JPH08125824A - Transmitting method for instruction from sending to receiving finisher - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide an instruction transmission method sending an instruction to a receiver side finisher by using a conventional transmitter as it is. CONSTITUTION: A substantial function of an information processing unit A on the sending is used to add superimposingly information (additional information) such as the symbol of a bar code or the like representing the instruction to be sent onto a prescribed position of information (main text information) corresponding to an image sent substantially from the sending and the resulting information is sent to a transmission destination by a usual method, and an image forming device B on the receiving reads the symbol by the image forming device B or a read means provided in a finisher C from a document recording the received content and analyzes it to allow the finisher C to start a prescribed operation corresponding to the instruction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to, for example, one of a binding mechanism and a closing mechanism, which is connected to an image forming apparatus such as a facsimile or printer for recording received data on recording paper and discharging the recording paper. Alternatively, the present invention relates to a method of transmitting a start command from a transmission side to a finisher having both.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An image forming apparatus for processing transmitted information to record an image on a recording sheet and discharging the same, for example, a facsimile receiver or a printer connected to a computer, is provided with a finisher having a binding mechanism and a sealing mechanism. A finisher has been proposed in which the documents discharged from the image forming apparatus can be easily and quickly sorted and distributed by connecting them and driving them, and the recorded contents can be kept secret.

When using such a finisher,
It is necessary to transmit a command from the sending side to the receiving side to specify whether the document to be discharged after recording the information to be sent is stapled, sealed, or bound and sealed. is there.

For transmitting the command from the transmitting side to the receiving side, it is generally considered that the following method is adopted.
That is, (1) a command transmission-dedicated machine is added to the transmission side, or an existing function is improved to correspond to the command transmission, and the command to be transmitted is inserted into the transmission protocol by them. (2) On the transmitting side, a general-purpose protocol, for example, a part of the command for the alternate reception is used as the binding / sealing protocol.

[0005]

However, in the case of adopting the above-mentioned command transmission method, in the case of (1), it is necessary to newly add a command transmission-dedicated machine to the transmitting side or make an improvement. In addition, in both cases (1) and (2), the receiving side must provide a means for decoding the command, so it is necessary to install new equipment with high cost on both the transmitting side and the receiving side. This is an obstacle to the widespread use of the finisher that is used by being connected to the image forming apparatus.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the conventional transmitter is used as it is on the transmitting side, and the command can be transmitted to the receiving side by using the conventional communication protocol. From the transmitting side to the receiving side finisher. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method of transmitting instructions.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a command transmission method according to the present invention uses an original function of an information processing apparatus on the transmitting side to handle an image to be originally transmitted from the transmitting side. Information (additional information) such as a bar code or a symbol representing a command to be transmitted is added to a predetermined position of the information (main body information) to be transmitted, and the information is transmitted to a transmission partner by a normal method. Is read by a reading means provided in the image forming apparatus or the finisher connected to the barcode or the symbol from the recording paper on which the received contents are recorded, and this is analyzed, and the finisher responds to the command. It is characterized by activating a predetermined operation.

If the transmitting side is a facsimile transmitter, a label representing a command to be transmitted is attached at a predetermined position on the transmission document by a bar code or a symbol.
The original is transmitted by a normal method, the facsimile receiver reads the bar code or the symbol on the recording paper on which the received contents are recorded by the reading means provided in the facsimile receiver or the finisher, and analyzes the symbol. Then, the finisher activates a predetermined operation corresponding to the instruction.

When the transmitting side is a language processing device or an image processing device, data such as a bar code or a symbol representing a command to be transmitted is added to a predetermined position of the language data or image data and transmitted. Printing by the receiving printer based on the language data or the image data including the added data, and reading the bar code or the symbol in the print content by the reading means provided in the printer or the finisher, and reading this. After the analysis, the finisher is caused to start a predetermined operation corresponding to the instruction.

[0010]

By using the original function of the information processing apparatus on the transmission side, information (bar code or symbol) indicating a command to be transmitted is provided at a predetermined position of information (main body information) corresponding to an image to be originally transmitted ( When the additional information) is superposed and added and is transmitted to the transmission partner by the usual method, the image forming apparatus on the receiving side ejects the recording paper on which the received contents are recorded. The reading means reads the bar code or the symbol from the recording paper and gives it to the control section. The control unit analyzes this and causes the finisher to start a predetermined operation corresponding to the instruction based on the analysis result.

When the sender side is a facsimile transmitter, a label indicating a command to be transmitted is attached at a predetermined position of a transmission document by a bar code or a symbol, and the document is set and transmitted. The receiver records the content corresponding to the original on the recording paper and ejects it. The reading means provided in the facsimile receiver or the finisher reads a bar code or a symbol in the contents recorded on the recording paper and gives it to the control unit. The control unit analyzes this and causes the finisher to start a predetermined operation corresponding to the instruction based on the analysis result.

