JPH1132204A - Recorder and program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recorder and a program recording medium which can record image data rotationally and dividedly recorded on a plurality of pieces of recording papers, so that the arrangement of the image data before division can be confirmed easily. SOLUTION: A function which records received image data on a plurality of cut pieces of paper by rotationally dividing the data is installed on a recorder. When rotational dividing is required at the time of recording the received image data, the data are divided into a plurality of divided image data, as well as rotated (S6 and S7) in accordance with the size of the cut pieces of the paper. On the other hand, additional information, such as 'upper', 'lower', etc., indicating the corresponding part of the image data of each divided picture data is formed as image data (S8). Then additional information is composited in the blank part of the divided image data (S9) and recorded on the cut pieces of the paper.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a recording apparatus for recording image data such as received image data received by facsimile communication, and a program recording medium for recording a program for causing a computer to execute the operation of the recording apparatus. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As this type of recording apparatus, when recording of image data larger than the size of recording paper is designated,
There is known an image data having a function of dividing the image data into a plurality of pieces, rotating the image data by 90 degrees, and recording the image data at the same magnification. In such a recording apparatus, for example, when recording of A3 size image data is designated when only A4 size recording paper is loaded, the image data is divided into two and rotated by 90 degrees. Thus, recording is performed at an equal magnification on two sheets of A4 size recording paper.

[0003]

However, in this conventional recording apparatus, the image data is simply divided by rotation and recorded on a plurality of recording papers. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult to determine to which part of the divided image data the divided image data recorded on each recording sheet corresponds. Particularly, in a case where long image data exceeding the sub-scanning length of A3 size is received by facsimile communication and the image data is rotationally divided and recorded on A4 size recording paper, the division image data is recorded. The number of recording sheets to be used also increases. In this case, there is a problem that it is more difficult to determine which portion of each divided image data corresponds to the image data before division.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such problems existing in the conventional technology. The purpose is that, when image data is rotationally divided and recorded on a plurality of recording papers, recording can be performed so that the arrangement of the divided and recorded image data in the image data before division can be easily confirmed. A recording apparatus and a program recording medium are provided.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus having a function of rotating image data by 90 degrees and dividing and recording the image data on a plurality of recording sheets. In the apparatus, control means is provided for controlling the divided image data divided and recorded on the recording paper to add and record additional information relating to the arrangement of the divided image data in the received image data before division.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the recording apparatus according to the first aspect, the control means controls the additional information so as to rotate and record the additional information in accordance with the rotation direction of the divided image data. It is.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the recording apparatus according to the first or second aspect, wherein the program recording medium records a program for causing a computer to execute an operation of the recording apparatus.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a multi-function facsimile machine will be described below with reference to FIGS.
It will be described based on.

As shown in FIG. 1, an apparatus main body 11 of the multifunction machine includes a document feeding section 12, a document placing section 13, a document reading section 14, a cut sheet supply section 15, a recording section 17 When,
A cut sheet discharge unit 18 is provided.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the document feeder 12 comprises a document table 22 on which a document 21 is placed, and a document 21.
Rollers 23 for feeding the separated originals 21 one by one, a plurality of feed rollers 24 for feeding the separated originals 21, a light transmitting plate 25 through which the originals 21 pass, and a stock of the discharged originals 21 A document discharge table 26 is provided.

A document presence sensor 27 is arranged to face the document table 22 and outputs a detection signal when the document 21 is placed on the document table 22. The document discharge sensor 28 is disposed to face the document discharge table 26, and the document 2 is placed on the document discharge table 26.
When 1 is discharged, a detection signal is output.

The original placing portion 13 has a transparent original placing plate 31 on which an original 21 is placed, and a pressing lid 32 disposed on the original placing plate 31 so as to be capable of opening and closing. And The document table 22 and document discharge table 26 of the document feeding section 12 are provided with a pressing cover 32 of the document table 13.
It is arranged on the upper side, and is opened and closed and rotated integrally with the presser lid 32.

The original reading section 14 includes a light source 37 for irradiating the original 21 passing on the light transmitting plate 25 or the original 21 placed on the original placing plate 31 with a light source 37 for reflecting light from the original 21. First to third mirrors 38, 39, 40 for changing the optical path
And a moving mechanism 41 for moving the light source 37 and the first to third mirrors 38, 39, 40. Further, the document reading unit 14 includes a condenser lens 42 that converges light from the third mirror 40 and an image pickup device (CCD) 43 that reads an image on the document 21 based on light incident through the condenser lens 42. Have.

