JPS62118362A - Copying machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To employ a charging system in which a commercial message offer bears a part of a charge for copying and to make the charge for copying more inexpensive than the charge that a general customer should bear by taking a copy together with specific information such as a commercial message according to a customer's selection. CONSTITUTION:The picture of an original 2 set on contact glass 1 is exposed by a lamp 3 and its reflected light forms an image on a photosensitive body 6 through plural mirrors 4 and a lens 5 to obtain the electrostatic latent image, which is copied on a copying form through known processes such as developing, a transferring, and a fixing process. An original 7 into which a commercial message as specific information is provided selectively and movably in a machine body under the contact glass 1. Then, it is moved horizontally while supported by a driving wire 10 rotated by rollers 8 and 9 and receives exposure light from the lamp 3, etc., as necessary. It is driven by a driving motor 11.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Technical field The present invention relates to a copying apparatus that uses a copy fee payment system.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY Conventionally, copying machines have been equipped with copying fee payment methods, such as customers inserting coins to make copies, and copying machines installed at copying service shops to collect copying fees from customers and making copies. There is something.

Conventionally, with this type of copying machine, the user has to pay the full amount of the fee required for copying. Although this copying fee has been decreasing in recent years, it still has a limit and is inconvenient in terms of service to customers.

OBJECTS The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a copying apparatus that can lower copying fees in accordance with customer requests.

[Structure] In order to achieve the second object, the present invention provides a means for copying by including specific information on a part of the copy paper according to the customer's selection in a copying machine that pays a copy fee,
The present invention is characterized in that different covey charges are set depending on whether a copy including the specific information is selected or not.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings. First, a copying machine to which the present invention is applied is installed in a copy service shop or the like and performs copying by paying a copying fee. FIG. 1 shows an example of the optical system of such a copying machine, in which an image of an original 2 set on a contact glass 1 is exposed to light by a lamp 3.
The reflected light forms an image on the photoreceptor 6 via a plurality of mirrors 4 and lenses 5, forming an electrostatic latent image, which is then transferred onto copy paper through well-known processes such as development, transfer, and fixing. It is something that is copied.

Therefore, in this embodiment, a document 7 on which a commercial message as specific information is written is provided in the main body of the machine below the contact glass 1 so as to be selectively movable to a copying position. That is, this manuscript 7 may be, for example, a commercial message written directly on a resin film, or
A sheet of paper with a commercial message written on it is sandwiched between resin films. A drive wire 10 is rotated by rollers 8 and 9.
It is supported by and moves in the horizontal direction, and is set to receive exposure from the lamp 3 or the like as necessary. This drive is performed by a drive motor 11.

In such a configuration, copies are made by paying a copying fee, but in this embodiment, the commercial message of the original document 7 is copied on a portion of the copy paper at the option of the customer receiving such a copying service. The choice is whether or not to do so. Control is then performed according to a flowchart as shown in FIG. If copying of a commercial message is selected now, the original 7 is moved to the exposure position by the drive wire 1o,
The original 2 is exposed together with the original 2 on the contact glass 1.
, 6 onto copy paper. In this case, the copying position of the commercial message using the original 7 is mainly within 5 cm from the edge of the copy paper, which is a range that does not interfere with the copying of the original original 2. On the other hand, if copying of a commercial message is not selected, the original 7 is not moved to the exposure position and only the original 2 is copied normally.

In response to such selective copying of commercial messages, a two-pronged copying fee structure has been established, with the fee for copying a commercial message being lower than that for not copying a commercial message. This is indicated by the fact that in the flowchart of FIG. 2, the charge for the mode in which commercial messages are not copied is +5.

Although not particularly shown, a circuit for changing the copying fee depending on whether copying of a commercial message is selected or not is provided, and furthermore, a counter means for counting the frequency of selection is also provided. By copying a commercial message in this way, it is possible to have the commercial provider bear a portion of the copying fee, so the fee can be lower than the normal copying fee. The commercial provider can also pay the copying machine owner based on the frequency counted by the counter means, that is, the number of times the commercial message has been copied. Furthermore, since the customer can choose whether to copy such a commercial message or not, it is possible to cope with the case where the customer wants to obtain a copy without the commercial message even if the copying fee becomes high.

It should be noted that the above-mentioned mechanism for making the manuscript 7 freely replaceable is easy, and by configuring it in this way, it is also easy to change the commercial provider.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the original 7 containing specific information is placed near the contact glass 1 and is copied using the same optical system to selectively copy the commercial message. A digital exposure system may be installed to optically write a message on the photoreceptor and copy it.

Furthermore, in order to obtain a finished copy that includes specific information such as a commercial message on the copy paper, in addition to normal blank copy paper, copy paper with a commercial message printed on it is provided in advance, and each cassette is It is also possible to select which copy paper to use according to the customer's request.

Effects Since the present invention is configured as described above, a part of the copying fee is borne by the commercial provider etc. by including specific information such as a commercial message on the copy paper according to the customer's selection. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the copying fees that general customers have to pay.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, with FIG. 1 being a schematic front view and FIG. 2 being a flow chart.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a copying machine that uses a copy fee payment method, a means is provided to include specific information on a portion of copy paper according to the customer's selection, and the copying fee differs depending on whether the customer selects copying that includes the specific information or not. A copying device characterized by being set.