JPH1117877A - Facsimile equipment and data transmission and reception method for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To directly transmit a double sided document without copying a single side of it in transmitting, to prevent a blank page transmission of the single sided document wrongly performed and to arbitrarily select a double side printing and a single side printing. SOLUTION: A double sided document is preserved in each of read transmission data memory parts 3 and 4 at read parts 1 and 2. When an access possibility with other transmission is confirmed by an access part 8, a control part 12 reads out by the page of each transmission data memory parts 3 and 4 in turn and has a transmission part 5 transmit it. As for a single sided document, a discrimination part 9 discriminates in which side data exist, preserves the data in the transmission data memory part concerned, and the control part 12 has the transmission part 5 transmit these data in the order of reading out. The data received at a reception part 6 from the other transmission is preserved in a reception data memory part 7 and the control part 12 has a printing part 11 print both sides or one side on the basis of an instruction of a set part 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus and a data transmission / reception method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional facsimile apparatus, when an original is transmitted on both sides, the original is transmitted collectively only on the front side and then on the rear side of the two-sided original. Either the document is transmitted separately, or a copy of one side of the two-sided document is taken in advance and all the documents are transmitted on one side. Also, if a single-sided document is erroneously set in the facsimile machine, transmission on the blank side containing no data may be performed. In addition, when receiving a two-sided original, in order to print on both sides for one-sided printing,
I'm making double-sided copies again.

[0003]

A first problem of the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus is that when a two-sided document is transmitted to a destination, the front and back sides are transmitted twice or a two-sided document is transmitted. This means that one-sided copy must be taken in advance and all originals must be sent on one side. The reason is that there is no means for directly transmitting a two-sided document.

A second problem is that if a single-sided document is erroneously set, blank data is transmitted. The reason is that it has only one-sided reading function.

A third problem is that when a double-sided document is sent, a double-sided copy must be made again in order to change to double-sided. The reason is that there is no means for duplex printing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to transmit a two-sided original directly without copying one side of the original, preventing erroneous blank page transmission of the one-sided original, and printing two-sided or single-sided originals according to received data. The present invention provides a facsimile apparatus capable of arbitrarily selecting a facsimile apparatus and a data transmission / reception method thereof.

[0007]

A facsimile apparatus according to the present invention comprises a first reading section for reading one side of a document, a second reading section for reading the other side of the document, and a first reading section. A first transmission data memory unit for temporarily storing read data; a second transmission data memory unit for temporarily storing data read by the second reading unit; A transmitting section for transmitting to the destination facsimile apparatus, a receiving section for receiving data transmitted from the destination facsimile apparatus, a reception data memory section for temporarily storing data received by the receiving section, and a destination facsimile apparatus An access unit for checking whether or not the apparatus can be accessed; and a determination unit for determining whether data exists on both sides or one side of the document by an operation of the first and second reading units A setting unit for setting the data output mode to either double-sided or single-sided, a printing unit for printing out data received based on the setting of the setting unit, and a control unit for controlling these units, The unit reads the data alternately for each page from the first and second transmission data memory units at the time of transmission after the access unit confirms a connectable state with the destination facsimile apparatus, and transmits the data from the transmission unit to the destination. At the time of transmission, at the time of reception, data is read from the reception data memory unit, and the printing unit prints in either one of two-sided and one-sided states based on an instruction of the setting unit.

Further, in the data transmission / reception method in the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the original is read to determine whether the original is double-sided or single-sided. If the original is double-sided, the double-sided original is read by two reading means. Simultaneously read and temporarily store in the corresponding memory, and when the original is single-sided, read by one of the two reading means, temporarily store in the corresponding memory, and access to the destination facsimile machine. After confirming that the data is present, the data stored in the memory is transmitted to the destination in order for each page.

According to the data transmission / reception method of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, after confirming that the facsimile apparatus of the other party can be accessed, data from the other party is received and temporarily stored in the memory, and the data is set in advance. Data read from the memory is sequentially printed in accordance with one of the two-sided and one-sided print modes.

According to the present invention, transmission can be performed in accordance with the form of a double-sided or single-sided original, and any of a double-sided or single-sided printing mode can be arbitrarily selected as a printing form upon reception.

[0011]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention includes a reading section 1 for reading one side (for example, the front side) of a document, a reading section 2 for reading another side (for example, a back side) of the document, and a reading section 1. A transmission data memory unit 3 for temporarily storing the read data, a transmission data memory unit 4 for temporarily storing the data read by the reading unit 2, and a transmission for transmitting the data to the destination facsimile machine Unit 5, a receiving unit 6 for receiving data transmitted from the destination facsimile device, a reception data memory unit 7 for temporarily storing data received by the receiving unit 6, and an access to the destination facsimile device An access unit 8 for confirming whether or not the data is present, a determining unit 9 for determining whether data exists on both sides or one side of the document by the operation of the reading units 1 and 2, Includes the setting section 10 to the output mode is set to one-sided and single-sided, a printing unit 11 for printing out the received data based on the setting of the setting unit 10, and a control unit 12 for controlling these portions.

