JPH0698127A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily sort received recording paper sheets, to improve the economy of the equipment and to enlarge the identification amount (ability) of output recording paper sheets without blocking the miniaturization of the equipment. CONSTITUTION:This equipment is provided with a recording control part 107 to enter an identification mark at the prescribed position of the recording paper sheet, main control part 102 for controlling the record control part 107 so as to change the mark enter position each time of communication, and paper eject tray adding an identification indication at a certain position corresponding to the enter position of the identification mark when the recording paper sheet is ejected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus which realizes sorting of recording sheets by marking marks on the recording sheets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a means for sorting received recording paper in a facsimile machine, some marks are printed on the first page of each communication when the number of communication at one time is large or the amount of communication per day is large. Or, if it is sent from a specific destination, you can insert sheets for sorting, or use a movable stacker (such as a job stacker) that can change the stacking position for each destination. I was sorting the recording paper.

In addition, there is an "image information receiving device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 64-24560 as a reference technical document of a grouping (sorting) process by mark printing on the above-mentioned recording paper. The printing position of the identification information such as page number information is made different for each line connection to distinguish the receiving paper.

[0004]

However, in the conventional facsimile apparatus as shown above, a movable stacker is used, or a plurality of sheet feeding apparatuses using a specific sheet as the identification sheet are provided. Since it is necessary to install the facsimile apparatus, the facsimile apparatus itself becomes large, which hinders downsizing of the apparatus and causes an increase in the cost of the apparatus itself, which causes a problem in economic efficiency.

Further, in the "image information receiving device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 64-24560, which prints a mark for each group, since the mark position printed as identification information is fixed, the recording is performed. There is a problem that there is a limit to the amount (capability) of identifying paper.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and can easily realize the sorting of the receiving recording paper without impairing the miniaturization of the device and improve the economical efficiency of the device.
In addition, the purpose is to expand the identification amount (capacity) of the output recording paper.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a mark giving means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on a recording sheet, and a mark giving means for the mark giving means for each communication. The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus including a control unit that controls to change the position.

[0008] Further, mark giving means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on the recording paper, control means for controlling the mark applying means so as to change the mark writing position for each communication, and the recording paper is discharged. (EN) Provided is a facsimile apparatus including a recording paper tray having an identification mark added at a position corresponding to a position where an identification mark is written.

Further, a mark giving means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on the recording paper, an identification name inputting means for registering an identification name in advance, and the identification name and a non-standard function setting signal sent from the transmitting side. The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus provided with a control means for comparing and judging the name of the above and controlling to write the identification mark at the individually designated position only when they match.

Further, it is provided with mark giving means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on the recording paper, and control means for controlling the mark giving means so as to change the mark writing position based on the time of arrival or the day of the week. The present invention provides a facsimile machine that does this.

Further, the control means writes the identification mark at the same mark writing position on the output recording paper when it is directly received in the same communication and on the output recording paper when the substitute output is made. It is desirable to control the marking means.

[0012]

The fax machine according to the present invention controls the mark giving means for writing the identification mark at the predetermined position on the recording paper so as to change the mark writing position for each communication. Further, when the mark giving means for writing the identification mark at a predetermined position on the recording paper is controlled so as to change the mark writing position for each communication, and the recording paper on which the identification mark is printed is discharged to the recording paper tray. , Sort by associating the entry position of the identification mark with the identification display position of the recording paper tray.

Further, the control means compares and judges the pre-registered identification name and the name in the non-standard function setting signal sent from the transmitting side, and only when they match, the identification mark is provided at the individually designated position. Fill out. Further, the control means changes the writing position of the identification mark on the recording paper based on the time of arrival or the day of the week.

Further, the control means writes an identification mark at the same mark writing position on the output recording paper when it is directly received in the same communication and on the output recording paper when it is a substitute output.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. Reference numeral 101 denotes a reading unit that optically scans a document, performs an encoding process on the image information and outputs the image information, and 102 has a CPU, ROM, and CG inside.
A main control unit having a ROM and controlling the entire facsimile apparatus based on a system program stored in the ROM, 103 is an operation unit including various keys and switches necessary for transmission and reception, an LCD display screen, and the like. , 10
Reference numeral 4 is a network control unit (NCU) that executes connection / disconnection of telephone lines, transmission of dial signals, detection of ringing frequency, etc.
Reference numeral 105 denotes a memory storage unit that stores encoded image information as an image information file, and 106 has an internal line buffer, which executes image processing such as image information compression / decompression processing and addition of a predetermined mark. A recording control unit that transmits data to the recording unit 107, and 107 is a recording unit that inputs a signal from the recording control unit 106 and records image information on recording paper.

The basic operation of the above configuration will be described. The image information sent from the transmission side via the network control unit (NCU) 104 at the time of reception recording is the main control unit 10
2 is demodulated and recorded in the recording unit 107 via the recording control unit 106. If the recording process is disabled during reception, the memory storage unit 105 stores the image information. After that, when the recording-disabled state is released, the pages after the unrecorded page are read from the memory storage unit 105, the main control unit 102 demodulates the image information, and the recording control unit 106 is set in the same manner. Through the recording unit 10
It is recorded on the recording paper by 7.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of a mark writing process according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a mark is written at the left end position of the recording paper. First, it is determined whether or not the mark writing process is executed (S201). If it is determined that the mark writing process is not executed, the process proceeds to step 206 and the subsequent processes are executed. On the contrary, when it is determined that the mark entry processing is to be executed, the entry start line is calculated (S202). Next, it is determined whether or not the start line is matched (S203), and if it is determined that the start line is matched, then it is determined whether or not all of them have been entered (S2).
04). At this time, when it is determined that all the marks are not written, the marks are written in the line buffer of the recording control unit 106 (S205) and one line is recorded (S2).
06). Then, it is judged whether or not the recording is completed (S20
7) If it is determined that the recording has ended, this routine ends. If it is determined in step 203 that the start line does not match, or if it is determined in step 204 that all the lines have been entered, the process proceeds to step 206 and the subsequent processing is executed.