When the sender is a language processing device or an image processing device, the language data or the image data is placed at a predetermined position.
When data such as a bar code or a symbol representing a command to be transmitted is added and transmitted, the receiving printer records and discharges the recording paper on recording paper based on the language data or image data including the added data. The reading means provided in the printer or the finisher reads the bar code or the symbol in the recorded contents and gives it to the control unit. The control unit analyzes this and causes the finisher to start a predetermined operation corresponding to the instruction based on the analysis result.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the method of the present invention is applied to a case where a finisher is connected to a facsimile receiver will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a facsimile transmission / reception device, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a command transmission pattern paper used during facsimile transmission.

In FIG. 1, A is a conventional facsimile transmitter as an example of an information transmission device on the transmission side,
When the original 102 is set on the original table 101, the transmission destination is dialed, the response sound is confirmed, and the transmission start key 103 is pressed, the original is fed by the original feeding device (not shown),
It is read by an optical reading means (not shown), subjected to signal processing, and transmitted by a transmission unit (not shown).

In order to use the method of the present invention, a bar code label 104 is attached to the original 102 at a predetermined position such as a header portion or a footer portion. The predetermined position is a position that can be surely read by a reading means installed in the facsimile receiver B or the finisher C on the receiving side, which will be described later, or a bar code reader in this embodiment.

The bar code label 104 represents a command to be transmitted in a form that can be easily read by the receiving side, and the command represented by the bar code is, for example, a binding command for instructing binding of recording paper, There are three types of binding instructions: a sealing instruction that orders the sealing of recording paper, and a binding / sealing instruction that orders the binding and sealing of recording paper. The binding instructions include right binding, center binding, or left binding. There can be binding and combinations thereof. The bar code label 104 is prepared by printing in advance those corresponding to each of these commands.

In this way, when transmitting the command for requesting either or both of the binding and the sealing, the manuscript 102 with the bar code label 104 attached at a predetermined position according to the command reading order set on the receiving side. Then, the originals to be transmitted at the same time are placed on the first page or the last page, the originals are set on the original table 101, and transmission is started.

Depending on the type of the reading means on the receiving side, it is possible to use a numeral or other symbol that allows accurate and reliable recognition, instead of the bar code. Also, instead of attaching a label to a document on which an image is printed by a printer or the like,
As illustrated in FIG. 2, a command transmission template 102ES in which a bar code 104E representing a command is printed at a predetermined position or a slit is provided instead of the bar code may be used.

When such a command transmission template is used, the meaning of the bar code or slit, for example, the presence or absence of binding, the presence or absence of sealing, etc.
There is an advantage that the contents of the transmission command using the pattern can be easily confirmed. FIG. 2 shows an example for transmitting the right binding / sealing command. Further, the sender may be allowed to enter the transmission destination 104A in another area. Furthermore, if the pattern is made of a durable material such as plastic, the pattern can be repeatedly used when the processing contents of the finisher on the receiving side are the same, so that the command transmission cost can be reduced.

Therefore, in the facsimile transmitter A, the image forming apparatus on the receiving side simply needs to correspond to whether the recording paper discharged and bound is bound, sealed, or bound and sealed. A bar code label 104 on which a command is printed is attached to a required position on the original, or a command transmission template 102ES on which a bar code or the like is printed is placed on the original 102, and the original is placed on the original table 101 and transmitted. When you press the start button 103, the original is read,
The information (main body information) corresponding to the image originally to be transmitted recorded on the document (main body information) is superposed with the information (additional information) corresponding to the bar code indicating the command to be transmitted, and is transmitted by a normal communication method. Sent to.

In FIG. 1, B is a facsimile receiver, which is an example of an image forming apparatus on the receiving side, and based on the information (main body information and additional information) received from the facsimile transmitter A, the original 102 on the transmitting side. Alternatively, the command transmission pattern 10
The recording paper on which the image and the bar code are recorded and the recording paper on which only the image is recorded (hereinafter, referred to as a document) are ejected so as to have the same content as 2ES.

On the document output side of the facsimile receiver B,
The finisher C is connected. This finisher C
As an example, has at least a binding machine and a sealing machine, deposits a document discharged from the facsimile receiver B, and when an instruction is received, binds and seals the deposited document according to the content of the instruction. One or both of them are performed.

FIG. 3 is a schematic view mainly showing the structure of the drive system of the finisher C, and FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view showing an example of a specific structure of the finisher C.

As shown in FIG. 3, the finisher C connected to the facsimile receiver B has a take-in section C1, an upper discharge section C2, a matching section C3, a film supply section C4, and a sealing section C5.
, A lower discharge part C6 and a control part C7.

