JPH09116681A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device whereby a reception picture is automatically recorded on a recording paper sheet with specified order by designating priority order in the plural sizes of recording paper sheets by means of an operating part and permitting CPU to execute selection from the recording paper sheets based on priority order. SOLUTION: A system control part 1 is provided with a microcomputer 1A, a ROM control program 1B, etc., and it is connected to a recording part 2, the operating part 4, a nonvolatile RAM 5A and a volatile RAM 5B. Priority order for selecting a recording paper sheet cassette is registered in RAM 5A by communication data and the control program. Priority orders from first to third are set by the command of the operating part in the plural sizes of recording paper sheet cassettes as against respective reception pictures. Unless there are two designated sizes of recording paper sheets for second, and third, the second size of the recording paper sheet is selected and the third one is selected when the second size is used up, and then the pictures are recorded in the respective recording paper sheets.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as a facsimile apparatus or a printer, which can select a desired recording sheet from a plurality of recording sheets and automatically record an image on the recording sheet. Regarding the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the above recording apparatus, a recording sheet is selected according to a recording sheet selection order determined by the apparatus, and an image is recorded on the selected recording sheet.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the priority order is unique to the apparatus, for example, when outputting a B4 size image, the apparatus does not have a B4 size recording sheet. If there is only A4 or B5 size recording paper, there is a problem that it is determined by the priority order of the apparatus.

Further, in such a case, it may be considered that it is desired to leave it in the memory without recording it.

In some devices, these operations are switched by switches, but it cannot be said that the requests of all users are answered.

Further, considering that the size of recording paper that can be selected will further increase with the future use of plain paper for facsimiles, it is no longer possible to cope with this by switching switches or the like as in the past. .

Further, even in a printer as an output device such as a personal computer (personal computer), it is required to cope with the above-mentioned automatic output.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems of the above-mentioned conventional technique, and an object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device which can satisfy all users. Is.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, an electronic apparatus according to claim 1 automatically outputs an image storage means for storing a received image and an image stored in the image storage means. An image output means, a recording paper selection means for selecting a recording paper to be output from a plurality of recording paper sizes included in the image output means, and an operator for the recording paper selection means A priority order designating unit for designating which recording paper is preferentially used for recording, and the recording paper selecting unit selects the plurality of recording papers based on the priority order designated by the priority order designating unit. A recording paper is selected from the above, and the image is output to the selected recording paper by the image output means.

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect is provided.
The electronic device described above includes an image storage unit that stores received images, an image output unit that automatically outputs an image stored in the image storage unit, and a plurality of recording paper cassettes included in the image output unit. Recording paper cassette selecting means for selecting a recording paper cassette in which the recording paper to be output from
The recording paper cassette selecting means is provided with priority order designating means for designating which recording paper cassette contained in a plurality of recording paper cassettes is preferentially used for recording by the operator. The recording paper selection means selects a recording paper cassette from the plurality of recording paper cassettes based on the priority order specified by the priority order specification means, and is stored in the selected recording paper cassette. An image is output to the recording paper by the image output means.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) First, the first embodiment of the present invention
An embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile device which is an electronic device according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is a system control unit, for example, the microcomputer 1
The control unit includes a ROM (read-only memory) 1B configured by A, a recording circuit, and the like, and storing a control program described later. Reference numeral 3 denotes a recording unit, such as an inkjet printer connected by an interface means such as a Centro interface while the image of one sheet stored in a RAM (read / write memory) 6B is compounded line by line by the microcomputer 1A. The data is transferred to the printer 3A, and the printer 3A performs the printing operation according to the sent data.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an operation section on which various operation keys are arranged. FIG. 2 is an external view showing the configuration of the operation unit 4. As shown in FIG. 2, a dial key 4A, a cursor key 4B, a set key 4C, and a start key 4D for making a call operation are arranged on the LCD. The display unit 4E such as a (liquid crystal display device) is also a means for notifying a display by pressing a key and an operating status of the entire device.

Reference numeral 5A is a non-volatile RAM, which contains communication data such as the telephone number of the user's machine, the user's abbreviation and the telephone number of the other party, the type of line to which the own machine is connected (pulse line or tone line), and the control program. The registration order of the recording paper cassettes used by is registered, and the checksum of those data is registered. The non-volatile RAM 5 uses a non-volatile memory backed up by a battery.

A volatile RAM 5B is an image memory for storing communication data at the time of reception, a work area including a buffer used by the control program, and received image data or read image data. In this embodiment, the volatile RAM 5B is used as the image memory.
However, a hard disk may be used.

A modem (modulation / demodulation device) 3 performs modulation / demodulation processing of a transmission / reception signal and also has a function of transmitting a tone selection signal. The image data stored in the volatile RAM 5B as image data using the modem 3 is stored in the communication buffer in the volatile RAM 5B while being decoded line by line by the microcomputer 1A. The data stored in this communication buffer is again encoded line by line and transferred to the modem 3 byte by byte,
The modem 3 modulates it as a transmission signal and sends it to an NCU (network control unit) 6.

