JPH09307743A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the facsimile equipment that rotates an image in matching with recording paper and prints out image data with rotation information denoting explicitly the fact of rotation added to them. SOLUTION: Upon the receipt of image data, the data are stored in an image memory, and when rotation of the image is required and a destination is a specific destination, rotation information such as a symbol for the destination is selected from an SRAM so as to calculate a write position of the rotation information onto received image data. Then the rotation information is written in the image data and whether or not the image is to be rotated is checked, and when the image is to be rotated, image data with the rotation information added to them are rotated by 90 deg. and then printed out on recording paper (steps S1-S8). When the image is not rotated and the destination is not the specific destination, rotation information such as a conventional symbol is selected, the rotation information is written in the write position calculated by the image data and whether or not the image is to be printed out with rotation is checked. When the image is rotated, the image data with the rotation information written in them are rotated by 90 deg. and then printed out on recording paper. When the image is not rotated, the image data are printed out on recording paper without rotating the data (steps S8-S12).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly, to a facsimile machine that rotates a received image in accordance with a recording sheet to record and output the image, and clearly indicates that the image is rotated.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a facsimile apparatus, it is desired to faithfully reproduce an image of an original document (a document on the transmitting side) from a received image and print it on a recording sheet. However, a cut sheet is used as the recording sheet. If the size of the received image is larger than the size of the recording paper provided, or if the images of the same size have different directions such as vertical writing and horizontal writing, the received image is recorded on the recording paper as is. Cannot be output.

Therefore, in the conventional facsimile apparatus, when the received image is larger than the recording paper size, the received image is reduced and printed on the recording paper, or the long received image is divided into a plurality of pages. Are recorded and output on recording paper. Also, on the sending side facsimile machine,
An image is reduced in size according to the size of the recording paper on the receiving side and transmitted, and the facsimile apparatus on the receiving side prints the received image on recording paper as it is.

However, when the image is reduced in this way, it becomes different from the original original image, and the quality of the received image deteriorates.

Therefore, conventionally, when a long image is received, the received image is divided into a size that fits on the recording paper and is recorded and output on the recording paper, and the length of the original document is set on a part of the recording paper. There has been proposed a facsimile apparatus which records and outputs an explicit mark (see Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-66967).

[0006]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus, when an image having a length that cannot be recorded on the recording paper is received, the length of the original document is clearly indicated on the recording paper. Therefore, there is a problem that not only the original document cannot be faithfully reproduced, but also only the long document can be supported.

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the invention, if the received image is an image that can be recorded on the recording paper by rotating the received image, the received image is rotated and recorded on the recording paper.
By recording rotation information that clearly indicates that the image was rotated and recorded on the recording paper, it is possible to perform recording close to the original document and improve recording quality by making it possible to know that the image was rotated and recorded. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus with good usability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the received image is rotated and recorded and output on the recording paper, the image processing method can be selected and the rotation information indicating the image processing method is recorded on the recording paper. By outputting, by selecting the image processing method suitable for the received image, the image quality is further improved, and the image processing method can be easily understood, thereby providing a facsimile apparatus with better usability. Is intended.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the received image is rotated and recorded and output on the recording paper, the rotation direction can be selected so that the recording and output on the recording paper tray or the like of the facsimile apparatus. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus which has a better usability by making it possible to easily confirm a paper image.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus in which the received image data is temporarily stored in an image storage means, and then the recording means outputs the recorded image data on a recording sheet. Image rotation means for rotating the image by 90 degrees, addition means for adding rotation information such as a predetermined symbol or mark indicating whether the image is rotated to the received image data stored in the image storage means, and The size of the received image is compared with the size of the recording paper set in the recording means, and if at least the width of the received image in the main scanning direction is longer than the width of the recording paper in the main scanning direction, the addition The predetermined rotation information indicating that the image is rotated by the means is added to the received image data, and the image rotation means is used to receive the received image data. When the image data is rotated and is recorded and output on the recording paper by the recording unit, and the received image data is recorded and output without being rotated, the predetermined rotation information different from the rotation information indicating that the rotation is performed. The above-mentioned object is achieved by including a control unit that causes the recording unit to add and output to the recording sheet.

