JPH06338996A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a facsimile equipment capable of facsimile-transmitting picture data as they are which is copy-printed as it is only by designating the other party telephone number and operating a transmission key after copy- printing. CONSTITUTION:After picture data which is read and scanned by a picture reading part 2 is read in a picture memory 3, a designated number can be copy-printed in the facsimile equipment A. The equipment is constituted in such a way that picture data read out from the picture memory 3 is preserved in the picture memory 3 after completion of copy printing, the other party telephone number is designated and picture data is read out from the picture memory 3 so as to be transmitted by facsimile when a transmission switch 13 is operated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a facsimile apparatus which can read image data read and scanned by an image reading unit into an image memory, copy-print it, and then send it as it is by facsimile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, there is a facsimile apparatus having a memory function as an image reading apparatus of this type. However, such a conventional facsimile apparatus has a memory for temporarily storing document data, and is used for image reading. After the image data of the original document scanned and scanned by the set is stored in the image memory, it can be read out from the image memory and can be copy-printed for a designated number of copies or automatically transmitted to a designated destination.

However, once the copy printing is completed,
Since the image data stored in the image memory will be cleared, in order to send by facsimile, it is necessary to scan the original again by the image reading unit and then scan it, and then specify the destination number and send it. Met.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances. After the copy printing is finished, the destination telephone number is designated, and the transmission switch is operated, so that the copied original document is kept as it is. It is an object of the present invention to provide a convenient facsimile device that can transmit.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention proposed to achieve the above object is to store the image data read from the image memory in the image memory even after the copy printing is finished, and to make a call to the destination telephone. When the number is designated and the transmission switch is operated, the number is read from the image memory and can be transmitted by facsimile.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the image data is transmitted after the copy printing is completed, the image data is automatically read from the image memory by simply designating the destination telephone number and operating the transmission switch. You can send a fax to the other party.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure when facsimile transmission is performed after copy printing, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state of performing
[Fig. 3] is a perspective view showing an operation state at the time of facsimile transmission.

The facsimile apparatus A of the present invention has a transmission / reception control section 1 having an automatic incoming call function for sending and receiving image data via a telephone line L, an image reading section 2 for reading original data, and the original data as an image file. An image memory 3 for storing, various control switches 4 for operating the facsimile apparatus, and a display unit 5a for displaying a guidance message and a necessary operation display when operating the control switches 4 to execute various communication control programs. The operation / display control unit 5, the signal processing unit 6 including a microcomputer, the transmission / reception control unit 1, or the original data stored as an image file in the image memory 3 is printed out on a recording sheet. Print control unit 7, image data read-out control means 8 for reading out image data, numeric keypad 9, multi-copy switch 10 and transmission And a switch 13 are provided.

In such a facsimile apparatus, the document G
The image data obtained by reading and scanning the image with the image reading unit 2 is stored in the image memory 3, and after multi-copying and printing output, the transmission switch 13 is operated to input the destination telephone number with the ten key 9. For example, the image data stored in the image memory 3 is configured to be facsimile-transmitted to the designated destination telephone number.

Next, the operation procedure of the present invention will be described. Steps 200 to 210 in FIG. 2 show an operation procedure when facsimile transmission is performed after multi-copy printing. First, the manuscript G is set, the number of copies is input with the ten key 9, and then the multi-copy switch 10 is operated. Then, the manuscript G is read and scanned by the image reading unit 2 and stored as image data in the image memory 3, When the reading and scanning of the set original G is completed, it is printed out on the recording paper.

If the transmission switch 13 is not operated within a predetermined time after the completion of the print output,
The image data stored in the image memory 3 is cleared and the process ends, but when the transmission switch 13 is operated within the predetermined time and the destination telephone number is input with the ten keys 9, facsimile memory transmission is performed. After the end of the facsimile transmission, the image memory stored in the image memory 3 is cleared and the processing ends.

In the example shown in FIG. 2, a certain grace period is set after the end of the multi-copy so that the facsimile transmission can be performed by operating the transmission switch within the grace period. The length may be set and changed. This is convenient because the memory transmission can be performed as it is even if a certain time has already passed when the user leaves the facsimile apparatus due to the large number of multi-copy copies and returns to the place of the facsimile apparatus again.

Further, the image data stored in the image memory for the multi-copy is registered as an image file with a registration number, and can be transmitted to the memory again until the image memory is used for confidential reception or the like. You can save it like this. As described above, according to the present invention, the facsimile can be transmitted to the other party even after the multi-copy is completed. Therefore, after the multi-copy is completed, the document is read and scanned again by the image reading unit and stored in the image memory. There is no need to do it, and it is convenient because it is easy and convenient.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is very convenient because the copied document can be sent to the specified destination number as it is by simply operating the send key after copying.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure for performing facsimile transmission after multi-copy printing.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which a document is set in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention for multi-copy printing, and reading and scanning are performed.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an operating procedure for facsimile transmission after multi-copy printing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Facsimile device of the present invention L Telephone line 1 Transmission / reception control unit 2 Image reading unit 3 Image memory 4 Control switch 5 Operation / display control unit 5a Display unit 6 Signal processing unit 7 Printing control unit 8 Image data read control means 9 Numeric keypad 10 Multi Copy switch 11 Additional copy switch 13 Transmission switch

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus in which image data read and scanned by an image reading unit is read into an image memory, and then a designated number of copies can be copied and printed, the image data read from the image memory can be copied and printed. A facsimile machine which is stored in the image memory even after the end, specifies the destination telephone number, and is read out from the image memory for facsimile transmission when the transmission switch is operated.