JPH04263564A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily classify recording paper sheets for each time of reception by making the recording paper sheet longer than a length decided in a communication mode when detecting the first, page of image information. CONSTITUTION:When the image information is received, a pulse motor 5 is driven backward according to a print start signal from a central processing part, and a recording paper sheet 4 is rewound only for a prescribed length. When a page detection part detects the first page of the received information, a dividing line is printed at the head part of the recording paper sheet 4 by a thermal head 7. Afterwards, the motor 5 is turned forward and the recording paper sheet 4 is conveyed. When the recording paper sheet is conveyed only for the fixed length set longer than the length of the recording paper sheet 4 decided in the communication mode by a feeding amount varying part, the head 7 starts printing the received information. When the first page of the received information is finished, the recording paper sheet 4 is cut by a cutter 8, and the cut received recording paper sheet 4 is exhausted into a paper exhaustion tray 3. Thus, the recording paper sheet can be easily and clearly distinguished for each time of reception according to the dividing line on the first page of a recording paper sheet 2 piled up at the tray 3.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine that facilitates sorting of received recording sheets.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, recording sheets 2 that have received image information in a facsimile machine 1 are sequentially discharged onto a paper discharge tray 3 and stacked. The reception recording paper 2 is divided by printing the reception time and the like on the edge of the reception recording paper 2 using a thermal head. When a plurality of pieces of image information are received in one reception, the pages of the reception recording paper 2 are divided according to the reception time printed on the edge of the reception recording paper 2.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in a facsimile machine that receives a large number of receptions, when different image information is sent in succession, it is difficult to read the reception recording paper 2 for each reception.
In order to separate the reception records, check the reception time etc. printed on the edge of the reception record paper 2, check the image information recorded on the reception record paper 2, and separate the reception record paper for each reception. The disadvantage was that it was not easy to differentiate between the two.

The present invention has been made in order to solve these shortcomings, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can easily classify received recording sheets for each reception.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes a page detection means for detecting the first page or the last page of image information of a plurality of consecutively received manuscripts; When the first or last page of image information is detected by the page detection means, the length of the recording paper on which the image information is recorded is set to be longer than the length of the recording paper set during the communication mode. The invention is characterized by comprising a feeding amount variable means.

[0006] Furthermore, it is preferable that one or more dividing lines be recorded on a portion of the recording paper that is longer than the length of the recording paper determined during the communication mode by the feed amount variable means.

Furthermore, it is preferable to record information held by the receiver main body on a long output portion of the recording paper set during the communication mode.

[0008]

[Operation] In this invention, the first page or the last page of image information of a plurality of consecutively received originals is detected,
The length of the first page or the last page of the received recording paper is set to be longer than the length of the recording paper determined during the communication mode, and the received recording paper is divided for each transmission.

[0009] A dividing line is recorded on the lengthened portion of the receiving recording paper, or information held by the receiving body is recorded to more clearly distinguish the receiving recording paper for each transmission.

0010

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control section of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a recording section of the facsimile apparatus. As shown in Figure 2,
The recording paper 4 is conveyed by a platen roller 6 driven by a pulse motor 5, and image information is printed by a thermal head 7. The recording paper 4 on which the image information has been printed is cut page by page by a cutter 8, and the cut received recording papers 2 are sequentially stacked on a paper discharge tray 3 by a paper discharge roller 9. As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit that controls the operation of this facsimile machine includes a page detection unit 11 that detects the first page or the last page of image information; A feed amount variable section that sets the length of the recording paper 4 on which image information is recorded to be longer than the recording paper length determined during the communication mode when the first page or the last page of image information is detected. 12, and a central processing unit 10 that manages the entire device.

[0011] The original to be transmitted is read by the reading section 13 . The read image information is subjected to image processing in the image processing section 14, then encoded in the encoding/decoding section 15, and sent to the line control section 1.
6. The received image information is encoded by the encoder/decoder 15, and then transferred to the recording paper 4 by the thermal head 7.
is printed on. Note that 17 is a memory, 18 is a driver for driving the thermal head 7, 19 is a real-time clock, 20 is a key input section, and 21 is a display section.

The operation of the facsimile machine constructed as described above will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When image information is received, the pulse motor 5 is reversed in response to a print start signal from the central processing section 10 to rewind the recording paper 4 by a predetermined length (step S1). When the page detection unit 11 detects the first page of the received information, the thermal head 7 first prints a dividing line on the leading edge of the recording paper 4 (steps S2 and S3). Thereafter, the pulse motor 5 is rotated forward to transport the recording paper 4 (step S4). When the recording paper 4 is conveyed by a certain length set longer than the recording paper length determined during the communication mode by the feed amount variable unit 12, the thermal head 7 starts printing the received information (step S5). , S6). When the printing of the first page of received information is completed, the cutter 8 cuts the recording paper 4, and the cut reception recording paper 2 is discharged to the paper discharge tray 3 (step S7). If there is a next page in the received information, printing continues, and when the last page has been printed, the process ends (step S8).

[0014] Then, when the next reception occurs, exactly the same processing as above is performed. In this way, by lengthening the first page of the reception recording paper 2 for each reception and printing the division line there, the reception recording paper 2 stacked on the paper ejection tray 3 can be printed for each reception. can be easily distinguished.

[0015] In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a division line is printed on a portion of the receiving recording paper 2 that is longer than a certain length, but the reception time outputted from the real-time clock 19 may also be printed along with the division line. This makes it easier to sort the receiving recording sheets 2.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, one page of the receiving recording paper 2 is
I explained the case where the seam is lengthened by a certain length,
Even if the last page of the reception recording paper 2 is lengthened by a certain length, the same effect as in the above embodiment can be achieved.

If the final page is to be made longer, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. If it is not the last page, the recording paper 4 is cut with the cutter 8 and printing is continued (step S13). After confirming that the received information is the last page, the recording paper 4 is conveyed a certain length, and then
A dividing line is printed (steps S14, S15). Thereafter, the recording paper 4 is cut and the final page of the received recording paper 2, which is longer by a certain length, is ejected.

[0018]

Effects of the Invention As described above, the present invention detects the first page or the last page of image information of a plurality of consecutively received originals, and or the final page
Since the length of the recording paper is set to be longer than the recording paper length determined during the communication mode, it is possible to easily classify the received recording paper for each transmission by simply checking the received recording paper itself.

[0019] Furthermore, by recording a dividing line on the longer part of the receiving recording paper or recording information held by the receiver main body, the receiving recording paper for each transmission can be more clearly distinguished. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control section of an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a recording section of the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of another embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a facsimile device.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Reception record paper 4 Recording paper 5 Pulse motor 7 Thermal head 10 Central processing section 11 Page detection section 12　　　　Feed amount variable section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Page detection means for detecting the first page or the last page of image information of a plurality of consecutively received originals; The present invention is characterized by comprising a feeding amount variable means for setting the length of the recording paper on which image information is recorded to be longer than the recording paper length determined during the communication mode when the first page or the last page is detected. facsimile machine. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one or more dividing lines are recorded on a portion of the recording paper that is made longer than the length of the recording paper determined during the communication mode by the feeding amount variable means. 3. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information held by the receiving main body is recorded on a long output portion of the recording paper determined during the communication mode.