According to the above structure, if the received image is an image that can be recorded on the recording paper by rotating the received image, the received image is rotated and recorded on the recording paper, and the image is rotated and recorded. Since the rotation information to be recorded is recorded on the recording paper, it is possible to perform recording close to that of the original document, and it is possible to recognize that the image is rotated and recorded, so that the recording quality can be improved. At the same time, the usability of the facsimile device can be improved.

In this case, for example, as described in claim 2, in the facsimile apparatus, the image processing means for performing various image processing on the image data, and the length of the rotated image in the sub-scanning direction are the image. Further comprising: selecting means for selecting an image processing method in the image processing means when the length of the image before rotation in the main scanning direction is different, and the control means is an image according to a selection result of the selecting means. The processing may be performed by the image processing means, and the different rotation information may be added to the adding means according to the selection of the selecting means.

According to the above arrangement, when the received image is rotated and printed out on the recording paper, the image processing method can be selected, and the rotation information indicating the image processing method is printed out on the recording paper. Therefore, it is possible to further improve the image quality by selecting the image processing method suitable for the received image, and to make it easier to understand the image processing method, and further improve the usability of the facsimile device. Can be made.

Further, for example, as described in claim 3, the facsimile apparatus further comprises rotation direction selection means for selecting whether the image is rotated leftward or rightward, and the control means is provided. The image rotation means may rotate the image in a rotation direction according to the selection of the rotation direction selection means.

According to the above construction, when the received image is rotated and recorded and output on the recording paper, the direction of rotation thereof can be selected, so that the image of the recording paper recorded and output on the recording paper tray of the facsimile apparatus or the like. Can be easily confirmed, and the usability of the facsimile device can be further improved.

[0016]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments described below are preferred embodiments of the present invention, and therefore, various technically preferable limitations are added. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following description. The embodiments are not limited to these embodiments unless otherwise specified.

1 to 5 are views showing an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus 1 to which the embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied. Is.

In FIG. 1, the facsimile apparatus 1 includes a plotter 2, a plotter control unit 3, a scanner 4, a scanner control unit 5, an image memory 6, a symbol data storage unit 7, an image writing unit 8, an operation display unit 9, and communication. Control unit 10, modem 11, line control unit 12, compression / expansion control unit 13, CPU (Central
Processing Unit) 14, SRAM (Static RAM)
15, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 16, a clock generation unit 17, etc. are provided, and the above-mentioned units are connected by a bus 18.

As the plotter 2, for example, a thermal recording device having a thermal element, an electrophotographic recording device, an ink jet recording device or the like is used, and the plotter 2 is one kind or plural kinds of predetermined. The cut chart paper of the chart paper size is loaded. Plotter 2
Prints the received image and the image read by the scanner 4 on a recording sheet.

The plotter control unit 3 operates under the control of the CPU 14, drives and controls the plotter 2 based on the image data transferred from the image memory 6, and causes the plotter 2 to record and output the image on the recording paper. In addition, the plotter control unit 3
Under the control of the CPU 14, it is possible to rotate the image data transferred from the image memory 6 and record and output the rotated image to the plotter 2 based on the image data subjected to the rotation processing.

The scanner 4 is, for example, a CCD (Charge Co
A line image sensor using an upled device) is used, and the scanner 4 scans a document and reads an image of the document at a predetermined resolution.

The scanner controller 5 operates under the control of the CPU 14 to control the operation of the scanner 4 so that the scanner 4 reads the image of the original.

The image memory 6 stores the image data of all the originals read by the scanner 4 and encoded by the encoding / decoding section, and also stores the received image data and the like.

The symbol data storage unit 7 stores rotation information (such as a plurality of symbols and characters) indicating whether the image is a rotated image added to the image data and how the image is processed. 3 to 5) are stored.

The image writing unit (addition means) 8 is composed of the CPU 14
Of the symbol data storage unit 7 according to the rotation state and image processing state of the image recorded and output by the plotter 2.
The rotation information such as a plurality of symbols and characters is read and added to the image data recorded and output in the image memory 6.