The moving mechanism 41 includes a pair of left and right large diameter pulleys 44 and 45, a pair of left and right small diameter pulleys 46 and 47,
First belt 48 mounted between large-diameter pulleys 44 and 45
And the second belt 4 mounted between the small-diameter pulleys 46 and 47
9 is provided. Further, the moving mechanism 41 includes a first carriage 50 connected to the first belt 48, a second carriage 51 connected to the second belt 49, and a step motor 52 for driving.

The diameter of the large-diameter pulleys 44, 45 is formed to be twice the diameter of the small-diameter pulleys 46, 47. The large-diameter pulley 44 and the small-diameter pulley 46 on the left side are integrally rotatably connected on the same axis, and are operatively connected to a step motor 52. Further, a light source 37 and a first mirror 38 are supported on the first carriage 50, and a second mirror 39 and a third mirror 39 are provided on the second carriage 51.
A mirror 40 is supported.

When the large-diameter pulleys 44 and 45 and the small-diameter pulleys 46 and 47 are rotated by the step motor 52, the first and second carriages 50 and 50 are rotated via the first and second belts 48 and 49. 51 is moved. At this time, the first carriage 50 is moved at twice the moving speed of the second carriage 51. Due to the speed difference, the two carriages 50 and 51 move to the intermediate standby position P1 as shown in FIG.
And a first document reading position P2 located immediately below the light transmitting plate 25 and a start point P3 of a second document reading position located immediately below the reference end 31a of the document placing plate 31. .

The document feeding section 12 and the document reading section 1
4 constitutes a multi-document automatic reading unit (ADF),
With the carriages 50 and 51 moved to the first document reading position P2, the image of the document 21 passing over the light transmitting plate 25 is read. Further, a flatbed reading section (FBS) is configured by the document placing section 13 and the document reading section 14, and after the carriages 50 and 51 are moved and arranged at the start point P3 of the second document reading position, they are moved to the end point P4. The image of the original 21 placed on the original placing plate 31 is read while moving toward the original placing plate 31.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the reading position sensor 53 is disposed below the reference end 31a of the original placing plate 31, and the carriages 50 and 51 are positioned at the start point P3 of the second original reading position. Outputs a detection signal when moved.

As shown in FIG. 1, the cut sheet supply unit 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a plurality (two in this embodiment) of paper feed cassettes 57 containing cut papers 56 as recording papers of a predetermined size in a stacked state, and one cut paper 56 in each paper feed cassette 57 is recorded. Paper feed roller 58 that feeds paper toward section 17
And a guide plate 59 for guiding the feeding of the cut sheet 56. In addition, cut papers 56 having different sizes are stored in each paper feed cassette 57.

The recording unit 17 includes a photosensitive drum 68, a charger 69 for uniformly charging the surface of the photosensitive drum 68 to a predetermined potential, and an exposing device for forming an electrostatic latent image of an image on the photosensitive drum 68. And a developing unit 71 for supplying toner to the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 68 to visualize the latent image. Further, the recording unit 17 includes a feed roller 72 for feeding the cut sheet 56 to the photosensitive drum 68, a transfer unit 73 for transferring the toner image from the photosensitive drum 68 to the cut sheet 56, And a heat fixing device 74 for heat fixing the toner image.

The cut sheet discharge section 18 includes a discharge roller 77 for discharging the recorded cut sheet 56, and a cut sheet 56.
And a discharge tray 79 for storing the discharged cut paper 56.

Next, the circuit configuration of the copy / facsimile multifunction machine configured as described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 3, a central processing unit (CP) as a computer
U) 82 controls the operation of each unit of the multifunction peripheral. The read only memory (ROM) 83 stores various control programs necessary for the operation of the multifunction peripheral. The random access memory (RAM) 84 temporarily stores data and the like obtained with the execution of the control program. The CPU 82, the ROM 83, and the RAM 84 constitute a control unit and a computer.

The recording medium reading section 90 reads the recording data from the recording medium 91 and outputs the data to the CPU 82. The recording data of the recording medium 91 includes various control programs necessary for the operation of the multifunction peripheral, document image data recorded by a recording device (not shown), and the like.

The original reading section 14 reads an image on the original 21 via the light transmitting plate 25 or the original placing plate 31,
The binary image data is output to the CPU 82. The image memory 85 temporarily stores the received received image data, the read image data read by the document reading unit 14, or the read image data read by the recording medium reading unit 90. This image memory 85 has a received image data area 85
a, an image data area 85b, and the like. The received image data area 85a includes a modified Huffman (MH) system, a modified read (MR) system,
The received image data encoded by the modified MR (MMR) method or the like is stored as it is. The image data area 85b stores image data decoded from the received image data.

