JPH10193741A - Printer and facsimile employing it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate replacement of an ink ribbon, removal of jamming, and the like. SOLUTION: The printer comprises a body case 2 having an opening arranged with a print head 3, and a cover 4 closing the opening of the body case 2 such that it can be opened. The cover 4 is formed integrally with a section 6 for containing multiple recording papers 5 (recording media) while stacking, and a section 8 for taking out the recording paper 5 and carrying the printed recording paper 5 to a discharge section 7 through a print head 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and a facsimile apparatus using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a facsimile apparatus, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-283919, a main body has a container-shaped lower cover to which a handset is attached, and an upper cover which is put on the lower cover. There is a known configuration in which a recording paper cassette capable of storing a large number of recording papers made of fixed-size cut paper is set in the lower cover.

By the way, unlike the facsimile apparatus described above, a recording paper cassette is not provided at the lower part of the apparatus.
If the recording paper cassette is detachably mounted on the lid at the top of the device, the recording paper cassette can be inserted from the top of the device when the recording paper cassette is mounted. It is thought to be. Further, in this case, all the rollers for transporting the recording paper are concentrated on the upper portion, and the layout and management of the drive system are easy.

[0004]

However, as described above, if the recording paper cassette is detachably mounted on the lid, the ink ribbon for printing and the inside of the main body case, such as a jam clearing operation, need to be performed. In order to perform the work, it is premised that the work of removing the recording paper cassette and the work of opening the lid subsequently are required.
Work on the inside of the main body case, such as jam processing, has been troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a printing apparatus and a facsimile apparatus that can easily perform operations on the inside of a main body case such as replacement of an ink ribbon and jam processing. It is assumed that.

[0006]

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a printing apparatus, comprising: a recording medium storage section for storing a large number of recording media; A printing apparatus comprising: a recording medium transport unit that transports, via a head, a print medium after printing to a discharge unit that discharges the print medium, wherein the recording medium storage unit and the recording medium transport unit are integrally formed with a lid; A main body case having an opening closed by the lid so as to be openable and closable, wherein the printing unit is disposed in the opening.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the lid in which the recording medium storage section and the recording medium transport section are integrally formed is opened, the recording medium transport section normally located in the main body case is opened. Is exposed to the outside, and as a result,
The part can be seen relatively easily by the user.
Therefore, it is possible to relatively easily perform operations on the inside of the main body case such as replacement of the ink ribbon and jam processing of the recording medium being conveyed. A sheet feed roller for feeding a recording medium from the recording medium storage section; a platen roller corresponding to a print head on the main body case side; and a discharge roller for discharging the recording medium onto the lid.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the lid is opened, the paper feed roller, the platen roller, and the discharge roller are exposed to the outside by opening, and the user can easily see them. Thus, it is possible to easily perform a work such as a jam processing for the recording medium being conveyed by the rolls.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus, the lid is rotatably supported by the main body case, and further, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is determined by dropping the recording medium from the recording medium storage portion. There is a regulation means to regulate to the range not to do.

According to the printing device of the third aspect, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is restricted by the restricting means to a range where the recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage portion.
Therefore, the recording medium accommodated in the recording medium accommodating portion does not drop when the lid is opened. In particular,
For example, the rotation angle of the lid body with respect to the main body case is restricted to a range of 0 ° to about 40 ° with respect to a horizontal plane, so that the change range of the angle of the recording medium storage unit that stores the recording paper with respect to the horizontal plane is about 60 °. The recording paper forms an angle of approximately 20 ° with respect to the horizontal plane even in the state closest to the horizontal state, so that the recording paper does not fall from the recording medium storage unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the printing device, the regulating means includes
A guide hole provided on the lid side; and an engagement pin member provided on the body case side and movably engaged with the guide hole.