The operation display section (selection means, rotation direction selection means) 9 is provided with various operation keys such as a numeric keypad and a start key, and a display (for example, a liquid crystal display, an LED (Light Emitting Diode), etc.) for operation. Various commands such as a transmission operation are input from the keys, and the contents of the commands input from the operation keys and various information notified from the facsimile device 1 to the operator are displayed on the display. In particular, the operation display unit 9 includes an image selection key for instructing selection of an image processing method, an image rotation direction, etc., a symbol designation key for designating which symbol or character of the symbol data storage unit 7 is used for which process, etc. The CPU 14 detects a key operation on the operation display unit 9 and performs a process corresponding to the key operation, particularly image processing or image rotation. In addition, when the image is rotated and recorded and output by the key operation of the operation display unit 9, whether to retain the received image data before the rotation without deleting it from the image memory 6 is set. It can be carried out. When the information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is connected to the facsimile apparatus 1, the operation display unit 9 may use the input apparatus and the display apparatus of the information processing apparatus.

A line L, for example, a public telephone line or a dedicated line is connected to the line control unit 12, and the line control unit 12 operates under the control of the CPU 14 and responds to a call from the line L. To automatically receive a call, and also to automatically call the line L.

The communication control unit 10 exchanges a facsimile control signal with a communication destination facsimile machine connected via a line L, performs data conversion, and exchanges data.
Execute the facsimile communication procedure.

The modem 11 operates under the control of the CPU 14 to modulate a transmission signal into a form suitable for transmission on the line L at the time of transmission, and demodulates a modulation signal sent from the line L at the time of reception. To do.

When the line L is a digital line, some of the communication control unit 10, modem 11 and line control unit 12 can be omitted, and the modem 11 and line control unit 1 can be omitted.
It is also possible to use a DSU (Digital Service Unit: subscriber line terminating device) instead of 2.

The compression / expansion control unit 13 is intended to improve the efficiency of the storage of the image data in the image memory 6 and the shortening and efficiency of the transmission time of the image data, and compress (encode) the image data at the time of transmission. In addition, the encoded image data is reproduced (decoded) into original information at the time of reception.

The ROM 16 stores a basic processing program of the facsimile apparatus 1 and an image processing program such as image rotation processing, image processing and rotation information addition processing, and various necessary for performing the basic processing and image processing. It stores system data and other data.

The SRAM 15 is used as a work memory of the CPU 14 and stores a state necessary for performing various processes. In particular, the SRAM 15 has a rotation direction of an image input from the operation display unit 9, an image processing method, and an image. The processing state and the like are stored. The image rotation direction and the image processing method can be registered by operating the keys of the operation display unit 9 for each recipient, and the recipient can also be registered for each image rotation direction and the image processing method. it can. In addition, SRAM15
Indicates various conditions set by the key operation of the operation display unit 9, for example, when an image is rotated and recorded and output,
A setting condition for storing the received image data before rotation as it is in the image memory 6 is stored. In addition, SRAM
15 may be another memory such as a backed up RAM.

CPU (control means, image processing means) 14
Is the SRAM15 based on the program in the ROM16.
While using as a work memory, the facsimile machine 1
By controlling each unit of the above, the basic processing as the facsimile apparatus 1 is executed, and the image processing is executed.

The CPU 14, SRAM 15 and ROM 16 may be a one-chip microcomputer.

The clock generator 17 includes an oscillator circuit and a frequency divider circuit, and generates various clocks necessary for the operation of the facsimile apparatus 1.

At the time of transmission, the facsimile apparatus 1 reads an image of an original with the scanner 4 and temporarily stores it in the image memory 6, and then the line control unit 12 calls a designated destination. The facsimile control procedure is executed by the communication control unit 10, the image data of the original is read from the image memory 6, encoded by the compression / expansion control unit 13, modulated by the modem 11, and transmitted from the line control unit 12 to the other party. To do.

When the facsimile apparatus 1 receives an incoming call, the line control unit 12 receives the call, and the communication control unit 10 executes a facsimile reception procedure to start reception. The facsimile machine 1 demodulates the received data by the modem 11,
The communication control unit 10 extracts the image data, the compression / expansion control unit 13 decodes the extracted image data, and then stores the image data in the image memory 6. After that, the image data is read from the image memory 6 and necessary image processing is performed, and then the plotter 2
Then, it is printed out on the recording paper.

