JPH0646223A - Color facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the facsimile equipment in which received information is outputted even in the presence of a paper sheet whose size is smaller than a size of a received picture and the received picture is outputted again in the original size when a paper sheet whose size is equal to the size of the received picture is set later. CONSTITUTION:Information received via a communication control section 6 is stored in an HD device 14. When the received information stored in the HD device 14 is printed out by a printer 11 and a paper sheet whose size is enough for the print-out is not set, the received information is subjected to magnification processing in matching with the paper size enough for the print- out of the received information and then printed out. Moreover, when the magnified information is printed out, the received information is stored in the HD device 14, and when a paper sheet whose size is in matching with the size of the picture of the received information is set to the printer 11, the received picture information stored is again printed out on the set paper sheet.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a color facsimile apparatus having storage means for storing received information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when there is only a paper smaller than the image size of an image received by a memory, output is not performed until the paper corresponding to the image size is set in the apparatus.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional example has a drawback in that if a sheet having the same size as the image size or a large size cannot be set immediately, it will not be output forever.

[0004]

The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and has the following structure as one means for solving the above-mentioned problems. That is, a storage unit that stores received information, an output unit that prints out the received information stored in the storage unit, an output medium size that can be printed out by the output unit, and an image size of the received information stored in the storage unit. If the received information does not match with the output medium size, a scaling process is performed according to the size of the output medium, and the output unit prints out the scaling process.

Then, for example, when the scaling information is printed out by the scaling means, the received information stored in the storage means is held, and when an output medium of a size matching the image size is set, the set output medium is set. The received image stored in the storage means can be printed out again.

[0006]

With the above structure, the received information can be output even when there is only paper smaller than the received image size, and if the same paper as the received image size is set later, it can be re-output with the received image size. .

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment described below, I
A color / black and white facsimile device connected to the SDN network will be described as an example. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the construction of a color / monochrome facsimile apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a CG (Character Generator) circuit for generating characters to be printed on a report, page header or the like, and 2 is a CPU control which has a ROM section and a RAM section and is responsible for overall control of the apparatus of this embodiment. Circuit, 3 is CPU2
It is a DMA (Direct Memory Access) control circuit that transfers image data between memories without passing through. Reference numeral 4 denotes a color / monochrome conversion circuit, which has a γ conversion circuit for converting a CMYK image into an RGB image or an RGB image into a CMYK image, and a pixel density conversion circuit for converting a paper size or resolution. It also converts an image into a black-and-white image, a multivalued image into a binary image, and the like.

Reference numeral 5 is a frame memory that expands image data block by block. Reference numeral 6 is a communication control unit that controls incoming / outgoing calls and transmission / reception of image data with a partner terminal using a communication protocol.
Is an I / O control unit that controls the key input device, the display device, the scanner device, and the printer device, and 8 is a key input device that receives a key input instruction from the user (eg, one-touch key, numeric keypad, start button, stop button) , 9 includes an LCD and an LED, and displays a message on the LCD display screen, and a display for notifying the user of various information (eg, memory full, no paper, ink out, communication status) by turning on and off the LED. It is a device.

[0010] 10 is a designated mode (eg paper size,
A scanner device for reading a document with characters / photographs, densities, color / black and white), a printer device 11 for outputting image data and character data on an output medium such as paper, and a compressor 12 for compressing / expanding color and monochrome image data. An image encoding / decoding circuit 13 is an scsi (Small Computer System Interface) that controls the interface of the hard disk device 14.
ce), 14 is a non-volatile memory which is a storage means capable of storing a large amount of received information represented by a hard disk (HD) device, 15 is an image bus for exchanging image data, 16 is a system bus, and the entire system. Shows the control bus.

FIG. 2 shows the LC of the display device 9 in this embodiment.
The display example in the operation panel display of D is shown. The operation panel display of this embodiment has a five-line structure, and the first line F11 displays the date and time. The second line F12 displays a message when a local abnormality (paper out, ink shortage, etc.) in the terminal is detected. The third line displays the local operation (accumulating, outputting, etc.) of the terminal itself.
The fourth line and the fifth line display the communication status currently being executed.

