JPH0433457A - Monitor printer for facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To recognize a missing page at a glance by representing a reduced picture of an original not sent in a form of a communication result report to a multiple address result notice. CONSTITUTION:This picture is provided with a reduction section 15 applying a reduction processing to original information stored in a storage device, a communication fault mark generating section 16 generating a communication fault mark when a communication fault is present on the sent original information and an image memory 17 storing the reduced original information, a fault mark, a transmission page data sent via a CPU 9 and management information, etc. When the original information is read from the storage device and sent, whether or not the information is sent normally at every page is discriminated and when the information is not normally sent, the original information is read from the storage device 17, reduced by the reduction means 15 and printed out or displayed. Thus, the operator easily detects the missing page of the original.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a facsimile monitor printing device.
In particular, the present invention relates to a facsimile monitor printing device that can easily detect pages of a document that could not be sent without wasting paper.

(Prior Art) It is common practice to temporarily store document data read by a reading device in a large-capacity memory within a facsimile, and then read it from this large-capacity memory and transmit it to the other party.

In this type of facsimile communication, the transmitting operator cannot directly check whether the documents have been successfully transmitted by visual inspection, so it is necessary to use some method to confirm whether all documents have been successfully transmitted. be.

Patent applications have been filed for methods for confirming this transmission, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 192155/1983,
1-134174, JP-A-56-68053, JP-A-56-16368, or JP-A-58
It is disclosed in the publication No.-184866.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-192155 outputs management information and a header portion of the manuscript information for each page of the manuscript information that has been transmitted as a monitor print.

JP-A-61-134174 and JP-A-56-1
Publication No. 6368 outputs the entire surface or the leading edge of the transmitted document information as a monitor print, so that it is possible to check for double feeding, etc.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 56-68053 is designed to obtain a monitor copy consisting of management information such as transmission time and destination code, and reduced image information.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 58-184866 discloses that when a predetermined number of call settings fail, a reduced image of the original, the destination's telephone number, communication mode, designated transmission time, number of transmission sheets, etc. are printed on recording paper. It is something that is out.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The first to fourth publications include the transmission manuscript 1 as described above.
Since management information and a part of the document or a reduced image of the document are printed on a monitor for each page, if there is a document among multiple pages of document information that could not be sent due to double feeding, line failure, etc., the original By comparing the monitor print with the plurality of originals, it is possible to identify the original that could not be transmitted.

However, when the number of original documents is large, it is troublesome and time-consuming to compare the original document and the monitor print one by one.

In addition, the fifth bulletin notifies that the transmission was not possible even by so-called redialing.
No consideration was given to specifying the page of a multiple manuscript that was unsuccessful in transmission.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile monitor printing device that eliminates the problems of the prior art and can easily notify an operator of pages of a document that could not be transmitted.

(Means and Effects for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a facsimile machine that is equipped with a storage device that temporarily stores document information read from a reading section, so that document information is transmitted normally. a means for detecting whether or not the transmission has been completed; and a reduction means for reading and reducing document information for each page that could not be transmitted normally from the storage device;
The present invention is characterized in that it includes means for printing out or displaying the image processed by the reduction means.

According to the present invention, when the document information is read out from the storage device and transmitted, it is determined whether or not it has been transmitted normally for each page. If it is not sent successfully,
The document information is read from the storage device, reduced by the reduction means, and printed out or displayed.

As a result, the operator can easily detect pages of the document that have not been transmitted.

The present invention also provides a reduction means for reading out and reducing all manuscript information or manuscript information that could not be transmitted normally from the storage device, a means for detecting manuscript information that could not be transmitted normally, and a mark indicating transmission failure. The present invention is characterized in that it includes means for creating a communication failure mark, and means for printing out or displaying the image processed by the reduction means and the communication failure mark.

According to this invention, all of the original information or a reduced image of the original information that failed to be sent is displayed, and a communication failure mark is attached to the information that failed to be sent, so that the operator can easily check the pages of the original that were not sent. can be detected.

(Example) The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a scanner that reads the original, 2 is an encoding unit that compresses the read original information using an encoding method with high compression efficiency, 3 is a storage device that sequentially stores the compressed original information page by page, and 4a 4b is a decoding unit that decodes the manuscript information; 4b is a decoding unit that decodes the received manuscript information;
5 is a protocol conversion unit that converts the original information into a compression method, linear density, etc. that matches the capabilities of the partner station; 6 is a modulation/demodulation unit (modem unit); 7 is when there is a transmission instruction by speed dial or one-touch dial; A line control unit (NCU) automatically dials to call a partner station and performs predetermined communication procedures according to a predetermined protocol, and 8 is a printer that prints received manuscript information.

Further, 9 is a CPU that controls the operations of the various blocks.
, 10 is a console panel having a numeric keypad, various function keys and a display section, 11 is a ROM that stores control programs and various basic data for operating this system, and 12 is a work area. A RAM for storing speed dial data, communication management information, etc. registered from the console panel 10.