The take-in portion C1 includes a take-in roller 2 provided at the take-in port 1 of the housing H of the finisher C, a motor 2a for rotating the take-in roller 2 in a predetermined direction at the same time when the finisher is powered on. The gate 3 as a means for switching the document taking direction by the take-in roller between the direction of the upper discharge portion C2 and the direction of the aligning portion C3, and the upper discharge mode designation signal or the lower discharge mode designation signal given from the control portion C7. Accordingly, it has a solenoid 3a as a means for moving the gate 3 in a designated document taking-in direction. Solenoid 3a
Is turned off when the upper discharge mode is designated, turned on when the lower discharge mode is designated, and the sensor S
It is turned off after a predetermined time from the time 1 detects the document taken in by the take-in roller, corrugates the document being taken in in a corrugated manner, and improves the flight property of the document to the upper surface of the tray. .

The upper discharge portion C2 is an upper discharge tray 5 which is opened and attached to the upper surface of the housing H of the finisher C, and a document which is guided in the direction of the upper discharge portion C2 through the gate 3. It has a roller 4 that conveys it toward the upper discharge tray surface.

The aligning section C3 has a tray 6, a tray moving mechanism 7, an aligning mechanism 8, a binding mechanism 9 and a gate 10.

The tray 6 has a side wall 6a at one end which serves as a widthwise alignment reference surface for the document P discharged from the facsimile receiver B. The front end of the tray 6 has a plurality of convex portions and notches alternately and is formed in a comb tooth shape. The convex portion transfers the front end portion of the document stacked and aligned on the upper surface of the tray and clamped by the clamp mechanism as described later to a position between the conveyance rollers 18 of the closing portion C5 as described later, and the notch portion It is formed at a position corresponding to each roller that constitutes a carrying roller 18 described later, and when the tray 6 is advanced to a predetermined position and the nip of the carrying roller 18 is closed, the carrying roller is placed on the tray at the notch. It is possible to hold the front end of a document that is stacked and aligned on the paper.

The tray moving mechanism 7 has a retracted position in which the tray 6 is loaded with a document, which is taken in toward the aligning portion via the take-in roller 2 and the gate 3, on the upper surface of the tray and can be aligned through the aligning mechanism 8. The front end of the tray 6 and the front end of the document P stacked on the tray 6 are reciprocally moved between an advancing position in which the front end of the document P is located between the transport rollers 18 of the closing section C5. It is composed of a motion conversion means for converting the rotational force of the motor into the motion of the tray in the front-back direction. The motion converting means is shown in FIG. 4 as an example.
As shown in, the pulley 7 supported by the finisher main body
belt 7c hung between b and the pulley 7b of the motor 7a, and a joining member 7 for joining the belt and the tray 6
d, a guide shaft 7 for movably supporting the tray 6 in the front-rear direction
It consists of e.

In this way, the motor 7a is controlled and driven by the controller C7, which will be described later, so that the tray 6 is reciprocated between the retracted position shown by the solid line in FIG. 4 and the forward position shown by the chain line. It has become.

The alignment mechanism 8 has an alignment roller 8a, a solenoid 8b, a motor 8c, and a clamper 8d.
The aligning roller 8a is moved by a solenoid 8b between a position close to and a position separated from the stacking surface of the tray 6, and is rotated in a fixed direction by a motor 8c.

In this way, the alignment roller 8a, which is lowered and brought close to the stacking surface of the tray 6, feeds the document flying from the take-in roller 2 to the upper surface of the tray 6 obliquely toward the side wall 6a of the tray 6 by the rotation of the motor 8c. Then, the documents are aligned in the width direction.

The clamper 8d holds the document P aligned on the upper surface of the tray 6 with the tray 6 and prevents the document alignment from being disturbed while the tray is moved forward as described later. Yes, on the side wall 6a side of the tray 6, each time a document is aligned on the tray, the two pressing pieces 8d1 provided at the front and the back are provided in order to hold the document in the front and rear by sandwiching the document. Solenoid 8d for simultaneously actuating the pressing piece 8d1 via the link mechanism omitted
2 and.

The binding mechanism 9 is provided on the opposite side of the tray 6 from the side wall 6a, is stacked on the tray, is aligned by the aligning roller 8a and the gate 10, and the clamper 8 is provided.
This is for binding the document P pressed by the pressing piece 8d1 of d when the binding command is input. The binding mechanism 9 includes an electric stapler 9a, a guide shaft (not shown) that movably supports the electric stapler parallel to the side of the tray 6, and a drive unit 9c that moves the stapler to the binding position. Have.

