge request position, and triggers a paper discharge request notification. The paper ejection completion detection sensor 7 detects that paper ejection has ended. Furthermore, the paper discharge tray movement completion detection sensor 9 detects the movement position of the movable paper discharge tray 40, identifies that the requested tray has moved to the discharge section, and triggers a paper discharge tray movement completion notification. It is.

The paper output tray controller 30 includes a movable paper output tray 40.
control.

The movable paper discharge tray 40 has a plurality of trays T1 to TN, and by moving these trays T1 to TN in the vertical direction, the paper discharged from the paper discharge drive unit 5o is sorted into each tray T1 to TH. do.

The sorting operation of the discharged sheets is performed based on a tray usage table stored in the RAM 15.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of a tray use purpose table.

This tray usage table stores the tray number, usage code, and partner terminal identifier.

The tray number corresponds to the above-mentioned trays T and -T, and the usage code is "0" for an unused tray, rl
J indicates a copy tray, and "2" indicates a receiving tray.

Further, the partner terminal identifier is included in a post-session start command (CSS) from the partner side in the reception protocol. therefore.

With this facsimile machine, when ejecting received originals, the paper is ejected by setting a tray for each recipient's terminal identifier, and in the case of copying, since there is no recipient's terminal identifier, the paper is ejected into a common tray. It has become.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of registering each data in the tray usage purpose table.

First, set the counter to "1" (s i), confirm that the counter value is not rNJ (32), and input the purpose of use code (S3).

This purpose code is then set in the tray purpose table (S4).

Next, if the purpose of use is for received manuscripts (S5),
Enter the partner terminal identifier (Sa) and set it in the tray usage purpose table (37).

Then, the counter value is incremented by one and the process returns to S2 (Sa
).

Also, if the purpose of use is for copying (35), the counter value is incremented by one and the process returns to S2 (Sa).
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FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an overview of the paper ejecting operation of such a facsimile machine.

First, from the state of waiting for 1 notification (S l 1), when a paper ejection request notification is issued by the operator's copy instruction or reception from the other party's facsimile machine (312), if the paper ejection mechanism is available for use (S 13 ), declares that the paper ejection mechanism is in use to eject this paper (S14),
If this paper is a copied paper (S l
5) Set each parameter in the paper output tray controller 17 to move the copy tray to the position corresponding to the paper output port (316).Also, the paper is transferred from the other party's terminal registered in the tray usage table. If it is received (S17), the output tray controller 17
In order to move the receiving tray of this other party's terminal to a position corresponding to the paper output slot, each parameter is set (518).
, Furthermore, if this paper is received from a remote terminal that is not registered in the tray usage table (S
17) Set each parameter in order for the paper output tray controller 17 to move the unregistered reception tray to the position corresponding to the paper output port (S l 9), and issue a tray movement request to this controller 17. 520),
Waits in a notification waiting state (S11).

If it is in use at step 313, it is registered in the paper discharge request queue and waits for one notification (step 521).

Then, when the paper ejection completion detection sensor 7 notifies the paper ejection completion (S22), if there is a paper ejection request queue (S
23), declare that the paper ejection mechanism is not in use (524)
), the process proceeds to steps 513 and subsequent steps, and if there is no paper ejection request matrix (S23), the paper ejection mechanism is declared unused (S23).
25), waits in a notification waiting state (S11).

Further, when the movable paper ejection tray 40 comes to a predetermined position, the paper ejection movement completion detection sensor 9 issues a paper ejection tray movement completion notification (326), and causes the paper ejection drive section 50 to execute paper ejection (S27).
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[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the plurality of paper ejection trays and paper ejection mechanisms provide
Ejected paper is sorted according to its ejection purpose and output to different paper ejection trays. Therefore, received sheets and copy sheets can be sorted without manual work, each ejected sheet can be handled appropriately, and ejected sheets can be easily managed according to purpose.

Furthermore, in order to avoid mixing up ejected sheets, it is no longer necessary to restrict receiving operations during copying operations, for example, and this has the effect of improving printer usage efficiency.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a facsimile machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile controller. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a specific example of a tray use purpose table. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of registering each data in the tray usage purpose table. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an overview of the paper ejecting operation of such a facsimile machine. 3... CPU, 4... ROM, 5... RAM, 7... paper output tray controller, 0... scanner section, O... facsimile controller, O... mobile paper output tray , O... Paper ejection drive unit, ~TN... Tray.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) It has a plurality of paper ejection trays provided for different paper ejection purposes and a paper ejection mechanism that distributes ejected paper to these paper ejection trays,
A facsimile apparatus is characterized in that a received document is selected from an output tray based on a destination terminal identifier to output the document. (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim (1), wherein the paper ejection purpose includes receiving and copying.