JPS5817764A - Copy system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform copy with good efficiency, by connecting a reader having reading section only to a copy recorder having a reading section and a plurality of recording sections. CONSTITUTION:Recording sections 100, 200 and 300 as output sections and a reading section 400 as an input section are provided to a copy recorder 500. The recording section 100 is connected to an interface circuit 700, which is connected to an interface circuit 801 of a reader 800 via signal lines 710 and 720. This device 800 has a reading section 802 and a main controller 803 controlling the circuit 801 as the input section of the same constitution as the reading section 400 of the device 500. The recording from the reader 800 can immediately be performed regardless of the operational state of the device 500 side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a copying system comprising a copying and recording device having a reading section and II number of recording sections, and a reading device connected to the copying and recording device and having only the reading section. .

The applicant previously proposed a copying and recording device having a reading section and a plurality of recording sections. Further, a reading device having only a reading section is connected to this copying/recording device.

For example, copying involves placing a reading device in a location isolated from the copying and recording device, reading document information, etc. with the reading device, supplying this read information to the copying and recording device, and receiving the document information once in the KII number of recording units. The applicant has proposed a system.

In such a copying system, providing a recording section for preferentially or exclusively recording document information sent from a reading device in the recording section of the copying and recording device on the receiving side is one way to record the information read by the reading device. 1. It is often convenient.

An object of the present invention is to provide an efficient copying system in which a reading device having only a reading section is connected to a copying and recording apparatus having a reading section and a plurality of recording sections.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration example of the copying system of the present invention, and z
oo is a record as an output unit.

1 is a copying and recording device having a JOO and a reading tILoo as an input. Recording section 100. Co D0.300 is image engraving part 100^, 200A, 100 respectively.
A and image signal processing unit 100B, coOOB, 10
It has 0B. A selection circuit 6 drives and controls the reading unit 00 and the recording units 200 and 100 by the main control circuit 100.
Connect via 0/. The recording unit 100 is directly connected to an interface circuit 700, and the interface circuit 700 is connected to an interface circuit rot provided in the reading device 100 via signal lines 710 and 720. reader too
teeth.

It also has 10 reading sections as input sections having the same configuration as the reading section goo of the copying/recording apparatus 200, and a main control circuit 103 for controlling the reading section 102 and the interface circuit 10/. The copying/recording device SOO and the reading device 100 are operated using the operation panel toe and keys (not shown) on the toe.

#! The λ diagram shows the recording unit 100. Ko00. An example of image forming units 100A, 200^, and 300^ of JOO is shown, and each image forming unit @ 10OA, 200A, and JOOA includes a recording head, for example, an inkjet head 10. Equipped with 〃 and 3o.

Each inkjet head is a full-line inkjet head in which a plurality of recording elements are arranged in a straight line in a direction perpendicular to the drawing of FIG. 2, and is driven in response to an electric signal from an information source (not shown) to perform recording. Each image forming section 100
A, 200^, and 300^ are vertically stacked in three stages by supports not shown. Further, each recording section can be configured in the same manner with respect to other mechanisms, except that the configuration of each head or its control is different.

In the figure, 10/, λ0/, and 30/ are recording sheets stored in storage cassettes //J, J/J, and J/J, respectively. 102, 202, JO2 C paper feed row 5, 103, 20J JOJ is a guide plate, toe,
Co041, 1047 is resist 4-ra, 101, 20
1, Jar is the first conveyance roller, 104, coat
', JO4 has numerous pores '1 Latin.

to7, JO7, 107 is 77n, 10r, 2
01, Jar f! The No. 1 transport U-ra, 10, and J9 are suspended rollers, /10. 10. J1
0 is the transport vector, ///e J//.

J// is a paper output tray, l/co, J/co, J/J is an ink tank.

Next, the recording operation in the above configuration will be explained.

Since the image forming units Htoo^, λ00^, and JOOA have exactly the same operations, only the ll1l image forming unit toOAK will be explained.゛Recording paper 10/ stored in paper cassette//J.

Due to the rotation of the paper feeding rollers 10, the paper is fed along the guide plate 103 to the registration rollers I-, 0≠, which have stopped rotating, forming an appropriate loop. Next, as the lens and the troller 101 rotate, the recording paper is held between the lens 0-ra 1017 and the first conveyor 10jt.

The 10 inkjet heads are transferred to the same direction. At this time, a platen 104 having small holes and a fan 107 are provided on the opposite side of the ink jet head 10, and as the fan 107 rotates, air is blown in the T direction in the figure. Therefore, the recording paper that has passed the first conveyance roller ion is transferred to the second conveyance roller ior on the platen 104 while being sucked by the fan 107. 1. The inkjet head 10 is driven by a drive circuit in response to an electrical signal from an information source (not shown). recording will be performed. After recording, the leading edge of the recording paper is transferred to the second conveyance roller tar, and the second conveyance roller ior and conveyance belt /10 discharge the recording paper to the paper discharge tray llll.