The driving means 9c moves the stapler 9a back and forth by the rotation of the motor 9c1. The stapler 9a has a home position at the front of the tray 6 in the retracted position (moved backward for convenience in FIG. 3), and one of the documents aligned on the tray. When binding the front side portion, the stapler 9a is moved slightly forward to perform the binding operation, and when binding at one side central portion and / or the rear portion of the document, after moving backward to a predetermined position by the motor 9c1. , Perform a binding operation. In this case, the tray moving means 7 also moves the tray forward at the same time and moves relative to the stapler, thereby achieving alignment on the tray, shortening the time required for binding as much as possible, and downsizing the apparatus. ing.

Further, the aligning section C3 may be provided with a punching mechanism (not shown) for forming a punch hole on one side of a set of documents discharged from the facsimile receiver B. This punching mechanism is a known one, and is moved along one side of the tray 6 by the moving means similarly to the stapler 9a and is operated at a predetermined position to form a punch hole. The method of the present invention can also be used to activate this punching mechanism by command transmission from a facsimile transmitter.

Returning to FIG. 3, on the downstream side of the matching section C3,
A film supply section C4 is provided. The film supply section C4 has a film cartridge 12 loaded with a sealing film 11. The sealing film 11 includes roll films 11a and 11b wound on a winding core.
The ends are joined together.

As shown in FIG. 4, the cartridge 12 has an opening 12a in the center and semi-cylindrical roll film accommodating portions 12b and 12c opening in the downstream direction on the upper and lower sides of the opening, respectively. Then, the film 11 is loaded from the opening surface side of the cartridge 12, and with the joint portion 11c at the leading end of the roll film positioned at the center of the opening portion 12a, the bearing portions 12d formed at both ends of the accommodating portions 12b and 12c. , 12e support shafts 11d, 11e pushed into the core of the roll film, and are rotatably held.

Further, the cartridge 12 has an engaging portion 12f formed at the lower end thereof, and an engaged portion 1 formed at the lower end of the mounter 13 attached to the finisher C.
3a, and the engaging portion 12g formed on the upper end portion of the cartridge 12 is engaged with the engaged portion 13b formed on the upper end portion of the mounter 13 to be detachably attached. To be done.

The cartridge 12 includes a plurality of fixed rollers 14 corresponding to the upper and lower film accommodating portions 12b and 12c.
a are arranged at appropriate intervals, and the mounter 13
Has a fixed roller 14b close to both sides of a central opening 13c corresponding to the opening 12a of the film cartridge, and a plurality of movable rollers biased in the upstream direction by springs (not shown) on both sides thereof. 14c is arranged between the fixed rollers 14a so as to be movable in the distance. The fixed roller 14a, 14b and the movable roller 14c constitute a tension mechanism 14 that gives a buffering action and a tensioning action to the film in the cartridge. As a result, when the cartridge 12 loaded with the film 11 is attached to the mounter 13, the sealing film 11
Is stretched so as to orthogonally cut off the transfer path of the document transferred by the forward movement of the tray.

The mounter 13 is supported by a cartridge holding member 16 fixed to a drawer 15 movably mounted in the housing H in a direction perpendicular to the drawing so that the mounter 13 can move up and down. The cartridge holding member 16 is used for the film cartridge 12
With a length that allows vertical movement between the position where the film loaded in it blocks the document transfer path, that is, the sealed position, and the position where the cartridge retracts downward from the document transfer path, that is, the non-sealed position. The mounter 13 extends from the upper part to the lower part in the finisher C, and the mounter 13 is moved to the center of the opening 12a of the cartridge via the motor 17 provided in the drawer 15 as shown by the solid line in FIG. As a result, the cartridge 12 can be moved up and down between a closed position that coincides with the document conveyance path by the tray 6 and a non-sealed position where the cartridge 12 is retracted below the document conveyance path, as shown by a chain line in FIG. There is. When the finisher C receives the binding instruction, the cartridge 12 is moved to the non-sealing position, and when the finisher C receives the binding instruction or the binding / sealing instruction, the cartridge 12 is moved to the sealing position.

On the downstream side of the film supply section C4, a sealing section C5 corresponding to a sealing mechanism is provided. This sealing section is
A transport roller 18 for sandwiching and transporting the film 11 covering the document from the front and back, a heat cutter 19 for welding and cutting (heat cutting) the film 11 before and after the document, and a film 11 covering the document from the front and back. And a heat roller 20 for welding (heat sealing) the portion extending outward from the document.

The lower discharge portion C6 provided on the downstream side of the sealing portion discharges the sealed material formed by the heat cutting by the heat cutter 19 and the heat sealing by the heat roller 20 to the outside of the housing H. It is composed of a discharge roller 21 and a lower discharge tray 22 for accumulating the sealed material to be discharged.