13 is a character generator that converts a character code input from the console panel 10 into image data, and 14 is a clock unit that generates a clock signal.

Furthermore, 15 is a reduction unit that performs reduction processing on the original information stored in the storage device; 16 is a communication failure mark creation unit that creates a communication failure mark when there is a communication failure in the original information transmitted page by page; Reference numeral 17 denotes an image memory that stores document information reduced by the reduction section 15, failure marks from the communication failure mark creation section, transmission page data sent via the CPU 9, management information, and the like.

Note that the image memory 17 may be a part of the storage device 3 or may be provided separately.

Next, the operation when transmitting document information in this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the functions of the CPU 9 in FIG. 1 when transmitting document information.

The CPU 9 first determines whether an instruction to output a communication result report has been issued from the console panel 10 (step Sl). If negative, normal transmission is performed without creating a communication result report.

On the other hand, in the case of affirmation, the process proceeds to step S2, and n-1
Put it as.

In step S3, the document information being transmitted is sent to the reduction unit 15, and reduction processing is executed. In step S4, the number of pages n is added to the reduced image. Then,
It is determined whether or not this one page of manuscript information has been transmitted normally. If the answer is yes, the process advances to step S6, and then it is determined whether or not there are still pages to be transmitted.

On the other hand, if the transmission of the document information fails, the process proceeds to step S7, and a process of outputting a communication failure mark, for example, an "X" mark, is performed. This communication failure mark is created by the communication failure mark creation section 16.

Note that the determination of whether or not the transmission has failed is based on the success or failure signal (MCFSRT) sent from the receiving side every time one page is transmitted.
N). Furthermore, if a success or failure signal is not sent from the receiving side even after a predetermined period of time (communication interruption), it is determined that the transmission has failed.

When step S6 is affirmative, that is, when there is still document information to be transmitted, the process advances to step S8, and the n
1 is added to .

As described above, the transmitted manuscript information is reduced page by page, the page number is written in the reduced image, and a communication failure mark is added when transmission fails, and the information is stored in the image memory II. .

That is, the image memory 17 stores a communication result report.

If the determination in step S6 is negative, the communication result report is read out from the image memory 17 (step S9).
) is printed out by the printer 8.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a communication result report (monitor print) printed out by the above operation.

According to this communication result report, there are reduced images of all the pages sent, the number of pages, and a mark indicating communication failure, so it is possible to know at a glance which page communication failed. Therefore, the operator can easily extract documents for which communication has failed from among the transmitted documents and resend them.

Note that management information such as input time, destination name, transmission time, number of sheets sent, etc. can be added to this communication result report, if necessary. This additional notation can be performed by reading the management information created in the RAM 12 to the image memory 17 via the CPU 9.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a modification of step S3 in FIG. 2, and the rest is the same, so steps from step 84 onwards are omitted.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the display screen of the display section 10a on the console panel 10 (see FIG. 1) necessary for the operation shown in FIG. and a selection section for selecting reduced images to be published in the communication result report. If "Yes" is selected in the former selection section, output of the communication result report is instructed, and if "Auto" is selected in the latter selection section, the entire transmitted document will be output on one page. For example, if the operator instructs "4 sheets" as shown in the figure, four sheets of the transmission original will be reduced and written on one sheet of paper.

Now, in FIG. 4, the judgment in step S1 is made,
When it is determined that the communication result report instruction is 7, the process proceeds to step S2, where n-1 is placed as in the first embodiment, and
Next, it is determined whether the number of pages has been specified (step 531).

When "automatic" is selected on the display section 10a, the determination in step S31 is negative, and step S3
Proceeding to step 3, a reduction process is performed to reduce all the transmitted documents into one communication result report. - On the other hand, when "4 sheets" is specified in step S31, the process advances to step 832, and a reduction process is performed to reduce the four sheets of the transmission document to one sheet of communication result report.

Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG. 2, where, as in the first embodiment, page n is entered, and if transmission fails, a communication failure mark is output, etc.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a reduced image of a communication result report obtained by the second embodiment. This figure shows step S3
2 shows a reduced image when the process of reducing four sheets of transmitted documents into one communication result report is performed.

From the figure, it can be seen that four reduced images are printed on one communication result report, and a communication failure mark (X mark) is attached to the reduced image for which transmission has failed.

To check whether double feeding has occurred, it is checked whether the number of original sheets and the number of sent sheets match, and if they do not match, the originals and reduced images are compared one by one.
According to the second embodiment, since it is only necessary to compare the original and its reduced image, this comparison can be easily performed, and the original that could not be fed due to double feeding can be easily found.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, only the reduced image of the document whose transmission has failed is printed in the communication result report, and since the steps from step S6 onwards are the same as in FIG. 2, illustration is omitted.