Next, the operation will be described. The facsimile apparatus 1 rotates the image, and if the received image is not properly recorded and output on the recording paper, rotates the image, records and outputs the image, and rotates or processes the image. The characteristic is that the rotation information that clearly indicates is added to the image data and recorded and output on the recording paper.

That is, assuming that the recording paper of A4 width is set on the plotter 2 of the facsimile apparatus 1, if the received image is A4 portrait, the received image is rotated by 90 degrees so that the A4 landscape is displayed. It is possible to appropriately record and output the A4 portrait received image on the recording paper. On the contrary, A
4 When the vertical recording paper is set on the plotter 2,
When an image of A4 horizontal size is received, similarly, by rotating the received image by 90 degrees, the A4 horizontal received image is A
It is possible to appropriately print out on four vertical recording papers.

However, the original image of the original on the transmitting side (original original) is the image before being rotated,
If the rotation information that clearly indicates that the image has been rotated is not recorded, the operator of the facsimile machine 1 on the receiving side may not know that the received image has been rotated and recorded, which may cause inconvenience. Further, when the same image as the original document is recorded by rotating the received image, the above inconvenience does not cause much problem, but by rotating, the width of the rotated image in the sub-scanning direction is the same as that before rotation. When the image is made smaller than the length in the main scanning direction, or when the data (image) is partially cut (deleted), the recorded and output image without rotation is different from the recorded and output image. Will be things. In particular, in an image such as a drawing image in which importance is attached to the length of the actual size, it is an important problem that the image is reduced or partially cut by being rotated.

Therefore, in the facsimile device 1,
Rotation information that clearly indicates whether the image is rotated and recorded is added to the image, and the image is recorded and output on recording paper. The image processing at the time of reception will be described below with reference to FIG.

When an incoming call is received, the CPU 14 causes the line control unit 12 to receive the call, causes the communication control unit 10 to execute a facsimile receiving procedure, and receives the incoming call. As shown in FIG. 2, the CPU 14 causes the modem 11 to demodulate the received data, causes the communication control unit 10 to extract the image data, decodes the extracted image data by the compression / expansion control unit 13, and then the image memory 6 (Step S1).

When the received image data is stored in the image memory 6, the CPU 14 checks whether the image needs to be rotated (step S2). As described above, the determination is whether or not the received image can be recorded and output as it is on the recording paper, for example, the received image is A4 portrait and the recording paper is A4 vertical.
If portrait is set, or if the received image is A4 landscape (A
(3 widths) and whether the recording paper is set to A4 portrait or not.

When it is necessary to rotate the image in step S2, the CPU 14 determines in the SRAM 15 whether the specific destination is the rotation direction, the image processing method, or the rotation information such as a symbol corresponding to the destination. Then, if it is a specific destination, the rotation information such as a symbol registered corresponding to the destination is selected from the SRAM 15 (step S4) and rotated. The writing position of the information in the received image data is calculated (step S5). This writing position is calculated by rotating the image in the image memory 6, that is, when rotating the image data, the image memory 6 at the time of writing the rotation information.
This is done by calculating the address inside. The writing position may be any position as long as it can be clearly indicated that the image is rotated, but a position that has little influence on the content of the text of the received image, for example, a recording as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. It is preferable that the writing position Rp, which is the end position of the recording paper 20 in the central portion of the paper 20 in the vertical direction, is set. Further, at the time of writing the rotation information, the image in the image memory 6 is not usually rotated yet, but when the image in the image memory 6 is already rotated, the writing position is rotated. The writing position is calculated and the rotation information is written, and the rotation information itself is also rotated and written.

Next, the CPU 14 writes the rotation information of the selected symbol or the like in the calculated writing position of the image data (step S6), and again checks whether the image is rotated and output (step S7). ).

That is, in step S7, normally, the image is not rotated yet, but if it is already rotated, if it is rotated again, the original state is returned. Therefore, the rotation output is performed here. I'm checking.

When the image is rotated and output in step S7, the CPU 14 rotates the image data in which the rotation information is written in the image memory 6 by 90 degrees, transfers the image data to the plotter controller 3, and the plotter controller 3 Under the control of (1), the received image rotated by 90 degrees on the plotter 2 and the rotation information are recorded and output on the recording paper 20 (step S8). Note that a known image rotation processing method can be used to rotate the image. Further, in the image rotation processing, when image processing such as partial cutting (deletion) of the image is necessary, the image processing is performed at the same time as the image rotation processing.