Then, the transport roller 18 and the heat roller 2
The common transport motor 23 for rotating them in a predetermined direction is connected to the 0 and the discharge roller 21, and the transport roller 18 composed of a driving roller and a driven roller is configured to open and close them with respect to the transport surface. A nip drive means, for example, a motor 24, a cam and a follower (none of which are shown) are connected to each other, and the heat cutter 19 is provided with a drive unit for pressing the cutting blade 19a and the pedestal 19b constituting the heat cutter 19 toward each other. The motor 25 is connected to a cam and a follower (both not shown), and further, a drive unit for bringing the heat roller 20 into and out of contact with the conveying surface, for example, the motor 26 and the cam and a cam follower (both not shown). Are connected. A heater 2 which generates heat at a temperature capable of melting the film 11 is provided in the cutting blade 19a of the heat cutter.
7, the heating roller 2 of the heating roller 20
A heater 28 that heats up to a temperature at which the film can be welded is also incorporated in the inside 0a.

The finisher C has the intake portion C1.
In addition to the sensor S1 of the above, at least two sensors S2, S
3 is provided. The sensor S2 serves both to detect the leading edge of the film and to detect a cutting position detection mark, which will be described later, provided on the film, and is provided between the transport roller 18 and the heat cutter 19, and from the film supply section C4 to the film 11 It can be detected that the paper has started to be fed by the transport roller 18. Further, the sensor S3 is for detecting that the conveyed film and document have passed through the sealing section C5, and is provided in the vicinity of the discharge roller 21.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the function realizing means mainly constituting the control section. The facsimile receiver B and the sensors S1 to S3 are connected to the control section C7 via an interface circuit C8. Further, the control section C7 is provided with motors 2a, 8c, 9c, 7 which are driving means.
a, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, solenoid 3a,
8b, 8d2 and heaters 27, 28 are connected through a drive circuit (not shown) for driving them and an interface C8.

The control section C7 is composed of a microcomputer including a central processing control section CPU, a storage section ROM and a RAM. As the function realizing means, the CPU includes a take-in control means 201 for designating the take-in direction of the gate 3 of the take-in section C1, an alignment control means 202 for controlling the rotation and ascending / descending timing and rotation of the aligning roller 7, and a stapler 11. A stapler control means 203 for controlling the operation and the stapler moving means 12, a tray control means 204 for controlling the tray moving means 10, the transport roller 18, and the heat roller 20.
And a conveyance control unit 205 that controls the conveyance motor 23 common to the discharge rollers 21, a film supply control unit 206 that controls film supply through the nip opening / closing control of the conveyance roller by the motor 24, and a cartridge moving unit 17 of the film supply unit. Evacuation control means 207, heat cutter control means 208 for controlling the opening / closing drive section 25 of the heat cutter 19, and heat roller control means 209 for controlling the open / close drive section 26 of the heat roller 20 are included.

The above is the same as the structure of the already proposed finisher.

In order to use the method of the present invention, the bar code 1 when it is recorded in the finisher C at a predetermined position of the document P fetched from the facsimile receiver B.
A bar code reader 29 is installed as an example of a reading unit that reads 04 or 104E. The bar code reader 29 is composed of an optical sensor that optically reads a predetermined position of the document P captured by the capturing section C1 and a level detection circuit that outputs when the output of the optical sensor is a predetermined value or more. There is. The output of the level detection circuit is interface C
It is given to the control section C7 via 8.

Further, in order to use the method of the present invention, the reading control means 210 and the analysis means 211 are provided in the control section C7. The reading control means 210 is the barcode reader 2
When 9 detects the leading edge of the document P discharged from the facsimile receiver B, the reading signal from the bar code reader 29 is taken in for a predetermined time to perform the reading operation,
The data read during that time is given to the analysis means 211. The analysis unit 211 determines the instruction transmitted from the input data, that is, the presence / absence of a barcode, and if there is a barcode, determines the type of instruction from the barcode.

When the command represented by the bar code read from the document is a binding command, the control section C7 starts executing the document binding program. First, the retreat control means 207 of the film supply section causes the motor 17 to rotate in the normal direction to lower the cartridge 12 to the non-sealing position. Next, when the ejection end signal is received from the facsimile receiver B, the stapler control means 203 gives a start signal to the binding mechanism 9 and also to the tray control means 204 depending on the binding position. For this reason,
The binding mechanism 9 carries out the binding operation by moving the tray 6 to a predetermined position with respect to the documents accumulated in the aligning section C3, and depending on the binding position. After the binding operation is completed, the transport control unit 205 drives the transport mechanism (motors 23, 24) until the document discharge end signal is input from the sensor S3 to transport the bound document, and the discharge tray 22. Discharge on top.

When the command represented by the bar code is a sealing command, the control section C7 starts executing the document sealing program. First, the retreat control means 20 of the film supply section
7 reverses the motor 17 to raise the cartridge 12 to the sealing position. Next, when the discharge completion signal is received from the facsimile receiver B, the tray control means 204 activates the motor 7a to move the tray 6 of the aligning section C3 forward,
At that time, the biaxial roll film 1 of the film supply section C6
The film is unwound from 1 and the front end of the document deposited on the tray 6 is moved to a position between the transport rollers 18 where the nip is open.

