JPH04160859A - Setup system for recorder with picture reader - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain ease of setup by using a scanner section so as to set internal information of the recorder. CONSTITUTION:Internal information of a recorder (such as a laser printer 6) recorded on a paper sheet 8' consists of, for example, a bar code part 80, a user identification character part 81 and a paper supply direction indication part 82 read by a scanner section 7. Plural paper sheets 8' with internal information recorded thereon are prepared corresponding to various setting of the recorder 6, the user allows a read section 7A of the scanner section 7 to read the setting paper and the internal information is set. Thus, various ways of setup are implemented simply.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a setup method for a recording device with an image reading device (hereinafter abbreviated as a scanner printer).

(Prior Art) In conventional image recording devices such as laser printers,
The internal information of the device, for example, settings such as font type, font size, paper size, paper direction, etc., and recording format are performed as follows.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the laser printer controller. As shown in the figure, the controller 1 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 10 that centrally controls the entire controller, and controls the operation of this CPU. Program ROM II, large capacity RAM 12. FontRO
M13. Non-volatile RAM 14° Host interface (I/F) for host system 2 15. Operation panel 3
Operation panel interface (17F) for 16. Optional interface for font cards and other 4 (
I/F) 17. A video control unit 18 and an engine interface (I/F) 19 for the print engine 5. The scaling processing units 20 and the like are connected to each other by a CPU bus 21.

The controller 1 is an image processing section that receives character information and image information from the host system 2 and generates image information (video data) for each page of paper. Also,
The print engine 5 is an image forming unit that prints the image information generated by the controller 1 onto paper.

In a recording device having such an image processing section and an image forming section, the settings and recording format of the internal information of the recording device are stored in the RAM 12 of the controller 1 or an IC card (not shown as a font card or the like 4). or from the host system 2 or operation panel 3.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Recently, low-cost, high-performance scanner printers have been proposed that save space and use a common paper conveyance system.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic diagram of the configuration of the scanner printer,
A scanner portion 7 is disposed on top of the recording device 6 (for example, a laser printer). This is the same as the scanner route in which the document 8 is fed by the paper feed roller 61 from the paper feed cassette 60 of the recording device 6, passes through the reading section 7A of the scanner part 7, and is ejected to the paper output tray 62. Cassette 6
A photoreceptor 63 for printing on paper 8' fed from paper 8' by paper feed roller 61. "l!! Electric charger section 64. Developing section 65° Transfer charger section 66, fixing section 67
The paper is discharged onto the paper discharge tray 62 via the print route, etc., respectively.

There is a problem in that it is very troublesome and inconvenient for the user to set internal information for such a complex device using conventional methods.

It is an object of the present invention to solve these problems and to allow a user to easily set up a device by using a portion of the scanner to set internal information of the device.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems and achieve the objects, the present invention provides a recording device equipped with an image reading device, in which internal information about the recording device recorded in advance on paper is read by the image reading device. , is characterized in that the recording apparatus is set up.

(Function) In the present invention, the user passes a sheet of paper on which internal information regarding the recording device is recorded to the image reading device, and the internal information read by the reading section is used to combine the paper with the image reading device. This simplifies the setup operation by the user by setting up the recording device itself.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows an example of internal information of a recording device (in this example, a laser printer 6) recorded on a sheet 8'. As shown in the figure, it is composed of a barcode section 80 that can be read by the scanner part 7, a user identification character section 81, and a paper feeding direction instruction section 82.

As shown in the figure, the barcode section 80 is part of the scanner 7.
It is recorded on ordinary paper 8' in a barcode format (digital) that can be read by the computer. And this barcode part 80
For example, information regarding the characters, size, paper, etc. is recorded in an identification character section 81 that can be easily read by the user at a position on the paper 8' corresponding to the paper 8'. In order to avoid reading errors in the scanner part 7, a paper feed direction instruction section 82 instructs the paper feed cassette 60 to feed the paper in the direction indicated by the arrow indicating the setting direction.

Digital recording in the barcode section 80 on the paper 8' may be performed using the optical writing section 68 of the laser printer 6, whether by an analog recording method or by digital recording if possible.

A plurality of sheets 8' on which the internal information is recorded are prepared in accordance with various settings of the recording device (in this example, a laser printer), and the user reads the setting sheet with the reading unit 7A of the scanner part 7. let

This read internal information is input to the controller 1 shown in FIG. 3 through the scanner interface (17F) 22, and setup is performed by CPLTIO.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention makes it possible to set up the printer by using the scanner of a combined scanner printer, so the user does not have to perform the troublesome operations required in the past. You can easily set up each item.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of internal information of a recording device recorded on paper, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the configuration of a scanner printer, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the hardware configuration of a controller of a laser printer. 1...Controller, 2...Host system, 3...Operation panel, 4...Font card, etc., 5...Print engine, 6...Laser printer, 7...Part of scanner, 7A...
・Reading section, 8...Original, 8'...Paper, 80.
...Barcode section, 81...User identification character section, 82
...Paper feeding direction indicator. Patent applicant: Riko Co., Ltd., Tsuneji Hoshino. Figure 1 Figure 2 64〒VteV-shiv1 unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] A setup method for a recording device with an image reading device, characterized in that the image reading device reads internal information about the recording device recorded in advance on a sheet of paper, and sets up the recording device.