According to the printing apparatus of the fourth aspect, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is simple with a simple structure established by the engagement relationship between the guide hole on the lid side and the engagement pin member on the main body case side. In addition, the recording medium is restricted to a certain range where the recording medium does not fall from the recording medium storage portion, and the operation of opening the lid prevents the recording medium from falling from the recording medium storage portion.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the printing apparatus, when the guide hole is engaged with the engaging pin member, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is set to the maximum angle at which the recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage section. It has an engagement hole part to be maintained.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the engagement pin member is engaged with the engagement hole, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is set to the maximum value at which the recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage section. Maintained at an angle. Specifically, for example, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is maintained such that the recording paper stored in the recording medium storage unit maintains an angle of about 20 ° with respect to the horizontal plane.

A facsimile apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the facsimile apparatus comprises a receiving buffer for storing received received image information, and a printing means having a printing unit for recording the received image information on a recording medium. As a means,
A printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5 is used.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the sixth aspect, in the facsimile apparatus described above, if the lid in which the recording medium storage section and the recording medium transport section are integrally formed is opened, the recording medium transport section is exposed to the outside. As a result, it is possible to quickly and easily respond to the work on the inside of the main body case, such as the replacement of the ink ribbon and the jam processing for the recording medium being conveyed.

[0017]

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

FIG. 1 shows the internal structure of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. The facsimile apparatus 1 includes a main body case 2 having an opening 2a (see FIG. 3) and a print head 3 disposed in the opening 2a, and an opening 2a of the main body case 2.
And a lid 4 for opening and closing the cover.

A large number of recording papers 5,.
A recording medium storage section 6 for storing the (recording medium) in a stacked state, and a cover body for taking out the recording paper 5 from the recording medium storage section 6 and discharging the printed recording paper 5 through the print head 3 A recording medium transport unit 8 for transporting the recording medium to a discharge unit 7 which is a space on the top 4 is integrally formed.

Although the recording medium housing 6 is fixed to the cover 4 by screws or the like, it may be integrally formed.

The recording medium transport section 8 of the cover 3 is provided at a position facing the print head 3 on the main body case 2 side with a paper feed roller 11 for feeding the recording paper 5 one by one from the recording medium storage section 6. It has a platen roller 12 provided and a discharge roller 13 for discharging the recording paper 5 to the discharge portion 7 on the lid 4, and these rollers 11, 12, 13 are arranged in this order from the upstream side in the transport direction. ing. The recording medium transport unit 8
The platen roller 1 is used to smoothly transport the recording paper 5.
It also has a U-shaped paper guide 14 disposed between the second roller 2 and the discharge roller 13, and a pinch roller 15 provided corresponding to the discharge roller 13. The roller 1
Although not specifically shown, the motors 1, 12, and 13 are rotationally driven by a motor for LF via a gear mechanism.

Accordingly, the recording papers 5 stacked in the recording medium storage section 6 are sent out one by one from the recording medium storage section 6 to the platen roller 12 side by the paper feed roller 11, and the print head is located at the portion of the platen roller 12. 3 records an image such as a character or a graphic via an ink ribbon 26a described later. Then, the printed recording paper 5 is guided by the paper guide 14, passes between the pinch roller 15 and the discharge roller 13, and is discharged to the discharge unit 7 located above the recording medium storage unit 6. It has become.

The leading end of the recording paper 5 sent out from the recording medium storage section 6 is a recording paper leading end detection sensor (not shown) provided corresponding to the paper transport path in the main body case 2.
The print timing by the print head 3 is determined based on the detection signal. The discharge unit 7 is provided with a recording paper discharge sensor (not shown) for detecting discharge of the recording paper 5, and when a plurality of recordings (printing) are continuously performed, a recording on which an image is recorded is performed. When the recording paper discharge sensor detects that the paper 5 has been completely discharged, the next recording paper 5 is moved from the recording medium storage section 6 to the paper feed roller 1.
1 so that the paper is jammed.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the lid 4 is rotatably supported on the main body case 2 about a rotation shaft 21 as a center of rotation. The rotation angle with respect to the main body case 2 is regulated by the regulating means 22 to a range in which the recording paper 5 does not drop from the recording medium storage part 4. The lid 4
Has a hinge member 23, and the hinge member 23
1 rotatably supports the main body case 2.