Subsequently, the film supply control means 206 closes the nip of the transport roller 18, the tray control means 204 retracts the tray 6, and the transport control means.
Since 205 rotates the transport roller 18, the film and the document are advanced between the heat cutter 19 which is now open, while covering the document P from the front and back with the transported film 11.

Simultaneously with the start of rotation of the transport roller 18, the heat roller control means 209 rotates the motor 26 to close the nip of the heat roller 20 and weld both sides of the film which covers the document and is transported. Let Further, based on the signal from the sensor S2 that has detected the film cutting position detection mark, the film supply control means 207
Simultaneously opens the nip of the transport roller 18 to stop the supply of the film, and at the same time, the transport control means 205 stops the motor 23 to stop the film and the document, and the heat cutter control means 208 starts the motor 25, Immediately after the trailing edge of the document, the film is welded and cut by the heat cutter 19. As a result, a film envelope is created, and a sealed article in which the document is sealed is formed in the envelope. Subsequent to the end of the cutting operation, the transport control means 206 rotates the motor 23 to discharge the sealed material onto the discharge tray 22 of the lower discharge portion.

Further, when the command represented by the bar code read from the document is a binding / sealing command, the control section C7
Start execution of the binding / sealing program. In this program, first, as in the case of executing the binding program described above, after performing the binding operation to the predetermined position of the document, the same operation as that of the execution of the sealing program described above is subsequently performed. Then, the bound document is sealed in the film envelope, and the sealed product is discharged to the discharge tray 2
Discharge on top of 2.

In the above embodiment, the bar code reader 29 is used.
Was installed in the document inlet of the finisher C, but even if it is installed in the document outlet of the facsimile receiver B, the same effect can be obtained.

As described above, in the facsimile receiver B or the finisher C on the receiving side, the bar code reader 29 for reading the bar code recorded at the predetermined position of the document discharged from the receiver is installed, and the finisher C is installed. Control unit C7
If the reading control means 210 for controlling the reading from the bar code reader and the analyzing means 211 for analyzing the reading signal are provided in the above, a conventional facsimile transmitter that simply sets an original and starts transmission on the sending side. By simply attaching the bar code label 104 at a predetermined position on the original, or setting the command transmission template 102ES with the barcode printed on the original plate together with the original and starting transmission, and receiving from the transmission side. A command can be transmitted to the finisher C on the side. Therefore, without adding any special function to the conventional facsimile transmitter, it is possible to use the conventional method as it is, and to transmit a command to the finisher on the receiving side to bind, bind, or bind and bind the document. And the effect of greatly promoting the spread of the finisher is expected.

In the above embodiment, the information transmission device on the transmission side is a facsimile transmitter for reading and transmitting a document in which an image is already recorded by a printer connected to a language processing device such as a personal computer or a word processor, and receiving The side was a similar facsimile receiver,
In the method of the present invention, the information transmission device on the transmission side is connected to a personal computer, a communication device connected to a computer of a language processing device such as a CAD or an image processing device, and the reception side is connected to the same communication device via a computer. The present invention is also applicable to a printer in which both computers are connected via a communication line and a finisher similar to the above is connected to the receiving printer.

In the case of this embodiment, when a desired image is formed while observing the display on the display by operating the keyboard or mouse of the transmitting computer,
In the same way, create a bar code that represents the command to be transmitted to the predetermined position, or select and input it, and then create the command data by the bar code on the first page or the last page and other original image data to be transmitted. When a transmission command is given, data containing an image and a barcode is transmitted.

Then, the receiving computer controls the printer based on the received data as in the conventional case,
Eject the document with the received image and barcode recorded. Also in the case of this embodiment, since the reading means such as a bar code reader is installed in the printer or the finisher and the reading means is connected to the control unit of the finisher, as in the case of the above embodiment, the transmitting side is the same. The finisher can activate one or both of the binding mechanism and the sealing mechanism according to the instruction specified by the barcode transmitted from the finisher.

In the above description, the bar code is used to represent the command to be transmitted. However, if the bar code can be surely read and is easy to create depending on the reading principle of the reading means, the bar code can be used. Other than the above, for example, a Carla code, a number, and other symbols can be used.

Next, the operation of the finisher C having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 14 in the case where the finisher C is given a binding and sealing instruction. FIG. 6 shows the facsimile receiver B to the finisher C.
FIG. 7 is a time chart from the time when one document is captured to the time when the documents are aligned, FIG. 7 is a time chart when the document is bound, and FIG. 8 is a time chart of the sealing operation in the sealing unit. Figure 9
14 to 14 are cross-sectional views of the essential parts showing the operating state of each stage.

