JPH0799571A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enhance the perfection of a received original as a document by setting optionally the layout of a received picture on recording paper in the facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:A size of a reduced picture on recording paper is set by a layout setting device 1, a CPU section 5 displays its setting content onto a layout display device 2, a reduction rate and a print start position on the recording paper are calculated as soon as the setting is finished and stored in a setting content storage memory 3. Then received picture data are printed out on recording paper by a print section 7 according to the setting content.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus capable of reducing received image data to an arbitrary size and printing it on an arbitrary position on a recording sheet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a strong demand for higher performance with the rapid spread of laser facsimile machines.

This laser facsimile machine has several reduction modes and can reduce print the received image data on the recording paper, but it has not yet printed on any position.

[0004]

However, in the configuration of the conventional facsimile apparatus described above, the reduction ratio of the received image data is constant and the print position on the recording paper is constant, so that an arbitrary layout can be obtained. It had a problem that it could not.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. The layout setting device presets an arbitrary reduction ratio and a print position on a recording paper for the received image data, and after the reception, the received image data is set according to the setting contents. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device capable of reducing data and printing it at a predetermined position on a recording paper.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a facsimile apparatus of the present invention has an image storage memory for storing received image data, and received image data to be printed on a recording paper at an arbitrary reduction ratio. A layout setting device that presets the print position on the recording paper; a layout display device that displays the layout setting contents; and a setting content holding memory that also stores the layout setting contents,
It is characterized by comprising a control unit capable of reducing the received image data stored in the image storage memory into a layout according to the setting of the layout setting device and printing the layout at a predetermined position on the recording paper.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the layout setting device presets the reduction ratio of the received image data and the print position on the recording paper, and after reception, the received image data is reduced in accordance with the setting contents and the received image data is reduced on the recording paper. It becomes possible to print at a predetermined position, and the degree of perfection of a received image of a facsimile apparatus as a document is improved.

[0008]

1 is a functional block diagram showing the structure of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment has a layout setting device 1 for determining a reduction ratio of received image data to be printed on a recording sheet and a print position on the recording sheet, and a layout for displaying layout setting contents. The display device 2, the layout setting unit 8 including the setting content holding memory 3 that stores the layout setting content, the image storage memory 4 that stores the received image data, and the CPU unit (micro controller) that constitutes the control unit that controls this device. Computer) 5,
It is composed of an AC power supply unit 6 and a printing unit 7.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the size of the layout with respect to the size of the recording paper displayed on the layout display device of FIG. 1 and the printing position on the recording paper.

The relationship and operation of each component will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the size of the reduced image with respect to the recording paper size 9 in FIG. 2 is set by the layout setting device 1 which can specify four directions of up, down, left and right. CPU section 5
Causes the layout display device 2 to display the setting contents, and at the same time as the setting is completed, the vertical and horizontal reduction ratios and the print start position on the recording paper are calculated and stored in the setting contents holding memory 3.

The size of the image is set by the layout shown in FIG. 2 by the selection means capable of representing four directions.
(ab, bc, cd, da) 10 lines for layout setting are moved. In the calculation of the reduction ratio, the number of lines between a and b is calculated from the coordinates of points a and b on the layout display device 2 in the vertical direction in FIG. Find the rate. The calculated value is close to the value prepared in advance.
Similarly, also in the left-right direction, the number of dots between ad is calculated, and the reduction ratio with respect to the number of dots between AD in the recording paper size 9 is obtained. Further, the print start position represented by the point a can be obtained by the number of lines from the first row and the number of dots from the first column.

After receiving, the CPU section 5 takes out the layout information stored in the setting content holding memory 3, reduces the received image data stored in the image storage memory 4 in the vertical and horizontal directions according to the information, and prints it on the recording paper. It is passed to the printing unit 7 as the printing information together with the printing start position in (1) to print.

The received image data is reduced by a method of compressing the image data by an algorithm which is predetermined in accordance with the reduction rate in each of the up, down, left and right directions.
As an example, in the case of 75% reduction, 1 bit is thinned out for every 4 bits of image data to generate 75% size image data.

It should be noted that the data of the frame which can be selected in several ways is stored in the ROM in advance, and is selected by the layout setting device 1 to be printed on the recording paper together with the received image data subjected to the layout processing as described above. May be.

[0017]

As described above, since the facsimile apparatus of the present invention can print the received image data on the recording paper in an arbitrary layout, the completion of the received image as a document can be improved. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a layout size and a print position on the recording paper with respect to a recording paper size displayed on the layout display device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Layout setting device, 2 ... Layout display device,
3 ... Setting content holding memory, 4 ... Image storage memory,
5 ... CPU part (microcomputer), 6 ... AC power supply part, 7 ... Printing part, 8 ... Layout setting part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image storage memory for storing received image data, a layout setting device for presetting an arbitrary reduction ratio and a print position on the recording paper for receiving image data to be printed on a recording paper, and the layout setting contents. A layout display device for displaying, a setting content holding memory that also stores the layout setting contents, and received image data stored in the image storage memory are reduced to a layout in accordance with the settings of the layout setting device and printed on recording paper. A facsimile apparatus comprising a control unit capable of printing at a predetermined position of. 2. The data of the framework which can be selected from several ways is R.
2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit which is stored in the OM and can print on the recording paper together with the layout-processed received image data.