JPH04150457A - Facsimile transmitter-receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To efficiently manage information by stopping printing when the quantity of picture data to be printed on the last sheet of recording paper containing source data does not reach a preset data quantity. CONSTITUTION:A signal processing section 10 successively stores transmitted source data and picture data in a picture memory section 11 and, when the stored quantity of the section 11 reaches the printing capacity of regular-size recording paper, outputs the data for printing. Upon discriminating that the quantity of the picture data to be printed on the last sheet of recording paper containing the source data does not reach a preset data quantity, the section 10 stops the printing on the last sheet of recording paper. Therefore, such futile use of recording paper that one sheet of recording paper is used for printing a small quantity of data can be eliminated and, in addition, no information misunderstanding occurs, since only a little quantity of the picture data is lost from the end. Thus information can be managed efficiently.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile transmitting/receiving device, and more specifically, when image data is received by facsimile using a fixed length recording paper, The present invention relates to a device characterized in that printing is not performed when the amount of image data to be printed is small.

[Prior Art] Recently, facsimile transmitting/receiving devices (hereinafter referred to as facsimile machines) use not only roll paper as receiving recording paper but also regular paper of a predetermined size (A4, B4 size, etc.). For example, as shown in Fig.
Transmission document T10 with image information D1 drawn on A4 size paper
0 is read by the facsimile machine 100 on the sending side and converted to image data, and sender data P such as the company name, telephone number, and ID code registered in advance on the sending side is added to this image data and sent to the telephone line ρ. Then, the facsimile machine 200 on the receiving side receives the image data transmitted via the telephone line e and copies and prints the sender data P and image data D1 on the recording paper R100. The sender can be immediately known just by looking at the original data P.

However, for example, when a sending document T100' with image information D2 written in the range that can be written on A4 size paper is sent from the sending facsimile 100, the receiving facsimile 200 sends it to A4 size paper. Since only the same range 1 as the side can be printed, it is not possible to print all of the source data P and image data D2 on the recording paper R100', and the source data P and image data cannot be printed on the first recording paper R100'. Part of the data D2'' is printed, and the remaining image data D2'' is printed on the second recording paper RIOI' along with the source data P, and less than one line of the source data P is added. As a result, the number of received recording sheets increases to two, which makes the recording sheets separated, making them difficult to see and easy to lose.Additionally, the consumption of recording sheets increases, so improvements have been desired.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention, proposed in view of the above circumstances, has a problem in that when the transmitted image data is printed out, the amount of image data to be printed on the last page reaches a predetermined amount of data. To provide a facsimile transmitting/receiving device which prevents printing of the last page when not printing, thereby suppressing unnecessary increase in recording paper and efficiently managing information.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention proposed to achieve the above object includes an image memory unit that sequentially stores image data to which source data transmitted from a transmitting side is attached; is sequentially divided into amounts corresponding to the printing capacity of the standard length recording paper and printed out on the recording paper, and when the image data volume to be printed on the last recording paper does not reach the predetermined data volume, the printing is stopped. The configuration includes a signal processing section that performs the following steps.

[Function] In the present invention, image data attached with sender data transmitted via a telephone line is sequentially received and stored in the image memory section, and the signal processing section receives the image data attached with the sender data transmitted via the telephone line and stores the image data in the image memory section. The data is printed out one page at a time. Then, when the capacity of the image data including the source data to be printed on the last recording paper does not reach a predetermined amount of data, printing on the last recording paper is stopped, but When the capacity of the image data including the source data to be printed is equal to or greater than the predetermined data quantity, the image data is printed out as is.

[Example code] The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an example of the configuration of a facsimile transmitting/receiving apparatus 1 according to the present invention, and in the figure, 1
1 is an image memory unit that stores image data and sender data; 12 is a line control unit that controls switching of the telephone line; I3 is a modem that sends and receives image data;
14 is a key operation unit having various operation keys, 15 is RO
M15a, a memory unit having RAM 15b; 16, a print output unit that prints out image data on recording paper; 17, an image reading unit that reads a transmitted document and converts it into image data; and H, a handset for making phone calls. The signal processing section 10 centrally performs the signal processing of each section.

The image memory section 11 receives the sender data and image data transmitted via the telephone line β via the signal processing section 10 and stores them sequentially.
It has a large capacity that can store data that can be printed on one page of standard paper.

The signal processing unit 10 sequentially stores the transmitted source data and image data in the image memory unit 11, and when the storage capacity reaches the printing capacity of the fixed-length recording paper, it prints out the data and prints out the data at the end of the recording paper. When it is determined that the capacity of image data including source data to be printed as a page does not reach a predetermined amount of data, printing of the recording paper after ]'& is stopped. When only one sheet of recording paper is output, the character Ej1 is executed.

