JPH05252377A - Information recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it possible to record the same information on one recording paper plural times. CONSTITUTION:Information read out by an information reading means 1 is reduced by an information reduction means 2 at a prescribed reduction ratio. The reduction ratio is determined by the size of an original, the size of recording paper and the number (n) of times of copying the information. The reduced information is copied in a buffer memory by a copying means 3 only by a prescribed number of times and printed out on one recording paper by a recording means 4. Since this invention makes it possible to record information whose storage is unnecessary in one recording paper plural times, cut out the contents of the recording paper and distribute the divided information to many people, recording paper and toner can be saved. In addition, the consumption of a drum, a head, etc., of a recording device main body can be prevented.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus suitable for application to a facsimile machine, a copying machine and the like.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Even information that does not need to be stored, such as a notice for holding a meeting, is conventionally distributed to each person by copying only the number of people to notify this to a large number of people. Is.

[0003]

However, such a handout is discarded as it is no longer needed at the end of the conference. Therefore, the recording paper is wasted.
Therefore, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems and proposes an information recording apparatus capable of minimizing the waste of recording paper.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the present invention, reduction means for reducing input information, copying means for copying the reduced information, and copied information on a recording sheet. The present invention is characterized in that a recording means for recording is provided, and the input information is reduced so that it can be recorded a plurality of times on one recording sheet.

[0005]

In FIG. 1, the information read by the information reading means 1 is reduced by the information reducing means 2 at a predetermined reduction ratio. The reduction ratio in this case is determined by the size of the document D (A × B), the size of the recording paper K (a × b), and the number of times n the information is copied, as shown in FIG. The information reduced here is copied a predetermined number of times in the buffer memory (FIG. 5) by the copying means 3, and this is printed out on one recording paper K by the recording means 4.

[0006]

Next, one embodiment of the information recording apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a functional block of an information recording apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is an information reading means, which is a document D (FIG. 3).
Read the information described in. An information reducing unit 2 reduces the information read by the information reading unit 1 at a predetermined reduction ratio as described later. Reference numeral 3 denotes a copying unit that copies the information reduced by the information reducing unit 2 to different positions within a designated range an arbitrary number of times. Reference numeral 4 denotes a recording unit, which records the information copied by the copying unit 3 on a recording sheet.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of this information recording apparatus.
In the figure, 11 is a CPU for managing various operations, 12
Is a ROM that stores various control programs, and 13 is a RAM that stores input information and the like. The information read by the document reading unit 14 is stored in the interface 15
After being stored in the RAM 13 through the interface or directly, the content is supplied to the recording unit 18 functioning as a printer through the interface 17 and the content thereof is recorded.

The operation unit 21 is provided with a plurality of keys (not shown). For example, the number of times n the same information is recorded on one recording sheet can be changed by operating these keys. CPU 1 via interface 22
Taken in 1. Further, the content input from the operation unit 21 is displayed by being supplied to the display unit 20 via the interface 19. In this information recording device,
The information reducing means 2 and the copying means 3 described above are provided.

In this information recording apparatus, for example, when the read document D has dimensions of width A and length B as shown in FIG. 3 (a), this is changed to width a as shown in FIG. 3 (b). Thus, it is possible to record on a single recording sheet K having a length b and an arbitrary number of times n. For example, if the information of the document D is recorded on the recording paper K four times, the reduction ratio in the horizontal direction is a.
/ 2A and the reduction ratio in the vertical direction is b / 2B. Then, the information reduced at the reduction ratios a / 2A and b / 2B is converted to RA
It suffices to change the position within a predetermined range such as M13 and copy and store the data four times, and sequentially output and record the same on one recording sheet K.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the recording process 30 in this information recording apparatus. First, manuscript D
Is read for one line (step 31), and then it is determined whether or not to thin the line (step 32). For example, if the reduction ratio b / 2B in the vertical direction is 1/2, every other line is thinned out, and if the reduction ratio b / 2B is 1/3, two out of three lines are thinned out. If it is determined that the line is a thinned line, the line is thinned (step 33), the next line is read in step 31, and the same processing as described above is performed.

If it is determined in step 32 that the line is not the thinning line, the line is then reduced in the horizontal direction by a /
It is reduced by nA, and this is written in the X11 area of the buffer memory as shown in FIG. 5 (step 34). Next, the contents of the X11 area are changed in position, and in this example, X in the horizontal direction is
It is copied into area 21 (step 35). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the reading of the original document D is completed (step 36). If this is not completed, the next line is read in step 31, and the same processing as described above is performed.

If it is determined in step 36 that the reading has been completed, the contents of the X area in the buffer memory (FIG. 5) are copied to the Y area below it (step 37). As a result, in this example, the same information is copied four times within the predetermined range. Next, the contents in the buffer memory are printed (step 38), which completes the recording process 30.

In the recording process 30 described above, the case where the recording unit 18 is a page printer has been described.
If the line printer is a line printer, it is reduced every time one line is read and is printed out by the recording unit 18, and at the same time, the line is stored in the buffer memory, and after reading the information in the buffer memory is sequentially printed out. good.

[0014]

As described above, the present invention comprises the information reducing means for reducing the input information, the copying means for copying the reduced information, and the recording means for recording the copied information on the recording paper. The input information is reduced so that it can be recorded multiple times at different positions on one recording sheet.

Therefore, according to the present invention, information that does not need to be stored, such as a notice for holding a conference, is recorded on one sheet of recording paper a plurality of times, and the information is cut and distributed to each person. It becomes possible to prevent waste of paper. It also saves toner,
In addition, it is possible to prevent the wear of the drum and head of the device body.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an information recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a relationship between a document and recording paper.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a procedure of recording processing.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a storage procedure of a buffer memory.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Information Reading Means 2 Information Reduction Means 3 Copying Means 4 Recording Means 11 CPU 12 ROM 13 RAM 14 Original Reading Part 18 Recording Part 20 Display Part 21 Operation Part

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A reduction means for reducing the input information, a copying means for copying the reduced information, and a recording means for recording the copied information on a recording paper, and reducing the input information. An information recording apparatus, wherein the recording medium can be recorded on one recording sheet a plurality of times.