If the image is not rotated in the above step S2 and if it is not a specific destination in step S3, C
The PU 14 selects rotation information such as a preset normal symbol (step S9), and calculates the rotation information writing position in the same manner as described above (step S10). When the writing position of the rotation information is calculated, the CPU 14 causes the symbol data storage unit 7
Then, the normal rotation information is read from, and the normal rotation information is written to the calculated writing position of the received image data in the image memory 6 (step S11), and it is checked whether or not to output the rotation (step S7).

That is, in step S7, the image is not normally rotated, but when it is already rotated, it is necessary to restore the original state by rotating again when the image is not rotated. However, if the image has already been rotated and it is necessary to rotate the image, if the image is rotated again, the original state is restored. Therefore, it is checked here whether the rotational output is performed.

When the image is rotated and output in step S7, the CPU 14 rotates the image data in which the rotation information is written in the image memory 6 by 90 degrees in the same manner as described above.
The image is transferred to the plotter control unit 3 and, under the control of the plotter control unit 3, the received image rotated by 90 degrees and the rotation information are recorded and output on the recording paper 20. When image processing such as partial cutting (deletion) is necessary, the image processing is performed simultaneously with the image rotation processing (step S8).

When the image is output without being rotated in step S7, the CPU 14 transfers the image data in which the normal rotation information is written in the image memory 6 to the plotter controller 3 without rotating the image data, and the plotter control unit 3 Under the control of the control unit 3, the received image and the rotation information which are not rotated by the plotter 2 are recorded and output on the recording paper 20 (step S12).

Therefore, even if the received image cannot be properly recorded and output on the recording paper 20 as it is, the image can be rotated and appropriately recorded on the recording paper 20, and when the image is not rotated, As shown in FIG. 3, the Δ symbol 21 which is the rotation information on the recording paper 20 is in the writing position Rp at the left end of the central portion of the recording paper 20 in the longitudinal direction, and the Δ symbol 21 faces the central portion of the recording paper 20. When the image is written and the image is rotated, as shown in FIG. 4, the Δ symbol 21 can be written in the same writing position Rp while facing the outside of the recording paper 20. As a result, the received image can be appropriately recorded and output on the recording paper 20, and the image is rotated and recorded depending on the writing state of the Δ symbol 21 which is the rotation information on the recording paper 20, or is not rotated. You can easily check whether or not it is recorded with, and if necessary, use a large size recording paper for plotter 2.
, And request the sender to resend,
You can also record without rotating. Therefore, usability of the facsimile machine 1 can be improved.

In addition, when the image is rotated and recorded and output, necessary image processing is performed, and when a part of the image is cut, for example, both ends of the image are cut and output. In this case, in the case where the mark 22 in which both ends of the tip of the rectangle as shown in FIG. 5A are cut is slightly reduced according to the length of the recording paper 20 on which an image is recorded and output, A long triangular mark 2 as shown in FIG.
3 is output by cutting and outputting the end portion of the image after the rotation, when an image of the same size before and after the rotation is recorded and output, a modification as shown in FIG. The square marks 24 are written in the image data as rotation information and recorded and output.

Therefore, it is possible to confirm how the image is image-processed and recorded with respect to the original image by the marks 22, 23 and 24 recorded and output on the recording paper 20, and if necessary, By setting a large-sized recording paper on the plotter 2 and requesting the transmission side to re-transmit, it is possible to record without rotating.
Therefore, the usability of the facsimile device 1 can be further improved.

Furthermore, since it is possible to register in the SRAM 15 whether or not to rotate the image for each partner, the image processing method and the rotation information, and perform the process according to the partner,
It is possible to perform processing by distinguishing the destination who has been recorded and output at the same size from the destination who wants to be recorded and output without loss of all images even if the destination is reduced, and further improve the usability of the facsimile device 1. it can.

Further, when the image data is rotated and recorded and outputted, whether or not the original received image data is left in the image memory 6 without being deleted can be registered in the SRAM 15, and it is necessary. If there is, the image data is read again from the image memory 6 and recorded and output without rotating,
It can be rotated for recording and output. As a result, the image data can be effectively used without requesting the other party to retransmit, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus 1 can be improved.