FIGS. 2(a) to 2(d) schematically show the operation of the facsimile l of the present invention. For example, FIG. 2(a)
Now, when the image data of the transmission document T1 with image information written on the A4 size paper cup is transmitted from the sending side together with the sender data, in the receiving example facsimile 1, the sender data is sent to each page of the standard recording paper. The image data including P is divided into amounts Ml and M2 according to the printing capacity of the standard length recording paper, and after being printed out on the recording paper R1, the source data to be printed on the last recording paper is included. When the image data IJtM2 is less than a predetermined data amount, printing on the last recording paper is not performed. Figure 2(b) shows that even when there are two originals to be sent (TI', T2'), the amount of image data including source data to be printed on the last recording paper is less than the predetermined data amount. Sometimes, printing is not performed on the final recording paper. In addition, when the amount of image data including the source data to be printed on the last recording paper exceeds the predetermined data amount, as shown in FIG. The data is printed out. Furthermore, as shown in Fig. 12(d), when the image data of the transmission document TO, in which only one line of image information is written on A4 size paper, is transmitted from the sending side together with the sender data, the facsimile 1 on the receiving side Although the print capacity MO on the recording paper does not reach the predetermined data capacity, since there is only one sheet of recording paper, the recording paper RO is used to perform printing.

Note that the predetermined data amount is such that even if image data equal to the amount of data obtained by subtracting the amount of source data from data ff1L is discarded, it will not be interpreted as incorrect image information (for example, the amount of data in The length is set to approximately 20 mm when recorded on A4 standard size paper.

Next, the operation of the facsimile 1 having the configuration shown in FIG.
This will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

■When a calling signal is transmitted through the telephone line l and an incoming call is determined, the line is connected, and then the data necessary for communication is transmitted and received by handshaking (see steps 1000 to 1002 in Figure 3). .

■The signal processing unit 10 receives the data sequentially transmitted via the telephone line e, and transmits image data including source data for one page of standard recording paper to the image memory unit 11 for storage. (See step 1003 in Figure 3).

■The signal processing unit 10 compares the print capacity of one page of image data stored in the image memory unit 11 with the data scale stored in the ROM 15a, and if the print capacity is greater than the data scale, the sender The data and image data are transmitted to the print output section 16 and printed out on recording paper. After this, it is determined whether there is any more image data to be received. If there is image data, the process returns to step 1003 and the next step is performed. The processing of the image data for one page is repeated, and when the reception of the image data is completed, the line is cut off and the process returns to the incoming call standby state (see steps 1003 to 1007 in FIG. 3).

However, if the printing capacity of one page of data is less than the data measurement capacity, if the first recording paper is the one to be printed, the printout is performed directly on the recording paper, and if the number of recording papers to be printed is the second one. If it is after the first step, it is further determined whether or not there is image data to be received, and if there is image data, the process proceeds to step 1005, but if there is no image data, printing is stopped, the receiving operation is ended, and the line is cut off. and returns to the incoming call standby state (see step 1004, 1007 to 1010 in FIG. 3).

As described above, according to the present invention, when printing is performed on two or more sheets of recording paper, if the capacity to be printed on the last recording paper is less than a predetermined value, printing is automatically stopped. , it is possible to suppress the consumption of recording paper.

[Effects of the Invention] As understood from the above explanation, according to the present invention, when image data of a plurality of documents are transmitted,
When the amount of data to be printed on the last recording paper is less than a predetermined value, the printout is not performed, so there is no need to use a single recording paper to record a small amount of data, and the image Since the end of the data is only partially lost, misunderstanding of information is less likely to occur, and a facsimile transmitting/receiving device that can efficiently manage information can be provided.

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[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration example diagram of a facsimile transmitting/receiving apparatus according to the present invention, FIGS. 2(a) to 2(d) are explanatory diagrams schematically showing its operation, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating conventional facsimile transmission. [Explanation of symbols] 1...Facsimile transmitting/receiving device 10...Signal processing section 11...Image memory section P...Sender data

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An image memory section that sequentially stores the image data with source data transmitted from the sending side, and sequentially divides the image data into amounts corresponding to the printing capacity of the standard length recording paper and prints it on the recording paper. A facsimile transmitting/receiving device comprising: a signal processing unit that performs printing and stops printing when the amount of image data to be printed on the last recording paper among a plurality of recording papers does not reach a predetermined value.