The recording section 17 records the received image data or the read image data on the cut sheet 56. The display unit 86 includes a liquid crystal display panel and an LED. For example, “copy mode”, “communication mode”, “standby”, “device abnormality”
, Various information such as the operation state of the apparatus is displayed. The operation unit 87 includes a function selection key 87a, a start key 87b
And other various operation keys.

The function selection key 87a is operated to select whether to execute the copy mode or the facsimile communication mode. The start key 87b is
Operate when starting copy operation or facsimile communication operation.

The modem 88 modulates and demodulates transmission / reception data. The network control unit (NCU) 89 has a function of controlling the closing and opening of the telephone line L1, and a function of detecting transmission and reception of a dial pulse corresponding to the fax number of the other party.

When the image data is received by facsimile communication, the CPU 82 temporarily stores the image data in the image memory 85 in a state where the image data is rotated by 90 degrees or in a state where the image data is rotated by 90 degrees and divided into a plurality. To memorize it. Then, the CPU 82 records the image data on one or a plurality of cut sheets 56 as necessary. At the time of the rotation division recording, the CPU 82 adds, to each divided image data, additional information regarding the arrangement of the divided image data in the received image data. Further, C
When recording the received image data and the read image data on the cut sheet 56, the PU 82 selects a cut sheet 56 of a size suitable for recording the image data from the cut sheet supply unit 15.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, a case where the received image data of A3 size is recorded on the cut sheet 56 of A4 size is considered. In this case, in the divided image data D1 corresponding to the upper part of the received image data, additional information such as “up” is recorded in the margin of the cut sheet 56. Also, the divided image data D2 corresponding to the lower part of the received image data includes a margin portion of the cut sheet 56,
For example, additional information such as “down” is recorded. Moreover,
These “upper” and “lower” characters are divided image data D
1, the recording is performed in a state of being rotated in accordance with the rotation direction of D2.

Next, the operation of the copy / facsimile multifunction peripheral of this embodiment when recording image data or the like received by facsimile communication on the cut sheet 56 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. This flowchart proceeds under the control of the CPU 82 based on a control program stored in the ROM 83.

When image data for one logical page (corresponding to one page in facsimile communication) is received by facsimile communication, the received image data is stored in the image memory 85.
Is temporarily stored in the received image data area 85a (S
1). Then, at the time of recording the received image data, it is determined whether a rotation process is necessary. That is, it is determined whether or not the cut sheet 56 capable of recording the image data of one logical page without rotating exists in the cut sheet supply unit 15 (S2). If the corresponding cut sheet 56 exists, it is determined that the rotation process is not necessary, and the normal print process is executed (S3). That is, for example, when the received image data is A4 size, it is recorded as it is on the cut sheet 56 of A4 size at the same magnification. Then, the process ends.

On the other hand, when there is no corresponding cut sheet 56, it is determined whether or not the rotation division print processing is necessary. That is, it is determined whether the sub-scanning length of the received image data exceeds the width of the cut sheet 56 (S4). Here, when the sub-scanning length of the received image data is equal to or smaller than the width of the cut sheet 56, the normal rotation print processing is executed (S5). That is, for example, if the received image data is A4R
In the case of the (horizontal) size, the image data is rotated by 90 degrees and recorded on an A4 size cut sheet 56 at the same size. Then, the process ends.

On the other hand, when the sub-scanning length of the received image data exceeds the width of the cut sheet 56, the rotation division print processing of the received image data is executed according to the following procedure. That is, one physical page of the received image data (cut paper 5
6 is read from the received image data area 85a of the image memory 85, and is decoded into image data to form divided image data (S).
6). The divided image data is set in the image data area 85b of the image memory 85 while being rotated by 90 degrees (S7).

Next, image data of the additional information is formed in accordance with which portion of the received image data before the division corresponds to the divided image data. This additional information is rotated in accordance with the rotation direction of the divided image data D1, D2 (S8). Then, the rotated additional information is set in a blank portion of the divided image data D1 and D2 stored in the image data area 85b, and the divided image data D1 and D2 and the additional information are combined (S).
9).

Next, the divided image data for one physical page is recorded on the cut sheet 56 by the recording unit 17 (S1).
0), returning to S6 (S11), the processing for the next physical page is executed (S6 to S10). Then, the process ends after waiting for all the divided image data to be recorded on the cut sheet 56 (S11).