Figure 8g3 shows an outline of the reading sections goo and to2 as input sections applied to the copying system of the present invention, 4LQ/ is a document table glass, 3A is a Hagen lamp, and h-03 is a rod-shaped light source such as a fluorescent lamp. 11gti2, daytime Ogei is the 3rd mirror, GOS is the 3rd mirror 1, 04 is the lens, 007 is a one-dimensional solid-state image sensor such as 00D.

To explain the operation of the reading section, the document table glass 4! The original placed on the ol is illuminated by a rod-shaped light source aOJ, and the first mirror 03, I#! scans the original (a-scan). The image is formed on the OOD 4407 by the lens got through the third lens. OOD 4c0
The main scanning direction 7 is perpendicular to the drawing. rod-shaped light source g
#OJ and #1 OJ are integrated by a support (not shown), and are connected to #1 in the figure by a guide rail (not shown).
While moving in the direction 5, the document surface is scanned (If scanning).

As shown in the comic book, the third mirror GOS is integrated by a support (not shown), and moves in the same direction as the first mirror 03 at a speed of % of the moving speed of the 1st mirror 03. (not shown). Rod-shaped light source 440
2, [/erect-san0! , 2nd mirror - 〇#1 3rd
Mirror reference 01 is shown at the center point 111 in Figure 1, respectively, and at the Y position (
4402', $07', u04A', 00! t'
), but at this time, from document table 4AO/ to Mi2-μ
03.

4IQ≠, the light length from gos to lens 6 is always kept constant. Therefore, OODμ07 during sub-scanning
If the signals from the light-receiving elements are read out in order, sequential signals obtained by raster scanning the document surface can be obtained.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the image signal processing section 100B of the recording section 100, and the same parts as in FIG.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 41-07 denotes an OOD as a one-dimensional solid-state sensing device, which has a number of image reading devices corresponding to the number of recording heads 10 in one example. St is a digitizing circuit i that reads the OOD 4I07 and digitizes the data, and in this example, it will be described as a λ value converting circuit.

j is a memory for storing the image data taken out by this digitizing circuit.

Random access memory or the like can be used.

The capacity of this memory can be arbitrarily selected from a small capacity like a line memory to a large capacity like a page memory. Therefore, depending on the rotational capacity; do you want to continue recording the original? The information may be recorded after being stored in the computer. j3 is a memory control circuit, and the memory control circuit 11 is controlled by the main control circuit 400, and the memory! Address signals, timing signals, read/write signals, etc. for writing or reading are output. The main control circuit too performs various types of control based on key operations on the operation panel 40. ! The thing is the pants child circuit and memory! The image data supplied from the drive circuit 22 is outputted from the drive circuit 22. Drive circuit! ! The main control circuit 4
00, it turns on and off, and the recording head 10 is driven. Note that the recording unit JOO and the 2000 image signal processing unit 200
In B and 100B, the image data read by 00D4AO7 is supplied to the selection circuit tot, and
The image signal processing section 100B of the recording section/DO described above is outputted to the image signal processing section OOB or 300B of the recording section 00 or JOO selected from 07.
This is the same as -i.

Figures 5 (M) and (B) are the operation panel t0 and n keys, t2 is a set display that displays the numerical value entered using the numeric keypad di, and 43 is a count display that displays the number of recording sheets actually recorded. In this example, the number of sheets recorded in the first selected recording section is the record button, Le! 66 is a stop key that interrupts recording, 67 is a jam indicator that indicates a paper jam, and ≦t is a paper out indicator that indicates that there is no paper in the cassette. be. Furthermore, t? Δ
, t? B is a selection key for inputting which of the recording sections 200 and 300 to select and use.1 The display lamp 70^ or 7 above the key corresponding to the selected recording section
Only 0B blinks. 71 lights up in conjunction with the on/off of the i-take device too v main switch (not shown).

It is an indicator lamp that turns off. Incidentally, on the top of the operation panel of the reading device 100 shown in FIG. 5 (B5).

When the check key 7j is operated to check whether the recording unit 100 of the copying/recording device 100 is available for use, if it is available for use, the indicator lamp 7 above the key 7 is turned on.
Let J blink. This allows the reading device tO
If the 00 user presses the check key 7, it is possible to check whether the record 8IS100 of the copying/recording device 200 can be used.