The restricting means 22 for restricting the rotation angle of the cover 4 to a certain angle range is, specifically, a guide hole which is an arc-shaped long hole provided in the hinge member 23 of the cover 4. 23a, and an engagement pin member 24 provided on the body case 2 side and movably engaged with the guide hole 23a.

When the cover 4 is closed, as shown in FIG.
Although the angle α is 0 ° and the recording paper 5 is smoothly supplied, when the cover 4 is opened, as shown in FIG. Due to the engagement relationship between the hole 23a and the engagement pin member 24, the cover 4 is rotated by an angle β of about 40 ° with respect to the rotation shaft 21 while guiding the opening operation of the cover 4, thereby the recording paper 5 However, an angle γ of about 20 ° is formed with respect to the horizontal plane, but further rotation of the lid 4 is restricted, and the lid 4 cannot be further opened.

That is, the guide hole 23a of the hinge member 23
And the restricting means 22 including the engaging pin member 24,
The rotation angle of the lid 4 with respect to the main body case 2 is restricted to a range of 0 ° to about 40 ° with respect to a horizontal plane.
The change range of the angle of the recording medium storage unit 6 for storing the recording paper 5 with respect to the horizontal plane is approximately 60 ° to approximately 20 °.
The recording paper 5 forms an angle of 0 ° so that the recording paper 5 does not fall from the recording medium storage unit 6. The guide hole 2
3a is provided with an engagement hole 23b, and by engaging an engagement pin member 24 with the engagement hole 23b, the rotation angle of the lid 4 with respect to the main body case 2 is approximately 40 ° with respect to the horizontal plane. (The maximum angle at which the recording paper 5 does not fall from the recording medium storage section 6), whereby the lid 4 is kept in the most opened state, and various operations on the inside of the main body case 2 can be performed. This makes it possible to prevent the lid 4 from being carelessly closed when such work is performed, thereby preventing the work from being performed smoothly.

The main body case 2 is provided with a receiving buffer (not shown) for temporarily storing received image information received through a communication line, in addition to the print head 3, and prints the received image by the print head 3. Control means 25 for controlling based on the information; and a ribbon for storing an ink ribbon 26a having a width substantially equal to the recording area width of the print head 3 for printing by the print head 3 and being set at a predetermined position in the opening 2a. A cassette 26 is provided. Although not specifically shown, the control means 25 includes a CPU and an R
The microcomputer includes a OM and a RAM, and the RAM includes the above-described reception buffer.

The print head 3 is constituted by a thermal head having a large number of heating elements arranged in a line in a direction perpendicular to the feed direction of the recording paper 5, based on a signal (received image information) supplied to the control means 25. A large number of heating elements are selectively heated, and printing is performed on the recording paper 5 via the ink ribbon 26a of the ribbon cassette 26 to record images such as characters and figures. Have been.

Although not specifically shown, the main body case 2 is provided with an operation panel having a liquid crystal display, a keyboard and the like for performing various operations.

The ribbon cassette 26 has an ink ribbon 26a housed in a case 26A integrally formed of polypropylene, and as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, a ribbon supply for supplying the ink ribbon 26a. Part 27
A ribbon take-up unit 28 for taking up an ink ribbon 26a fed from the ribbon supply unit 27 and passing between the print head 3 and the platen roller 12, and the two units 27, 28
And connecting portions 29 and 30 for connecting.

The ribbon supply section 27 is connected to the connection section 2
A supply unit main body 27a connected to the supply units 9 and 30; and a lid member 27b connected to the supply unit main body 27a via a hinge 27c (so-called PP hinge) so as to be openable and closable. Locked parts 31 and 3 on the left and right side surfaces of 27a
The locking portions 32, 32 engage with the locked portions 31, 31 on the left and right side surfaces of the lid member 27b and lock the lid member 27b to the supply portion main body 27a.
Is provided.