After the processes in steps S1 and S2 similar to those in the 1.2 embodiment are performed, it is determined in step Sll whether or not the transmission of one page of document information has been successful. If successful, the process advances to step S6. On the other hand, if it fails, the process advances to step S12, where image reduction processing is performed, and then,
A communication failure mark is output (step 513), and then data of page n is added (step 514).

Step S6 and subsequent steps are the same as in the first embodiment.

According to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, only the reduced image of the document whose transmission has failed will be printed in the communication result report with the page number and communication failure mark attached.

Note that in this embodiment, the page for which communication has failed can be identified without adding a communication failure mark, so step S13 may be omitted.

Next, a fourth embodiment in which the present invention is applied to broadcast result notification will be described.

FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram of data stored in the RAM 12 of FIG. 1. In the case of broadcast communication, the RAM 12 stores information such as transmission information, shortened information, and broadcast destinations.

The broadcast information stored in the broadcast area is data such as the abbreviated numbers of the broadcast destinations, and when a broadcast transmission operation is performed, the abbreviated numbers, etc. of the broadcast destinations are sequentially stored in the broadcast area. Data is read.

For example, when data N001 is read out, the corresponding shortened information is read out. Since the telephone number (location), destination name, transmission mode, etc. are registered in this shortened information, the transmission operation to the destination N001 is performed based on this data.

At this time, the transmission information is stored in the transmission information area in the RAM 12. Specifically, the transmission information includes a telephone number, manpower time, destination name, transmission time, number of sheets, transmission mode, bitmap, etc.

The bitmap is data that records whether or not the transmitted document was sent normally for each page. For example, "1" is stored for pages that were sent normally, and "1" is stored for pages that failed to be sent. For example, "0" is stored. therefore,
Looking at this bitmap, you can see the transmission results of all pages of the original sent to the party No. 1.

When the transmission to No. 011 is completed, No. 002 in the broadcast area is read out, and transmission to No. 62 is executed. This transmission information is stored in the same manner as above.

Broadcast communication is similarly executed thereafter, and each piece of transmission information is stored.

When broadcast communication is completed and a broadcast result notification similar to the communication result report is output, for example, the telephone number and bitmap are referenced from the transmission information of each broadcast destination,
If "0" is stored in the bitmap, the corresponding page number is retrieved, and the corresponding document information is read out from the storage device 3 (see FIG. 1) to the reduction unit 15. . The telephone number and the page number output from the bitmap are converted into video data by a character generator 13.

The reduced original information and video data are sent to the image memory 17 and printed out by the printer 8.

As a result, as shown in Figure 10, the result for each destination is clearly displayed as to whether the transmission was successful or not, and in the case of failure, the number of pages and a reduced image of the page where the transmission failed. You can get a circular result notification.

By looking at this circular result notification, the operator can detect at a glance the destination to which the manuscript could not be transmitted normally and the page of the manuscript to which transmission failed.

In addition, in the first and second embodiments, the communication result report,
Although the example in which the broadcast result notification is printed out has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be displayed on a display device such as a CRT.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, a reduced image of the document that could not be transmitted is displayed in the communication result report or broadcast result notification, so the operator can see at a glance the page where the transmission failed. This has the effect of allowing you to know what you are doing.

Furthermore, since a reduced image of the original document is displayed in the communication result report or broadcast result notification, there is an effect that paper waste can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
A flowchart for explaining the functions of the CPU of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication result report obtained by the first embodiment, and FIG. 4 explains the main part of the operation of the second embodiment. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the display section of the console panel, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a reduced image of the communication result report obtained by the second embodiment, and FIG. A flowchart for explaining the main part of the operation of the embodiment, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a reduced image of the communication result report obtained by the third embodiment, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the contents of the RAM in the fourth embodiment. A conceptual diagram of data, FIG. 10, is a diagram showing an example of a broadcast result notification obtained by the fourth embodiment. 3...Storage device, 9...CPU, 10...Console panel, 15...Reduction unit, 6...Communication failure mark creation unit,

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile machine equipped with a storage device that temporarily stores the document information read from the reading unit, there is a means for detecting whether or not the document information was successfully transmitted, and a means for detecting whether or not the document information could be transmitted normally, and for each page that could not be transmitted normally. A facsimile monitor printing device comprising: a reduction means for reading document information from the storage device and reducing it; and means for printing out or displaying an image processed by the reduction means. (2) In a facsimile machine equipped with a storage device that temporarily stores the document information read from the reading unit, a means for detecting whether or not the document information has been successfully transmitted, and a means for detecting whether or not the document information has been successfully transmitted, and all documents or documents that could not be transmitted normally. A reduction means for reading information from the storage device and reducing it; a communication failure mark creation means for creating a transmission failure mark; and a means for printing out or displaying the image processed by the reduction means and the communication failure mark. A facsimile monitor printing device is characterized in that a communication failure mark is added to the reduced original image of which the transmission has failed and is printed out or displayed.