FIG. 9 shows the initial state. The tray 6 is in the retracted position, and the transport roller 18, the blade 19a forming the heat cutter 19, the pedestal 19b, and the heat roller 20 are all open. Further, since the cartridge is now in the sealing mode, the cartridge 12 is held at the sealing position.
When started, first, the document P is fetched from the facsimile receiver B, the fetched document is aligned, and the heat cutter 1 is used.
9 and the heat roller 20 are preheated.

In the process of fetching a document, the fetch motor 2
A is rotated, and the document discharged from the facsimile receiver is taken in by the gate 3 toward the matching portion C3. Sensor S1
When the leading edge of the document is detected, the solenoid 3a is excited for a predetermined time to rotate the gate 3 to the lower side, so that the document flies on the tray 6 and is stacked while forming a corrugate.

Then, the alignment motor 8c is rotated a predetermined time after the sensor S1 detects the leading edge of the document to prepare for alignment, and the alignment roller 8a is moved to the upper surface of the tray after the sensor S1 detects the trailing edge of the document. Direction,
The documents stacked on the tray are fed at an angle to align them.
The clamper 8d is lowered to return the aligned document to the tray before the alignment roller rises and returns. This document acquisition / alignment is performed each time each document is ejected, until a predetermined number of documents have been ejected from the facsimile receiver B (see FIG. 6).

When the acquisition and matching of a predetermined number of documents is completed,
Since the binding / sealing command is input now, after the clamper 8d presses the motor 9 in the binding section as shown in FIG.
The c1 moves the electric stapler 9a to a predetermined position to perform binding only on the front side on one side of the document, only on the rear side, or on both sides. To explain one example, when binding the front portion, the stapler 9a is moved slightly backward by the motor 9c1 and stopped, and the stapler 9a is driven to bind. When binding the back side as well, rotate the motors 7a and 9c1 to rotate the tray 6
When the stapler 9a and the tray 6 reach a predetermined position due to the relative movement of the stapler 9a, the stapler 9a is driven to drive the stapler 9a to bind the rear portion. After the predetermined binding is completed, the motor 9c1 is reversely rotated to return the stapler 9a to the front position which is the home position.

When the predetermined binding is completed, the tray motor 7a is rotated in the normal direction to advance the tray 6 and start the conveyance of the document in the sealing portion direction. The tray 6 holds the document P on the tray 6 in an aligned state by the clamper 8d,
As shown in FIG. 10, while moving the gate 10 forward,
The document is conveyed to the film supply section C4 on the downstream side. When the sealing instruction is input, the binding unit 9 is not driven,
The tray 6 is advanced to start the conveyance of the document in the direction of the sealing portion.

The front end of the tray 6 is advanced to the center of the opening 12a of the film cartridge 12, and the joining portion of the front surface film 11a and the back surface film 11b of the film 11 is aligned with the center of the opening. The film 11 which is lightly draped by the tensioning mechanism 14 and is standing by in a tensioned state is pushed in the downstream direction, and the film 11 is fed out as shown in FIG. 10 to cover the front and back surfaces of the front part of the document. In this state, the film and the front part of the document are transferred to between the conveyance rollers 18 in the separated state, and stopped at the forward position. In this case, the tip of the tray 6 is
Since the document P extends slightly downstream of the front end of the document P, the unwound film 11 also precedes the downstream of the front end of the document.

In this state, the transport roller 18 which has been opened is closed through the nip drive means 24 as shown in FIG. 11, and the film 11 and the document P are held therebetween, and at the same time, the clamper 8d is opened. Tray 6 is gate 10 again
Is returned to an intermediate position where it does not stand. Then, at almost the same time as the tray starts to move backward, the transport motor 23 is rotated, the transport roller 18 is rotated, and the film and the document are transported. Following this, the pressure roller 20a and the heating roller 20b of the heat roller 20 warmed up previously are closed, and both sides of the conveyed film are continuously heat-sealed.

Then, when the trailing edge of the conveyed document P passes through the gate 10, the tray 6 is completely returned to the retracted position as shown in FIG. At that time, the gate 10 is restored by the action of a return spring (not shown) and returns to the standing state. As a result, the next document P is placed on the tray 6.
Is ready for import.

Then, based on the fact that the sensor S2 detects the cutting position detection mark formed on the film,
The rotation of the transport motor 23 is stopped, and the heat roller 20 is opened to prevent overheating shrinkage due to continuous contact of the stopped film with the heat roller.
As shown in FIG. 3, the cutting blade 19a and the pedestal 19b of the heat cutter 19 are closed, and the film 11 is heat cut at the position of the cutting position detection mark.

