JPH0662215A - Facsimile control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the reliability of information exchange by reporting the end and informing a transmitter of the end when the print of a memory received original to recording paper ends corresponding to a request from the transmitter at the time of the reception. CONSTITUTION:On a transmitter side, report information showing a printed report returning function is present on a main control part 2 in the receiver side is received from the receiver side and after received data are printed to the receiver side, the instruction information of printed report return showing the end of printing is transmitted. Thus, the receiver side receives the data from the transmitter side and prints the contents of those data on the recording paper by using a recording control part 8. Then, the receiver side prepares the printed report showing the end of printing by using a printed report preparing means 5 and transmits it to the transmitter side.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile control system in a facsimile apparatus having a function of returning a report indicating the completion of printing to a transmitter when printing of image information received by a memory is completed on a recording sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the structure of a conventional facsimile apparatus. In FIG. 6, 1 is a line connection unit for connecting a line to a communication partner, 9 is a main control unit using a microcomputer, 3 is a memory for storing transmission / reception image information, 10 is a data processing unit, Reference numeral 11 is a communication control unit, 7 is a reading control unit for reading an original to obtain image information to be transmitted when used as a transmitter, and 8 is a recording for printing a received image on a recording paper when used as a receiver. It is a control unit.

Next, the operation will be described. At the time of reception, when the line connection unit 1 first connects the line with the partner device, the communication control unit 11 is activated under the control of the main control unit 9. The communication control unit 11 causes the data processing unit 10 to manage each information of the image signal received by the line connection unit 1, for example, the telephone number of the other party, the number of received originals, the communication mode communication result, etc. It is stored in the memory 3 via 10. At this time, the address information stored in the memory is also managed by the data processing unit 10. On the other hand, although the received image information is stored in the memory 3 at the same time as the communication is completed, it is not yet printed on the recording paper by the recording control unit 8.

After the end of communication, the received image is automatically printed out if there is no problem in the recording control unit 8, but if there is no recording paper or a paper jam, the received image information is stored in the memory 3. If the memory is destroyed during that period, the received document will be lost.

[0005]

Since the conventional facsimile apparatus is constructed as described above, even if there is a fact that image information is transmitted to the other side on the transmitter side, that on the receiver side. There is a problem that it is not possible to confirm whether or not the image information is printed on the recording paper.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when receiving, if there is a request from the transmitter side, a report is made when printing of the document received by the memory on the recording paper is completed, and the transmitter is provided. The purpose is to obtain a facsimile control method that can notify the side.

[0007]

According to the facsimile control method of the present invention, the transmitter side confirms that printing of the data is completed after data transmission based on the notification information indicating that the receiver side has the printed report return function. The printed report return instruction information shown is transmitted, and the receiver side transmits the printed report to the transmitter side after printing has been completed based on the instruction information.

[0008]

The transmitter side transmits the instruction information to the printer side to return the printed report after transmitting the data to the receiver side based on the notification information from the receiver side. The receiver side prints the received data based on the instruction information and then transmits the printed report to the transmitter side. As a result, the transmitter side can confirm that printing has been completed on the receiver side.

[0009]

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to a facsimile control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, components corresponding to those shown in FIG. 6 are designated by the same reference numerals, and their description will be omitted.
In FIG. 1, 4 is a data processing unit that determines whether or not to return the printed report to the transmitter side after printing each information related to the received image (after recording is finished), and 5 is a printed report indicating the end of printing , A communication control unit 6 for controlling a signal procedure relating to the printed report, and a data processing unit 4 for controlling whether or not to send back the printed report. The main control unit has a function of returning the printed report to the transmitter side that has transmitted the document.