The facsimile communication control used in this embodiment having the above configuration will be described below. FIG. 3 describes the facsimile communication sequence in this embodiment only in the session layer. In the figure, C1 is a CSS (command session start) command that is a session start request, and C2 is an affirmative response to CSS.
SSP (Response Session Start Positive) command, C3 is CDCL that declares the attributes of the document to be sent
(Command Document Capability List) Command, C4 is a positive response to CDCL RDCLP
(Response document capability list positive) command, C5 is a request to start document transfer CD
An S (command document start) command and C6 are CDUI (command document user information) commands for transmitting image data.

C7 is a page boundary command C
DPB (Command Document Page Boundary) command, C8 is an acknowledgment to CDPB RDP
BP (Response Document Page Boundary Position Dave) command, C9 is a request to end document transfer CD
E (command document end) command, C10 is RDEP (response document end positive) command which is an affirmative response to CDE, C11 is CSE (command session end) command which is a session end request, and C12 is RSEP (response session end positive) ) Command and an affirmative response to the CSE.

RSSP used in this embodiment described above in FIG.
(Response session start positive) Indicates the parameter format of the command. In FIG. 4, F1 (Field 1) indicates that it is an RSSP command, and F1
2 is a parameter of RSSP, F3 is a non-standard function in the RSSP parameter, and F4 is a parameter indicating whether the color is in the non-standard function.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the reception sequence in this embodiment. When the communication control unit 6 detects an incoming call from the partner device via the line, the CPU control circuit 2
The control shifts to the incoming call processing shown in step S11 in FIG. In the incoming call processing of step S11, first, step S1
2, the layers 2 to 4 are connected using the communication control unit 6, and the process proceeds to step S13. When the CSS from the partner device is received in step S13, the process proceeds to step S14. In step S14, N in the CSS received in step S13
The presence or absence of SC (non-standard function) is determined. If there is no NSC, the process proceeds to step S17.

On the other hand, if there is an NSC in step S14, the process proceeds to step S15, NSC (non-standard function) is checked, N
Whether the SC has a color parameter is determined. This NSC
Has the same configuration as NSC (non-standard function) which is a parameter of the RSSP command shown in FIG. If there is no color parameter in the NSC in the received CSS command, the process proceeds to step S17.

On the other hand, if there is a color parameter, the process proceeds to step S16 to save the color parameter in the RAM in the CPU control circuit 2. Then, the process proceeds to step S17.
In step S17, a reception process for transmitting / receiving the command after C2 shown in FIG. 2 is executed. In this receiving process, the image information received by the CDUI (command document user information) command is sequentially s
It is stored on the hard disk of the hard disk device 14 via the csi interface 13. When the receiving process for accumulating the sent series of image information in the hard disk device 14 is completed, the process proceeds to step S18. Then, in step S18, the communication control unit 6 performs the disconnection processing of layers 2 to 4 and proceeds to step S19 to end the incoming call processing.

Next, in this manner, the hard disk device 14
The received document output sequence of the present embodiment in which the received information stored in (1) is printed out from the printer device 11 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when the facsimile reception sequence described above is completed, or when the print output process is selected by, for example, input of the print key from the key input device 8, step S21 of FIG.
The process proceeds to the output start process of. And first step S22
At, the presence / absence of paper having a size equal to or larger than the image size in the printer device 11 is determined. If the paper having the same size as or larger than the image size is set in the printer device 11, the process proceeds to step S210. In step S210, print output processing with the received image size stored in the hard disk device 14 is performed without performing normal scaling processing, and the process proceeds to step S28.

On the other hand, if the paper size equal to or larger than the image size is not set in the printer device 11, the process proceeds from step S22 to step S24. In step S24, color /
Using the density conversion circuit in the black-and-white conversion circuit 4, it is determined whether the image size of the received information stored in the hard disk device 14 is reduced to the size of the paper set in the printer device 11 and print output is possible. To do. If the data can be converted and output, the process proceeds to step S26, and the density conversion circuit in the color / monochrome conversion circuit 4 is used to reduce the received image size in accordance with the set paper size and send it to the printer device 11. , Output according to the size of recording paper.
Then, the process proceeds to step S28.