After the access unit 8 confirms that the access unit 8 can be connected to the destination facsimile machine, the control unit 12 alternately reads data from the transmission data memory units 3 and 4 page by page at the time of transmission, and sends the data from the transmission unit 5 to the destination facsimile apparatus. At the time of reception, the data is read from the reception data memory unit 7 and printed by the printing unit 11 in one of two-sided and one-sided states based on the instruction of the setting unit 10.

Next, a data transmission / reception method in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit at the time of transmission in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. First, the front and back sides of the original are read by reading units 1 and 2, respectively.
(Step 1; S1), the determination unit 9 determines whether or not data to be transmitted exists on both sides (S2). If the data exists on both sides, the data on both sides is separated (S1).
3) The front side data is temporarily stored in the transmission data memory unit 3, and the back side data is temporarily stored in the transmission data memory unit 4 (S4, S5). If the data exists on one side in S2, it is determined on which side the data exists (S2).
6) For example, when the data exists on the front side, the data is temporarily stored in the transmission data memory unit 4 (S5).

On the other hand, when the reading of the document is started, the access unit 8 accesses the facsimile machine of the other party (S7) and determines whether or not the access is possible (S8).
If the access is possible, the data stored in the transmission data memory in S4 and S5 is transmitted from the transmission unit 5 to the destination in order for each page (S9).

FIG. 2B is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit at the time of reception in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention. When receiving data, the access unit 8 receives an access request from the other party (S11), and determines whether or not access is possible (S12). If the access is possible, the receiving unit 6 receives the data from the other party (S13) and temporarily stores it in the received data memory unit 7 (S14). In addition,
If access is not possible at S12, it is assumed that the line is busy, and the process is terminated (S15).

After S14, it is determined whether or not the data storage has been completed (S16), and the print mode (S17) set by the setting unit 10 in advance by an operation input.
Is received and it is determined whether or not the output is double-sided (S18). The data read from the reception data memory is sequentially printed by the printing unit 11 according to one of the two-sided and one-sided printing modes (S19 to S21).

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the first effect is that a double-sided original can be directly transmitted because the two-sided original is simultaneously read and transmitted for each page on the front and back sides. It is to become. The reason is that the reading unit and the transmission data memory unit are provided corresponding to the front and back surfaces, respectively.

The second effect is that when transmitting a one-sided original,
This means that a blank page will not be transmitted by mistake. The reason is that a single-sided page is read and transmitted after the determination unit determines which side of the data is on the front or back side.

A third effect is that the print mode at the time of reception can be arbitrarily selected from both sides and one side. This eliminates the need to make a double-sided copy later if, for example, the printer is set to the double-sided printing mode. The reason for this is that a setting unit for setting double-sided and single-sided printing is provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a control unit at the time of transmission in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.
FIG. 6B is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the control unit at the time of reception in the facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 reading unit 3, 4 transmission data memory unit 5 transmission unit 6 reception unit 7 reception data memory unit 8 access unit 9 determination unit 10 setting unit 11 printing unit 12 control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] A first reading unit that reads one side of a document;
A second reading unit for reading the other side of the document, a first transmission data memory unit for temporarily storing data read by the first reading unit, and a reading unit for reading data by the second reading unit; A second transmission data memory unit for temporarily storing the received data, a transmission unit for transmitting data to the destination facsimile device, a reception unit for receiving data transmitted from the destination facsimile device, A reception data memory unit for temporarily storing data received by the unit,
An access unit for confirming whether or not the destination facsimile device can be accessed; a determining unit for determining that data exists on one of both sides and one side of the document by an operation of the first and second reading units; A setting unit that sets the data output mode to either double-sided or single-sided; a printing unit that prints out data received based on the setting of the setting unit; and a control unit that controls these units. After the access unit confirms a connectable state with the destination facsimile machine, at the time of transmission, alternately reads data from the first and second transmission data memory units for each page and transmits the data from the transmission unit to the destination. At the time of reception, data is read from the reception data memory unit and printed on the printing unit in one of two-sided and single-sided states based on an instruction of the setting unit. Facsimile machine for causing. 2. A data transmission / reception method in a facsimile apparatus, wherein an original is read and it is determined whether the original is double-sided or single-sided. If the original is double-sided, the two-sided original is read simultaneously by two reading means. It is temporarily stored in the corresponding memory, and when the original is single-sided, it is read by one of the two reading means, temporarily stored in the corresponding memory, and it is possible to access the destination facsimile machine. A data transmission / reception method in a facsimile apparatus, wherein after confirming, the data stored in the memory is transmitted to the destination in order for each page. 3. A data transmitting / receiving method in a facsimile machine, wherein after confirming that the facsimile machine can be accessed, data from the other party is received and temporarily stored in a memory, and a preset two-sided and one-sided data is received. Wherein the data read from the memory is sequentially printed in accordance with any one of the print modes.