The locked portions 31, 31 are projections projecting sideways, while the locking portions 32, 32
7b is provided on the other side surface portion via hinge portions 33, 33 (so-called PP hinge).
Engaging holes 32a, 32a with which the first and the third (31) are detachably engaged.
Having.

The ribbon supply section 27 includes engaged sections 34A, 34B provided near the locked sections 31, 31.
And engaged with the engaged portions 34A, 34B provided in the vicinity of the engaging portions 32, 32 so as to be able to engage and disengage with the engaged portions 34A, 34B. Engagement projections 35, 35 forming an engagement relationship against a force acting in a direction for releasing the stop relationship. The engaged portions 34A, 34
In B, one engaged portion 34A is formed on the inner wall surface of the supply portion main body 27a, and the other engaged portion 34B is formed on the inner wall surface of the concave portion, but they may have the same shape. .

Further, similarly to the ribbon supply section 27,
The ribbon winding section 28 is also connected to the winding section main body 28a connected to the connecting sections 29 and 30 so as to be openable and closable via a hinge section 28c (so-called P, P hinge). And a cover member 28b, and the locked portion 36,
The locking portion 3 is provided on the left and right side surfaces of the lid member 28b so as to be detachably engaged with the locked portions 36, 36 to lock the lid member 28b on the winding portion main body 28a.
7, 37 are provided.

The locked portions 36, 36 are projections projecting sideways, while the locking portions 37, 37
An engagement hole 37a, which is provided on a side surface portion of the lid member 28b via a hinge member 38,
37a. At the same time, the ribbon winding section 28
Is engaged with an engaging recess 41 which is an engaged portion provided in the vicinity of one of the engaged portions 36 and is detachably engaged with the engaging recess 41 provided in the vicinity of the one engaging portion 37. Then, an engaging projection 42 is provided which has an engaging relationship against a force acting in a direction for releasing the locked relationship between the locked portion 36 and the locking portion 37. In this example, the engaged portion is the engaging concave portion 41 and a strong engagement relationship is formed between the engaging convex portion 42 and the engaged portion. Is formed only on one side surface of the ribbon winding section 28, but a similar engagement structure may be provided on both left and right side surfaces. In this case, similarly to the ribbon supply unit 27, an engagement structure that becomes left and right powders may be configured.

The connecting portions 29, 30 are provided with protruding grips 43, 43, respectively.
Are located in the vicinity of the ribbon winding portion 28 located on the side farther from the hinge member 23.

In the ribbon supply section 27 and the ribbon take-up section 28, a supply roll 44 for supplying the ink ribbon 26a and a take-up roll 45 for taking up the ink ribbon 26a are rotatably supported, respectively. 27d, 27d, 28d, 28d are formed on the left and right side surfaces. And the winding roll 45 is
It is rotationally driven in a winding direction by a motor (not shown) via a gear mechanism. The ink ribbon 26a is a recording paper 5
The line feed is performed in synchronization with the
a, the recording paper 5 is fed, and the print head 3 presses the ink ribbon 26 a against the recording paper 5 to record an image on the recording paper 5.

As shown in FIG. 1, a document feeder 52 for feeding a document 51 at a constant speed and a document 51 fed by the document feeder 52 are recorded on the upper front part of the facsimile machine 1. A document reading device 53 for reading an image is provided, and an operation panel (not shown) for performing various operations such as facsimile transmission is provided on the panel cover 54 located on the front surface. still,
The operation panel includes a liquid crystal display, a keyboard, and the like.