Further, since the rotation direction of the image data can be set by the operation display unit 9, when the recording sheet on which the rotated image is recorded is discharged to the recording sheet tray of the facsimile apparatus 1, the facsimile apparatus 1 The rotation direction of the image can be set in a direction that is easy for the operator to see, and the usability of the facsimile apparatus 1 can be improved.

The invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described above based on the preferred embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist thereof. It goes without saying that it is possible.

For example, in the above embodiment, the case where the image is rotated in the image memory 6 has been described.
The image data transferred from the image memory 6 may be rotated by the plotter control unit 3, and the rotated image by the plotter 2 may be recorded and output.

When an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer is connected to the facsimile apparatus 1, the image memory 6 may be omitted by using the memory of the information processing apparatus for storing image data. The processing device may rotate the image.

[0062]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, when the received image is an image which can be recorded on the recording paper by rotating the received image, the received image is rotated and recorded on the recording paper, and at the same time, the image is recorded. Since the rotation information that clearly indicates that the image was rotated is recorded on the recording paper, it is possible to perform recording close to that of the original document, and it is possible to know that the image is rotated and recorded. The recording quality can be improved and the usability of the facsimile device can be improved.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, when the received image is rotated and recorded and output on the recording paper, the image processing method can be selected and the rotation information that clearly indicates the image processing method. Since it is recorded and output on a recording sheet, an image processing method suitable for a received image can be selected to further improve the image quality, and the image processing method can be easily understood. The usability of can be further improved.

According to the facsimile machine of the third aspect of the invention, when the received image is rotated and recorded and output on the recording paper, the rotation direction thereof can be selected, so that it is recorded on the recording paper tray of the facsimile machine. The output image of the recording paper can be easily confirmed, and the usability of the facsimile device can be further improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram of a facsimile apparatus to which an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing image processing at the time of reception by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

3 is a top view of a recording sheet in which an image is recorded together with rotation information without being rotated by the facsimile apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a top view of the recording paper in a state where an image is rotated by the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1 and is recorded together with rotation information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of various types of rotation information.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile device 2 Plotter 3 Plotter control unit 4 Scanner 5 Scanner control unit 6 Image memory 7 Symbol data storage unit 8 Image writing unit 9 Operation display unit 10 Communication control unit 11 Modem 12 Line control unit 13 Compression / expansion control unit 14 CPU 15 SRAM 16 ROM 17 Clock generator 18 Bus 20 Recording paper 21 △ symbol 22, 23, 24 mark

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus in which received image data is temporarily stored in an image storage means and then recorded and output on a recording sheet by a recording means, and an image rotating means for rotating the received image data by 90 degrees and the image storing means. Addition means for adding rotation information such as a predetermined symbol or mark indicating whether the image has been rotated to the stored received image data, the size of the received image and the recording set in the recording means Comparing paper sizes, and if at least the width of the received image in the main scanning direction is longer than the width of the recording paper in the main scanning direction, the predetermined value indicating that the image is rotated by the adding unit is determined. Rotation information is added to the received image data, the received image data is rotated by the image rotating means, and is recorded on the recording paper by the recording means. When the output is performed and the received image data is recorded and output without being rotated, the predetermined rotation information different from the rotation information indicating that the rotation is performed is added by the adding means and the recording paper is used by the recording means. And a control unit for recording and outputting to and from the facsimile machine. 2. The facsimile apparatus includes image processing means for performing various kinds of image processing on image data, and a length of an image after rotation in a sub-scanning direction is a length of the image before rotation of the image in a main-scanning direction. Selecting means for selecting an image processing method in the image processing means when different, and the control means causes the image processing means to perform image processing according to a selection result of the selecting means, and 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the different rotation information is added to the adding means according to the selection of the selecting means. 3. The facsimile apparatus further comprises rotation direction selection means for selecting whether to rotate the image to the left or to the right, and the control means causes the image rotation means to select the rotation direction. 2. The image is rotated in a rotation direction according to the selection of [1].
Alternatively, the facsimile apparatus according to claim 2.