The NCU 6 performs a function of transmitting a selection signal (pulse dialer), an automatic incoming call operation by detecting a ringing tone, and a line control operation, and an operation of transmitting a selection signal to the telephone line 7 under the control of the system control unit 1. Then, the data from the modem 3 is transmitted to the line.

Next, the recording paper cassette selecting operation at the time of automatic output of a received image in this apparatus will be described with reference to Tables 1 and 2 below.

[0019]

[Table 1]

[0020]

[Table 2] Table 1 is a table showing the priority order of recording paper cassette selection at the time of automatic output of received images in the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment. It is assumed that there are four sizes of recording paper cassettes that can be set in the facsimile machine, B4, A4, B5, and A5. In this case, if the priority order for each received image size is set up to priority order 3 for each of the four types, the output is performed according to the priority order determined for all image sizes. For example, when the image size is B4 and the recording papers are only B5 and A4, the B5 size recording paper cassette designated in the second priority is selected. If there is no B5, the A4 size recording paper cassette designated in the third priority is selected, and the image is recorded on this A4 size recording paper.

Table 2 is a table showing priorities when B4 → A4 reduction is prohibited. When the received image size is B4, first, the B4 size recording paper cassette designated in the first priority is selected. If there is no B4 size recording paper, the B5 size recording paper cassette specified in the second priority is selected. If neither B4 nor B5 is present, the third priority recording paper cassette is not designated, so this received image is treated as a substitute reception.

Even if the user's request is an extremely irregular request, for example, a B4 size image is
The requirement that the image is always recorded on the B5 size recording paper and the image is recorded on the B4 size recording paper only when the recording paper runs out is also a requirement that the original size of B4 → A4 reduction prohibition in the above Table 2 is prohibited. It is possible to specify the B5 size recording paper cassette with the first priority of the B4 priority and the B4 size recording paper cassette with the second priority.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a method of designating the priority order of the facsimile apparatus according to the present embodiment. In the figure, first, select the priority order of the document to be set (a),
A recording paper cassette designated as the first priority is selected for the selected priority (b), a recording paper cassette designated as the second priority is selected (c), and designated as the third priority. Select the recording paper cassette (d). The priority that can be set here is as many as the number of sizes of recording paper cassettes that can be currently loaded in the apparatus, and each priority is required to be different from each other.

(Second Embodiment) In the above-described first embodiment, the case of automatic output of the facsimile apparatus has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, a printer installed on a personal computer or a network can also have the recording paper cassette selecting means.

(Third Embodiment) In addition, the above-mentioned first embodiment
In the above embodiment, the case where the selected priority order can specify the size of the recording paper cassette mounted in the facsimile apparatus has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the recording paper cassette is not limited to this. It is also possible to specify a specified recording paper cassette as a priority order instead of the size of the. For example, upper, middle, lower,
By specifying a predetermined recording paper cassette such as a multi-feeder or a manual paper feeding unit, it is possible to select a color paper or an OHP (overhead projector) sheet.

[0026]

As described above in detail, according to the electronic apparatus of the present invention, the output priority can be selected by the user according to the type of the recording paper loaded in the apparatus. Satisfaction of all users can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facsimile device that is an electronic device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view showing a configuration of an operation unit of the facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a method of designating a priority order of the facsimile apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 system control unit 1A microcomputer 1B ROM 2 recording unit 2A printer 3 modem 4 operation unit 4E display unit 5A non-volatile RAM 5B volatile RAM 6 NCU 7 telephone line

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An image storage unit for storing received images, an image output unit for automatically outputting the images stored in the image storage unit, and a plurality of recording paper sizes included in the image output unit. Recording paper selection means for selecting a recording paper to be output, and priority order specifying means for specifying to the recording paper selection means which recording paper of a plurality of recording papers is preferentially used for recording. The recording paper selection means selects a recording paper from the plurality of recording papers based on the priority order specified by the priority order specification means, and outputs the image to the selected recording paper. A recording device characterized by outputting an image by means. 2. An image storage unit for storing received images, an image output unit for automatically outputting the images stored in the image storage unit, and a plurality of recording paper cassettes included in the image output unit. Recording paper cassette selecting means for selecting a recording paper cassette in which the recording paper to be output is stored, and which recording paper cassette among the plurality of recording paper cassettes the operator is storing for the recording paper cassette selecting means. A plurality of recording paper cassettes based on the priority designated by the priority order designating means, and a priority order designating means for designating whether to preferentially use the recording paper. A recording apparatus, wherein a recording paper cassette is selected from the above, and an image is output by the image output means to the recording paper housed in the selected recording paper cassette.