According to the facsimile control method of this embodiment, the transmitter side transmits data based on the notification information indicating that the receiver side has the printed report return function, and then returns the printed report indicating the completion of printing of the data. Is transmitted, and the receiver side transmits a printed report to the transmitter side after printing based on the instruction information. The printed report return function is provided in the main control unit 2 in FIG. 1, and when the apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is used as a receiver, it sends notification information indicating that the printed report return function exists in this receiver. Send to the machine side. Therefore, if the transmitter receives the notification information, it sends the printed report return instruction information to the receiver so that the printed report is returned after transmitting the data to the receiver. Then, on the receiver side, after printing is completed based on the instruction information, a printed report is transmitted to the transmitter side.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a printed report. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a signal sending procedure for explaining the printed report returning function. In FIG. 3, NSF and NS are shown.
S is a procedure signal, PIX DATA is image data, and others are not directly related to the description of the operation which is a feature of this embodiment.
CED is the called station identification signal, CSI is the telephone number of the receiver,
NSF is a non-standard function identification signal, DIS is a digital identification signal, TSI is a transmitter telephone number, NSS is a non-standard function setting signal, TCF is a training check signal, CFR is a reception preparation confirmation signal, EOP is a procedure end signal, and MCF. Is a message confirmation signal, and DCN is a line disconnection command signal.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing data processing at the time of reception, FIG.
3 is a flowchart showing data processing at the time of recording.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the data processing at the time of reception will be described. Upon reception, the receiver side uses the communication control unit 6 to send notification information indicating that the printed report return function is available to the transmitter side. That is, the communication control unit 6 on the receiver side makes a declaration of “printed report returning function available” on the transmitter side by the procedure signal NSF (corresponding to the notification information). In response to this, the transmitter side instructs the receiver side to return the printed report by the procedure signal NSS (corresponding to the above instruction information), and the main control unit 2 on the receiver side activates the data processing unit 4. , And stores the image information (image data) received from the transmitter side in the memory 3 (step 4
1) When this memory storage is completed (step 42) and the printed report needs to be transmitted (step 43), the printed report request in the received document information is set and managed by the data processing unit 4. Allow (Step 4
4).

Next, the data processing during recording will be described. At the time of recording, the main control unit 2 on the receiver side has the data processing unit 4
After the received image information in the memory 3 is transferred to the recording control unit 8 via the, and the recording control unit 8 prints (records) on the print paper (steps 51 and 52), the data processing unit 4
If a printed report is required in the received manuscript information managed by, the printed report request is set (step 53), the printed report creating means 5 is activated, and a printed report is created (step 54). afterwards,
The main control unit 2 controls the line connection unit 1 and the communication control unit 6 to send the printed report to the transmitter side. That is, the printed report is transmitted by dialing the other party via the line connection unit 1 (step 55). Then, the received image data that has been recorded is erased from the memory 3, and the received document information is erased from the data processing unit 4 (step 56).

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, on the basis of the notification information from the receiver side indicating that the transmitter side has the printed report return function, after the data is transmitted, the printed report return instruction information is transmitted. Since the receiver side sends the printed report to the transmitter side after printing based on the above instruction information on the receiver side, the transmitter side can print the original sent to the receiver side on the recording paper. It is possible to confirm that the process has been completed, and it is possible to obtain the effect of increasing the reliability of information exchange. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to send the instruction information for returning the printed report only to the receiver having the printed report returning function and not to send the instruction information to the receiver having no such function. So good
There is also an effect that unnecessary communication between the transmitter side and the receiver side can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus using a facsimile control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a printed report in this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a signal sending procedure for explaining a printed report returning function in this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing data processing at the time of reception in this embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing data processing at the time of recording in this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 line connection unit 2 main control unit 3 memory 4 data processing unit 5 printed report creating means 6 communication control unit 7 reading control unit 8 recording control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus having a data processing unit for storing and managing communication information for each communication, and recording an original document received in a memory on a recording sheet in response to a request from the transmitter side. Based on the notification information indicating that there is a printed report return function from the side, after sending the data, the instruction information of the printed report return indicating that the printing of the data is completed is transmitted, and the receiver side based on the above instruction information. A facsimile control method characterized in that the printed report is sent to the transmitter after printing.