The original feeder 52 includes a feed roller 55 for taking in the original 51, a separating piece 56 for separating the original 51 to be sent in contact with the feed roller 55, and a feed roller 55. AD biasing in the direction of contact with
An F-plate spring 57 and a discharge roller 59 for feeding out the original 51 by a roller 58 are provided. On the other hand, the document reading device 53 includes a small reading sensor 61 (CIS) held on the main body case 2 via the holder 60 and a white platen roller 6 provided opposite to the reading sensor 61.
And 2.

When the original 51 for transmission is placed on the original receiving portion 63 to be covered, the fact is detected by an original detection sensor (not shown), and the original 51 is separated by the separating piece 56 and the feed roller 55. The sheets are reliably separated one by one and sent to a document reading position where the reading sensor 61 is provided. The document detection sensor is
It is composed of two sensors that detect the presence or absence of the document 51 and detect whether the document is a B4 size document, an A4 size document, or a letter size document.

At the document reading position, the image recorded on the document 51 is optically read by the reading sensor 61, and the document 51 after reading is sent by the roller 58 and the paper discharge roller 59. Is finally discharged to the front of the facsimile machine 1.

According to the facsimile apparatus, when the cover 4 in which the recording medium storage section 6 and the recording medium transport section 8 are integrally formed is opened, the facsimile apparatus is located at the lower portion (inner portion) of the cover 4. The recording medium transport unit 8 (the paper feed roller 11, the platen roller 12, the discharge roller 13 and the like) is exposed to the outside, so that the ribbon cassette is opened by one simple operation of opening the lid 4. In addition to the replacement of the recording paper 26, the recording paper 5 being conveyed by the rollers 11, 12, and 13 can be easily processed inside the main body case 2 such as jam processing. . In particular, in the type using a recording paper cassette, it is necessary to pay attention to the attachment / detachment of the recording paper cassette. In the present invention, however, there is no necessity, so that the work inside the main body case 2 as described above can be efficiently performed. It is possible to do.

The cover 4 is rotatably supported by the main body case 2, and the rotation angle of the cover 4 with respect to the main case 2 is regulated by the restricting means 22 from the recording medium storage section 6. Since the recording paper 5 is restricted to a range where the recording paper 5 does not drop (specifically, for example, the rotation angle of the lid 4 is in a range of 0 to 40 °), the recording medium storage unit 6 is opened by opening the lid 4. The recording papers 5 stored in a stacked state do not fall inadvertently. Therefore,
Since it is not necessary to consider dropping of the recording paper 5 from the recording medium storage unit 6 when opening the lid 4 for operations on the inside of the main body case 2 such as replacement of the ribbon cassette 26 and jam clearance, The lid 4 can be easily opened, and the work for the inside of the main body case 2 such as the above-described jam processing can be efficiently performed.

Further, as such a regulating means 22,
Guide hole 23 of hinge member 23 provided on lid 4 side
a, and the guide hole 23a provided on the body case 2 side.
Since the engagement structure having the engagement pin member 24 movably engaged with the recording paper 5 is used, it is possible to prevent the recording paper 5 from falling due to the opening of the lid 4 with a simple structure.

In addition, the guide hole 23a has an engagement hole 23b, and the engagement between the engagement hole 23b and the engagement pin member 24 causes the lid 4 to rotate with respect to the main body case 2. Since the angle is maintained at an angle of about 40 ° with respect to the horizontal plane (the maximum angle at which the recording paper 5 does not drop from the recording medium storage section 6), the main body case is maintained while the lid 4 is kept most open. 2, it is possible to prevent the lid 4 from being carelessly closed during the operation and hindering the smooth operation.

In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile apparatus is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be similarly applied to a printing apparatus that includes a recording medium transport unit that takes out a recording medium from the recording medium storage unit and conveys the recording medium after printing through a print head to a discharge unit that discharges the recording medium. .