In step S28, it is determined whether the output document is the last page of the received document. If it is the final page, the process proceeds to step S29 to end the output process.
If it is not the final page, the process proceeds to step S22 to print out the reception information of the next page of the reception information accumulated in the hard disk device 14 again. On the other hand, in step S24, the density conversion circuit in the color / monochrome conversion circuit 4 is used to reduce the image size of the received information stored in the hard disk device 14 to the size of the paper set in the printer device 11. If it cannot be printed out, the process proceeds to step S220, and waits until paper of equal size or more than the image size is set. Then, the process returns to step S22. In this case, when paper of equal size or more than the image size is set, the steps S22 to S2 are executed.
In step 10, the received information is printed out.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a received document reduction sequence in this embodiment. When the print output process shown in FIG. 6 is finished, the received document reduction sequence process, which is the output end process shown in step S31 of FIG. 7, is executed. First, in step S32, it is determined whether or not there is an image conversion page in the received output document. If there is a page output by image conversion in the received output document, the process proceeds to step S34. In step S34, it is checked whether the converted received information is OK to delete. If the converted received information is OK, the process proceeds to step S35, the received information is deleted from the hard disk device 14, the process proceeds to step S36, and the document deleting process is completed.

On the other hand, if the received information cannot be deleted, the process proceeds to step S38. Then, in step S38, the printer 11 waits for the paper of the size equal to or larger than the image size to be set. If the printer 11 sets the paper of the size equal to or larger than the image, the hard disk device 14 stores the change. The received information that has been subjected to the double processing and printed out is printed out with the image size as it is without performing the scaling processing this time. Then, the process proceeds to step S35.

FIG. 8 shows a printing example of the document header in this embodiment printed out in this manner. It should be noted that the above explanation is that when paper that is equal to or larger than the image size of the received information is set, even if the paper that matches the image size of the received information is not set, the paper of the size equal to or larger than the image size is received. The example in which the printout is performed as it is without the scaling processing has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above example. In such a case, the image size of the reception information is enlarged according to the size of the set paper, and the printout is performed according to the size of the paper. You may.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, by reducing the size of the received image on the receiving side, the received information can be printed out immediately even if there is only paper smaller than the image size of the image received in the memory. There is an effect that the immediacy of communication is improved. Further, in this case, the received image data is held after being reduced and output, and is printed again when a paper of an appropriate size is set, so that what the sender intends can be accurately transmitted to the receiver. effective.

The present invention may be applied to a system including a plurality of devices or an apparatus including a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is achieved by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, when there is no output medium having a size suitable for the image size, scaling processing is performed to convert the image size to the size suitable for the output medium,
The received information can be output regardless of the size of the set output medium, and the immediacy of communication can be improved. Also, when there is no output medium of a size that matches the image size, when output is performed after scaling, if an output medium of a size that matches the image size is set, the set output medium is Since the received information is output again with the same image size as it is without the scaling processing, there is an effect that what the sender intends can be accurately transmitted to the receiver.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a display example of an operation panel display of the display device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a communication sequence according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a format example of an RSSP command used in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a document receiving sequence of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing a document output sequence of the present embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a document deletion sequence of the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a printing example of a document header in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CG circuit 2 CPU control circuit 3 DMA control circuit 4 Color / monochrome conversion circuit 5 Frame memory 6 Communication control unit 7 I / O control unit 8 Key input device 9 Display device 10 Scanner device 11 Printer device 12 Image code decoding circuit 13 scsi interface 14 hard disk 15 image bus 16 system bus

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing received information, an output unit for printing out the received information stored in the storage unit, and an output medium size printable by the output unit stored in the storage unit. A color facsimile apparatus, comprising: a scaling unit for scaling the received information according to the size of the output medium when the information does not match the image size of the information, and for printing output from the output unit. 2. When the scaling information is printed out by the scaling means, the received information accumulated in the storage means is held, and when an output medium of a size suitable for the image size is set, the output medium is set to the set output medium. 2. The color facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the received image stored in the storage means can be printed out again.