In this way, when recording each line,
When the line counter reaches the instructed position, writing is performed at a predetermined position in the line buffer of the recording control unit 106 for the number of mark lines. The position information in the device is changed every time there is an incoming call.

Further, in this apparatus, it is necessary to judge whether or not the recording process is executed upon reception. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a facsimile procedure on the transmitting side and the receiving side according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a comparison processing operation according to the present invention.

First, it is judged whether or not there is an identification name transmitted based on the facsimile procedure shown in FIG. 3 (S401). If it is judged that there is an identification name, the identification name is operated in advance. It is determined whether or not there is a match with the registration information input from the unit 103 (S402). At this time, if it is determined that the identification name and the registration information match, the entry start position information is obtained (S403), and then this comparison processing routine is ended. In the above, when the entry process is executed, the mark entry start position is calculated based on the flow process shown in FIG. 2 by using the position information designated at the same time as the previously entered registration information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of management attributes of image information according to the present invention. When the apparatus is in a recording operation disabled state such as recording paper supply, it is stored in the memory storage section 105 as described above. Image information is accumulated, but this position information is stored in the area indicating the attribute of the image information at this time as shown in FIG. 5, and the position information is stored when the recording disabled state is released and the recording process is executed. The entry processing based on is executed. For this reason, the writing positions on the recording sheet before the reception is interrupted are the same.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of position information registration data according to the present invention. In the above-mentioned device, the main control unit 10 is used.
The clock information in 2 and the position information registration data (see FIG. 6) for the time (day of the week) input in advance are compared to determine whether to execute the entry process. Based on this judgment, change the entry position of the identification mark for each day of the week or incoming time,
At a glance, reveal how long it was left after the call arrived.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing an example of marking according to the present invention. Further, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing an example of the structure of the discharge tray mounted in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention and an example of stack of recording paper with marks. In FIG. Paper discharge tray for stacking paper, 803 is a paper discharge tray 802
Is a label for affixed to the end of the label, and is composed of, for example, a label in which information as shown in FIG. 6 is described.

In the above construction, the recording paper on which the marks shown in FIG. 7 are written is the paper discharge tray 802 shown in FIG.
When a plurality of sheets are stacked on the sheet, the mark and the label 803 for the mark correspond to each other, and the recording sheets can be specified (sorted).

As described above, since the identification mark, which is a guideline for sorting the received recording sheets, is entered at the same position in the case of direct output and in the case of proxy output, the sorting of recording sheets becomes easy. Further, by discharging this recording paper to a paper discharge tray 802 having a label 803 for marking,
Classification based on the display of the label 803 is possible, and the efficiency of sorting work is further improved.

In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which the identification mark is written on the recording paper output by the facsimile machine, but the invention is not limited to this, and it is widely applicable to various image forming apparatuses such as page printers. Can be used.

[0027]

As described above, in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the mark applying means for writing the identification mark at the predetermined position on the recording paper is controlled so as to change the mark writing position for each communication, and the identification is performed. When the recording paper on which the mark is written is ejected to the recording paper tray, the identification mark writing position and the identification display position on the recording paper tray are sorted so as to correspond to each other. Compared with the name in the non-standard function setting signal sent from
Only when they match, the identification mark is written at the individually designated position, and the position where the identification mark is written on the recording paper is changed based on the time of arrival or the day of the week. Further, since the identification mark is written at the same mark writing position on the output recording paper when it is directly received in the same communication and the output recording paper when it is a substitute output, it does not hinder the downsizing of the device. ， It is easy to sort the received recording paper,
It is possible to improve the economical efficiency of the device and expand the identification amount (capacity) of the output recording paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the main configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of mark writing processing operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a facsimile procedure on the transmitting side and the receiving side according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of comparison processing operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of management attributes of image information according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of position information registration data according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a mark entry example according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a paper discharge tray mounted on a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention and an example of a stack of recording papers.

[Explanation of symbols]

102 main control unit 103 operation unit 104 network control unit 105 memory storage unit 106 recording control unit 107 recording unit 802 paper discharge tray 803 label for marking

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A mark providing means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on a recording sheet, and a control means for controlling the mark applying means so as to change the mark writing position for each communication. And a facsimile machine. 2. A mark giving means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on the recording paper, a control means for controlling the mark giving means so as to change the mark writing position for each communication, and the recording paper is discharged. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a recording paper tray having an identification mark added at a position corresponding to a position where an identification mark is written. 3. Marking means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on a recording sheet, identification name input means for registering an identification name in advance, and the non-standard function setting signal sent from the identification name and the sending side. And a control means for controlling so as to write an identification mark at an individually designated position only when they coincide with each other. 4. Marking means for writing an identification mark at a predetermined position on a recording sheet, and control means for controlling the mark applying means so as to change the mark writing position based on the time of arrival or the day of the week. Facsimile machine characterized by: 5. The control means writes the identification mark at the same mark writing position on the output recording paper when it is directly received in the same communication and on the output recording paper when it is a substitute output. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, characterized in that the marking means is controlled.