After the heat cutting, the conveying roller 18 which has been closed until then is opened by the nip driving means 24, the conveying motor 23 is rotated again, and the heat roller 20 is closed again at the time of the heat cutting. The unsealed parts on both sides of the film between the heat cutter and the heat roller are sealed.

As a result, both sides are heat-sealed (11) on the downstream side of the heat cutter 19 as shown in FIG.
1) and the front and rear are heat-cut (112) at the cutting position detection mark portion, and the sealed article S is obtained by sealing the document P in the film bag 11E having the address window 113 on the surface.
M is obtained. A portion of the address window 113 is transparent, but a portion beyond that is opaque so that the printed contents of the document cannot be seen from the outside. The entire document-covered surface of the film may be transparent.

As shown in FIG. 13, the front side film 11a and the back side film 11b of the heat-cut film 11 on the upstream side of the heat cutter 19 are welded at the tips by the heat cutter 19, and the film is supplied. Since the back tension is applied by the tension applying mechanism 14 provided in the section, the original position is restored.

When the bar code representing the binding instruction is recorded in the document discharged first or last from the facsimile receiver B, the motor 17 is rotated in the forward direction and the mounter 1 is rotated.
The cartridge 12 is lowered via 3 to the retracted position shown by the chain line in FIG.

Therefore, the group of documents which are taken in the aligning section C3 by the take-in section C1 and aligned are the stapler 9
After being bound by a, the tray 6 is moved forward between the conveying rollers 18 and is rotated at the same time as the conveying rollers are closed so that the document is discharged between the heat cutter 19 and the heat roller 20 in the separated state. It is discharged onto the discharge tray 22 by the roller 21. The heat cutter control unit 208 and the heat roller control unit 209 may be configured to stop heating of the heat cutter and the heat roller when the binding instruction is transmitted.

[0077]

As described above, according to the method of the present invention, a label on which a bar code or a symbol representing a command to be transmitted is printed is attached to a manuscript and transmitted at the receiving side, or should be originally transmitted. By composing and transmitting the command data such as the above bar code or symbol to the image data and transmitting the command, the command can be transmitted to the receiving side.
Instructions can be transmitted by using a conventionally used information transmission device according to its original usage.
Therefore, it is possible to transmit the command for activating one or both of the binding mechanism and the sealing mechanism of the finisher on the receiving side without the need to add a costly means to the transmitting side.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a facsimile transmission / reception apparatus that is an embodiment of the method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of a command transmission template used for facsimile transmission.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram schematically showing a configuration of a finisher.

FIG. 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a specific example of a finisher.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of the finisher.

FIG. 6 is a time chart for explaining the operation of the finisher when capturing a document.

FIG. 7 is a time chart which similarly illustrates an operation when binding a document.

FIG. 8 is a time chart which similarly illustrates the operation at the time of sealing.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a state at the time of document matching.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when the tray is advanced.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the tray is partially retracted and the film is fed out.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when the tray is fully retracted and sealing is started.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a state at the end of sealing.

FIG. 14 is a perspective view of the completed sealed product.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Facsimile transmitter (information transmission device) B Facsimile receiver (image forming device) C Finisher C3 Alignment part 9 Binding mechanism C5 Sealing part (sealing mechanism) 102 Original 102ES Command transmission pattern 104 Bar code label 104E Bar code P document ( Recording paper) 29 Bar code reader (reading means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A bar code or a command representing a command to be transmitted at a predetermined position of information (body information) corresponding to an image to be originally transmitted from the transmitting side by utilizing the original function of the information transmitting device on the transmitting side. By superimposing information (additional information) such as symbols,
The image is transmitted to the other party by a normal method, and the barcode is printed on the recording paper on which the image forming apparatus on the receiving side has recorded the received contents, by the reading means provided in the image forming apparatus or the finisher connected thereto. A method of transmitting an instruction from a transmitting side to a receiving side finisher, which comprises reading, analyzing this, and causing the finisher to start a predetermined operation corresponding to the instruction. 2. When the sending side is a facsimile transmitter, a label indicating a command to be transmitted is attached at a predetermined position of a transmission original by a bar code or a symbol, and the original is transmitted by an ordinary method. Then, the facsimile receiver reads from the recording paper on which the received contents are recorded by the reading means provided in the facsimile receiver or the finisher such as the bar code or the symbol, analyzes it, and gives the finisher a predetermined command corresponding to the command. A method of transmitting an instruction from a transmitting side to a receiving side finisher, characterized by activating an operation. 3. When the transmitting side is a language processing device or an image processing device, at a predetermined position of the language data or image data,
Data such as a bar code or a symbol representing a command to be transmitted is added and transmitted, and the receiving side printer prints based on the language data or image data including the added data. The bar code or the symbol is read by the reading means provided in the printer or the finisher, and this is analyzed to cause the finisher to start a predetermined operation corresponding to the command. Instruction transmission method to finisher.