[0048]

The present invention is embodied in the form described above, and has the following effects.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, the recording medium storage section and the recording medium transport section are provided on the cover for opening and closing the opening of the main body case in which the printing section is disposed inside the opening. Since it is formed integrally, the recording medium transport unit can be exposed to the outside just by opening the lid without performing extra work such as removal of the recording paper cassette, and the ink ribbon (ribbon) It is possible to easily perform operations on the inside of the main body case, such as replacement of a cassette) and jam clearance for a recording medium being conveyed related to the recording medium conveying section.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the recording medium transport section includes a paper feeding roller for feeding the recording medium, a platen roller corresponding to the print head on the main body case side, and a discharge roller for discharging the recording medium onto the lid. , It is possible to expose the paper feed roller, platen roller, and discharge roller to the outside only by opening the lid. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform a work such as a jam processing for the recording medium being conveyed by the rolls.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the restricting means for restricting the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case to a range where the recording medium does not fall from the recording medium storage portion is provided, the restricting means restricts the rotation of the main body of the lid. The rotation angle with respect to the case can be restricted to a range where the recording medium does not fall from the recording medium storage section, and opening of the lid prevents the recording medium stored in the recording medium storage section from accidentally dropping. It is possible to do.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the regulating means comprises a guide hole provided in the lid, and an engaging pin member provided on the body case side and movably engaged with the guide hole. With a simple structure utilizing the engagement relationship between the guide hole and the engagement pin member, the rotation angle of the lid body with respect to the main body case is reliably set within a range where the recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage section. Can be regulated.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case is maintained at the maximum angle at which the recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage section by engaging the engagement pin member with the engagement hole. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the lid from being carelessly closed and hindering the operation from being performed smoothly when working on the inside of the main body case with the lid opened. .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus, the printing device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is used as a printing means. In addition, it is possible to easily perform operations such as replacement of the ink ribbon and jam processing of the recording medium being conveyed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing the internal structure of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing a relationship between a main body case and a lid of the facsimile apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a central longitudinal sectional view showing a state in which a lid of the facsimile apparatus is opened.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a state in which a ribbon supply unit and a ribbon winding unit of the ribbon cassette are opened.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the same.

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the same.

FIG. 7 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 facsimile device 2 main body case 2a opening 3 print head 4 lid 5 recording paper (recording medium) 6 recording medium storage section 7 discharge section 8 recording medium transport section 11 paper feed roller 12 platen roller 13 discharge roller 22 regulating means 23 hinge Member 23a Guide hole 23b Engagement hole 24 Engagement pin member 26 Ribbon cassette 26a Ink ribbon 52 Document feeder 53 Document reader 61 Read sensor 62 White platen roller

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium storage section for storing a large number of recording mediums, and a recording medium transport for taking out the recording medium from the recording medium storage section and transporting the recording medium through a print head to a discharge section for discharging the recording medium after printing. A printing apparatus, comprising: a lid integrally formed with the recording medium storage section and the recording medium transport section; and an opening closed and closable by the lid. And a main body case provided with the printing unit. 2. The recording medium transport section of the lid body includes a paper feed roller for feeding a recording medium from the recording medium storage section, a platen roller corresponding to a print head on a main body case side, and a recording medium. 2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a discharge roller configured to discharge the upper part. 3. The lid is rotatably supported by the main body case, and further regulates a rotation angle of the lid with respect to the main body case within a range where a recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage portion. 3. The printing device according to claim 1, further comprising means. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said regulating means has a guide hole provided on said lid body side and an engagement pin member provided on said body case side and movably engaged with said guide hole section. Item 3. The printing device according to Item 3. 5. An engagement hole for maintaining a rotation angle of a lid body with respect to a main body case at a maximum angle at which a recording medium does not drop from the recording medium storage section by engagement with an engagement pin member. The printing device according to claim 4, further comprising a portion. 6. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a reception buffer for storing received received image information; and a printing unit having a print head and recording the received image information on a recording medium. A facsimile apparatus, wherein the printing apparatus according to any one of the above items 1 to 5 is used.