Next, the operation of the copying system configured as described above will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The reading device 100 also transmits image information to the copying and recording device 200, and a dedicated recording section t' for the image information from the reading device too
Regarding the case of recording with oo, in step 8/,
The operator places the original on the original platen glass Ql and presses the check key 7 to record the recording section 1 of the copying/recording device 200.
Check whether 00 is available. ``Thus, the main control circuits 103 and 600 of the reading device tδ0 and the copying/recording device SOO'' are connected by the signal lines 710'' and 72O, and copies are distributed (procedure 8//). Main control circuit 1
At 00, this interrupt causes step 8 as described in 1g&
Processes from /2 to 8/7 are executed sequentially. First 2 steps 8/
At J, it is checked whether the recording unit 100 is usable.

For example, the presence or absence of paper in one paper cassette, the presence or absence of a jam, etc. are checked. A reading device 100 in which the main control circuit 100 is an enable signal indicating that the recording section 100 is in a usable state.
When the data is sent to the operation panel toe shown in Figure 5(B),
The display lamp 73 flashes (step 82), and the fifth recording section 10
Indicates that 0 is available. From this K, when the operator presses the record button t in step S3, a recording command signal is sent to the main control circuit too through the signal line 710, and in step 8/3, the recording unit 100 prepares for recording. .

A motor (not shown) is started to be driven at a predetermined time to feed recording sheets from one paper cassette //j. At this time, a tanshi start signal is transmitted to the reading device 100, and in step 1 Bu, the original OOD≠07 on the original platen 0/ is started to be read under the control of the main control circuit rOJ. Next, in step 8j, signals of the read image information are sequentially transmitted to the copying/recording apparatus 200.

As a result, in step 8/j, interface circuit 10/, signal Hyto*interface 1 circuit 700
The read signal that enters the signal ring section t00BK of the recording section 100 through the signal processing section t00BK of the recording section 100 is processed as described above.

In step 81, when reading by the OOD 4407 is completed, the reading device 100 also sends a reading end signal to the copying/recording device 200. This results in 2 steps 8/4
At this point, the recording unit 100 stops recording. However,
In the reading device 100, all reading procedures are completed in step B7, and I! In step S〃, in the copy recording device SOO, the reading device 100 also finishes recording the transmitted read signal at @100.

In the above-mentioned case, the recording section 200 is
, 100 are recording, each recording unit continues recording completely independently of each other.

As explained above, according to the present invention, in a copying system in which a reading device having only a reading portion is connected to a copying recording device having a reading portion and a plurality of recording portions, image information from the reading device is only recorded. Since the recording section for use is provided, recording from the reading device can be performed immediately regardless of the usage status of the copying and recording device side, and a copying system that is easy to use for the user of the reading device can be realized.

In the above explanation, the case where / units of reading devices are used has been described, but the present invention can also be applied to the case where two or more reading units fIt are connected to one copying and recording device. Of course.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the copying system of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the image forming section.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the reading section, and FIG. 2 is a pull diagram showing an example of the image signal processing section.
FIG. J (Δ), CB) is a plan view showing an example of the operation panel, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the procedure of the copying system of the present invention. 200... copy recording device 10θ, 200. JOO-・Record Department. 100A, ooΔ, 100Δ...Image formation 81S
&100B, coOOB, JOOB...image signal processing section. goo...reading section, 600...main control circuit. tsot...Selection circuit, 1.02--operation panel. 700...Interface circuit. 100...Reading device 10/...Interface circuit. taJ...reading section, Ir0J--main control circuit. tO reference...Operation panel. /OOA~JOOIk-・Image forming section 10/, 20
/, JOJ - Copy paper. 102, 20 pieces, 5ox-...Paper feed 4-ra, JOJ,
203. JOJ...Guide board. 1044, 101.10r, 109.208. Ko 0!
, koor, xorori, JO4A. ion, sot, 5at-φ・p-ra. /a&, 206.304...Platen. 107, KoQ7.307...Fan. /10.210. Jlo...Bell), ///, Ko//, J//... Paper output tray. //-, Ko/Ko, J/J... Ink tank. //J, Co/J, J/J...Paper cassette. / OOB~300B...Image signal Asahiribu jl...
Digitization circuit, jj...memory, ZS-...memory control circuit. ! See...buffer circuit, jj-...double circuit. daoo, taJ...reading section, 3/...original table, 4AO2--rod-shaped light source. da01. Da op, da 0j... etc. Ra. Reference 0t...Lens, Reference 07 axis/00D14
0, 10...Operation panel 41...numeric keypad, t, 43-...display. 6. Recording start button, 4! -Clear Imaichi, 66・
... Stone 1 key, 7, 1t... Display, 6ri^, 45'B... Selection key, 70A, 70
B, 7/-...Display run 1 & 7...Check key. 73...Display 2nd 1st - 5th (A> Figure (E)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A copy recording device having a reading section and a plurality of recording sections, and a reading device connected to the copy recording device and having a reading section, the recording section only recording images read by the reading device. A copying system characterized by comprising a recording section.