JPH10271253A - Multifunction copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically prints the number of which is equal to the number of persons entered in an invoice. SOLUTION: Data at the time of facsimile reception is temporarily stored in a large-capacity storage device, and a delivery destination item is recognized from a fixed-form invoice attached to the head by an OCR, and print results the number of which corresponds to the number of registered delivery destinations are obtained. When FAX data passing an external interface is received, it is discriminated whether this data is a. designated invoice or not; and if it is a designated invoice, its picture image is outputted to the large- capacity storage device. Thereafter, the number of prints for persons including a main addressed person is obtained by the OCR function to make the designated number of prints.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a multifunction copying machine including a copy, a printer, a facsimile, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a multifunction copying machine including a copy, a facsimile, a printer, and the like, (1) conventionally, when a facsimile is transmitted, a destination name and a department name are written on a cover sheet on the first page and the same. If the carbon copy needed to be distributed to another person in the department, the name of the recipient was listed in CC :. Until now, the person who took the received document from the fax reception output tray,
Copies were distributed to designated persons, or the main recipient made copies and distributed them to designated persons as needed. (2) Further, conventionally, in order to identify who the carbon copy is to be distributed to, the column of the addressee is colored with a marker or the like to distribute it. (3) Further, conventionally, it was impossible for a third party to confirm that the document was reliably distributed to a person other than the main recipient.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and (1) automatically outputs prints for the number of persons described on a cover sheet, (2)
Providing a means to identify who the document is for in the output cover page for each recipient, and (3) confirming that the document has been distributed to all persons listed on the cover page It is intended to provide a means for doing so.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, data at the time of facsimile reception is temporarily stored in a large-capacity storage device.
It is characterized by recognizing distribution destination items by OCR from the fixed form cover sheet attached at the top, and obtaining print results for the number of registered distribution destination copies. The print is automatically output.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention, a distribution destination item is inverted on a cover sheet so that it can be determined to whom the output section is directed. It is characterized in that it is possible to identify what should be done, and thus, a distribution address for identifying who the document is for is attached to the output cover sheet of the document for each destination person.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a cover sheet for printing to each addressee is stored even after printing, and after the output printed matter is distributed, the printed matter is distributed via a panel or a network. It has the function of destroying the cover page, thereby eliminating any omission of the cover page, so that it is possible to confirm whether the document has been distributed to all the people listed on the cover page. is there.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a main part configuration diagram for explaining an example of a general multi-function copying machine to which the present invention is applied. In the drawing, reference numeral 1 denotes a discharge bin comprising a plurality of discharge bins. In the paper unit, a discharge bin to be used is usually determined for each application. Reference numeral 2 denotes a peripheral device called an auto document feeder (ADF) for setting a copy original and automatically feeding and automatically performing a copy operation. Reference numeral 3 denotes a copy engine body composed of a plotter / scanner unit. In the present invention, COPY and FA which are typical applications of a multifunction copying machine are used.
Application part consisting of X and Printer (A)
A large-capacity storage unit (B) for temporarily storing data output from each application;
And an external interface unit (C) used in the above.
Reference numeral 4 denotes a paper feed unit.

FIG. 2 is a software configuration diagram for explaining the operation of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a panel control unit which performs actual panel control and arbitration between applications unique to a multi-function device. Reference numeral 12 denotes a copy application main body, 13 denotes a printer application main body, and 14 denotes a FAX application main body.
(D) is a communication protocol mechanism between each application, and (E) is a communication protocol mechanism for the mass storage device 15 shared by each application.

(Invention of claim 1) According to the invention of claim 1, the data at the time of facsimile reception is temporarily stored in a large-capacity storage device, and the delivery destination item is determined by OCR from a fixed form cover sheet attached at the beginning. Recognized and obtained print results for the number of registered distribution destinations. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, when receiving FAX data via an external interface, a designated cover sheet (for example, FIG. 4), and if it is a designated cover letter, the image is output to the mass storage device. Thereafter, the number of copies to be printed including the main addressee is obtained by the OCR function, and printing is performed for the designated number. If it is not the designated cover page, the received fax data is printed as it is.

(Invention of claim 2) In the invention of claim 2, according to the invention of claim 1, the distribution destination item is inverted on the cover sheet so that it can be determined to whom the output section is addressed. It is possible to easily identify who should distribute the document. The cover sheet attached to each part should be able to easily identify who should distribute the document, as shown in FIG. Then, the image is processed so that a reversal line is inserted in the image.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a cover sheet for printing to each addressee is stored after printing, and after the output printed matter is distributed,
It has a function to discard the cover page through a panel or network, thereby eliminating any omission of the cover page. By storing the cover page attached to each unit in the management directory (see FIG. 3). ), So that the distribution can be checked later. The means for erasing each cover letter on the management directory is performed by a document manager or a distributor directly on the panel of the main body or by using a network.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the output data at the time of facsimile transmission is temporarily stored in the large-capacity storage device, and the destination item is OCR-recognized from the fixed form cover sheet attached to the head. As a result, print results for the number of distribution destinations specified on the cover sheet can be automatically obtained.

In the multifunction copying machine according to the second aspect, image processing is performed such as inverting the distribution destination item of the cover sheet so that it can be determined to whom the output section is addressed. Can be identified.

In the multifunction copying machine according to the third aspect, a cover sheet for printing to each recipient is stored in the management directory even after printing, and after the output printed matter is distributed, the printed matter is distributed via the panel and the network. Since the cover page is provided with a function to discard the cover sheet, it is possible to eliminate the omission of distribution of the FAX document.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main part configuration diagram showing an example of a general multifunction copying machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a software configuration of a multifunction copying machine.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a fax cover sheet.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a destination can be identified for each printing unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paper discharge unit, 2 ... ADF, 3 ... Plotter / scanner, 4 ... Paper supply unit, 11 ... Panel control part, 12 ... Copy application main body, 13 ... Printer application main body, 14 ... F
AX application main unit, 15 ... mass storage device.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile receiving data is temporarily stored in a large-capacity storage device, a delivery destination item is recognized by an OCR from a fixed form cover sheet attached at the top, and printing is performed for the number of registered distribution destination copies. Multi-function copier characterized by obtaining results. 2. A multi-function copying machine according to claim 1, wherein a distribution destination item is added to the cover sheet so that it can be determined to whom the output section is addressed. 3. A function according to claim 1, wherein a print cover page for each recipient is stored even after printing, and after the output printed matter is distributed, the cover page is discarded via a panel or a network. A multi-function copier characterized by having.