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, when the received image data is A3 size, the image data is divided into two equal parts and rotated by 90 degrees, and the same size as the A4 size cut paper 56 is cut out. Recorded in. In addition, in the blank portion of the A4 size cut sheet 56, additional information indicating in which portion of the received image data D1 and D2 the divided image data was arranged before division is added to the divided image data D.
1, recorded in a state rotated in the same direction as D2.

The effects that can be expected from the above embodiment will be described below. In the recording apparatus of this embodiment, the divided image data D1 and D2 divided and recorded on the cut sheet 56 have additional information indicating to which part of the received image data the divided image data D1 and D2 correspond. Is recorded in a state where is added. For this reason, it is possible to easily determine which part of the received image data before the division corresponds to each of the divided image data D1 and D2.

In the recording apparatus of this embodiment, the additional information is also recorded on the cut sheet 56 in a rotated state similarly to the divided image data D1 and D2. Therefore, the additional information is recorded in the same direction as the divided image data D1 and D2, so that the arrangement of the divided image data D1 and D2 in the received image data can be more easily understood. The recorded cut sheet 56 becomes easy to handle.

(Modification) The above embodiment can be embodied with the following modifications. As shown in FIG. 6, without rotating the additional information (here, “up” and “down”) regarding the arrangement of the divided image data D1 and D2 on the received image data before rotation, Record in the margin. Even with such a configuration, it is possible to easily determine which portion of the received image data before division corresponds to each of the divided image data D1 and D2.

The control program recorded on the recording medium 91 is read by the recording medium reading unit 90 via the CPU 82 into the R.
It is configured to be read into the AM 84 and to cause the CPU 82 to execute the operation of the recording apparatus described in the embodiment.
In the case of such a configuration, for example, the modem 88 and the NCU
Using a personal computer provided with the printer 89 and a printer that performs the functions of the cut sheet supply unit 15 and the recording unit 17, almost the same effects as those of the recording apparatus of the above embodiment can be achieved.

As the additional information, for example, the number of divided pages may be used instead of “up” and “down” in the embodiment. With this configuration, even if the sub-scanning length of the received image data is long and the received image data is divided into, for example, three or more divided image data in the rotation division print processing, it is easy. Can be handled.

Not only the image data received by the facsimile communication but also the read image data read by the document reading unit 14 or the read image data read by the recording medium reading unit 90 in the above-described embodiment or a modification thereof. The rotation division print processing described in the example is performed, and the division image data is recorded on the cut sheet 56 with additional information relating to the arrangement in the image data before division.

Even with such a configuration, it is possible to expect substantially the same effects as in the above embodiment. by the way,
In this specification, the recording medium 91 may be any medium that can record a computer program, such as a readable semiconductor storage device, a magnetic storage device recording medium, and a magneto-optical storage device recording medium. Specifically, it includes a semiconductor ROM, a floppy disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a phase change disk, a magnetic tape, and the like.

[0044]

The present invention is configured as described above, and has the following effects. According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily determine which portion of the received image data before division corresponds to each divided image data.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the additional information is recorded in the same direction as the divided image data, so that the arrangement of each divided image data can be more easily understood. And
The recording paper on which the divided image data is recorded can be easily handled.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when image data is rotationally divided and recorded on a plurality of recording papers, the arrangement of the divided and recorded image data in the image data before division can be easily confirmed. The operation of a recordable recording device
A program recording medium that records a program to be executed by a computer can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an embodiment of a multifunction peripheral embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view showing a part of the multifunction peripheral.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the multifunction peripheral.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a print operation of received image data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a print processing operation at the time of rotation division.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a print processing operation at the time of rotational division in another example.

[Explanation of symbols]

56 cut paper as recording paper, 82 CPU constituting control means and computer, 83 ROM constituting control means and computer, 84 RAM constituting control means and computer, 91 recording medium, D1, D2
... Divided image data.

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a recording apparatus having a function of rotating image data by 90 degrees and dividing and recording the image data on a plurality of recording papers, the divided image data divided and recorded on the recording paper is divided by the divided image data before division. A recording device provided with control means for controlling the recording so that additional information regarding the arrangement in the received image data is added. 2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control means controls the recording so that the additional information is rotated in accordance with the rotation direction of the divided image data. 3. The program recording medium according to claim 1, wherein a program for causing a computer to execute an operation of the recording device is recorded.