JPS63203060A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent waste of a line charge by using a communication procedure so as to designate the number of recording sections and recording a reception picture by the number of copies thereby attaining the recording of plural copies of the same content by the communication of one copy only. CONSTITUTION:In case of the reception, the line is connected and the pre- procedure is applied, and the number of copies N to be recorded on the recording paper is counted. Then a picture is received and the page number is set as a variable M, the post-procedure is applied, the line is released for recording processing. In case of the recording processing, a CPU 2 sets first the number of copies N to a parameter NUM and sets the page number M to a parameter PP. That is, M pages are recorded for one person and MXN pages are recorded by N persons. Then the PP-th order (final page) page is recorded, the parameter PP is decremented by one and the processing above is repeated till the parameter PP reaches 0, and the operation is repeated by the number of copies N. Then the operation is restored. That is, the recording for NXM(pages) times is executed. Thus, the recording paper is watched in the order of P1, P2, P3... and the communication time is for one copy time.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application fields] The present invention relates to a facsimile device.

[Prior Art] Conventional facsimile machines are often used by one machine for every few dozen people, and there are cases where it is necessary to give the same document to multiple people. In this case, the same document is sent repeatedly the same number of times as the number of people mentioned above.

Also, the sending side usually reads the pages starting from the smallest number of pages and transmits them in this order, and the receiving side records them on the recording paper in the order in which they were received. Therefore, on the receiving side, the pages with the smallest number of pages are recorded first, and the pages with the smallest number of pages are placed lower. For this reason, on the receiving side, an operator rearranges the pages after recording is completed.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional example described above, there is a problem in that when multiple copies of a manuscript with the same content are transmitted, communication time is required to transmit multiple copies, and line usage charges are wasted.

[Means for Solving Problems 1] The present invention is a facsimile machine that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper, in which the number of copies to be recorded is designated by a communication procedure, and this designated number of copies is recorded. It is.

[Function] The present invention specifies the number of copies to be recorded using a communication procedure in a facsimile machine that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper.
It is possible to record a plurality of copies by transmitting only the number of copies, thereby preventing wasteful consumption of line usage charges.

[Example] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a crystal oscillator 1 generates a reference clock for the entire device, and this clock is given as a reference clock to a CPU (central processing unit) 2 comprised of a desired microprocessor or the like. The CPU 2 has a ROM 3, a RAM 4, a timer 5, and a PPI (programmable parallel l10) via a data bus and an address bus.
6.7.10, UPI C peripheral CPtJ)9.11.1
2 is connected. The CPU 2 controls the entire facsimile machine and also encodes and decodes image data.

Furthermore, the CPU 2 is an example of means for recording received images in the reverse page order to the received page order.

Further, the CPU 2 is an example of a means for specifying the number of copies to be recorded through a communication procedure, and is also an example of a means for recording the received image by the specified number of copies.

The UPI 9 controls the driving of originals and recording paper. In addition, UPI 11 is a parallel serial converter 2
5. It controls the recording system of the thermal head, and the UPI 12 is used to control the key manual switch 31 and the liquid crystal display L.
This is for displaying the CD32.

The modem 14 modulates and demodulates image data and transmits and receives procedure signals for facsimile communication procedures, and the network control unit (NCU) 15 switches the line to the telephone 34 side or the modem 14 side. .

The dialer 16 sends a dial signal to the line in response to telephone number data of the communication device output from the CPU 2 via the PP17.

In addition, a relay 8, a speaker drive circuit 18, a speaker 19, and an analog-to-digital converter 21 are provided.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

When receiving, connect the line and perform the pre-procedure (St, S2
), the number of copies (number of people) N to be recorded on the recording paper is counted (S3). Then, the image is received, the number of pages is set in the variable M (S4, S5), post-procedures are performed, the line is released, recording processing is performed, and it is turned off (S6, S7, S8, S9).

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing in detail the operation (S3) of counting the number of copies N in the above embodiment.

First, check whether the sending facsimile device is in the same mode as the multiple copy recording mode (a function that specifies the number of copies to be recorded using the communication procedure and records the received image for the specified number of copies). Judgment (31
1). Then, if it has the same mode and all the transmitted originals can be stored in the memory (S12), and the number of copies N to be recorded is 2 or more (S13), the number of copies N is determined from NSS (non-standard function setting signal). Retrieve the data, store the number of copies N in memory (514), and return (
S l 5).

Here, if the sending side does not have the same mode as the multiple copy recording mode, if the amount of originals to be sent is larger than the memory capacity, or if the number of copies N is 1, the number of copies N is set to "1" (316). . In other words, the conditions for the above multiple copy recording mode to be executed on the receiving side are that the sending side is a facsimile machine that has the same mode as the multiple copy recording mode, and the amount of information in the document that the sending side is trying to send. is within the memory capacity of the receiver, and the user on the sender operates the sender's facsimile machine with a request to record two or more copies (multiple copies), and the sender's facsimile machine specifies this in the previous step. There are three conditions: sending information; If these three conditions are satisfied, the number of sheets to record the same page is stored using a parameter called N in the memory RAM 4. Then, the last page number received is stored in RAM4 with a parameter M (S
5).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the recording process (S8) in the above embodiment.

First, the number of copies to be recorded N is set in the parameter NUM (521), and the number of pages M is set in the parameter PP (S2
2). In other words, for one person, M pages are recorded, and for N people,
Record MXN pages.

First, record the PPth page (that is, the last page) (323), and decrement the parameter PP by 1 (52).
4) Repeat these operations until the page parameter PP becomes O (525), and repeat the above operations for the number of copies N (S26, S27, 528), and return (S29). That is, recording processing is performed a total of NXM times (pages).

FIG. 5(1) shows an example of a conventional recording paper output, in which the recording sheets are output in the order P1, P2) P3 from the bottom.

On the other hand, in the case of the above-mentioned embodiment, in terms of the recording sheets for one person, the sheets P3, P2) and Pl are stacked one on top of the other in the order of P1, and can be viewed immediately from P1 in sequence. Moreover, in the above embodiment, output is made for a predetermined number of people (a predetermined number of copies), and in the case of the example shown in FIG. 5 (2), N=2,
Two copies of the output are made. In this case, the transmission time is the time for one copy, and just by using the transmission time for one copy, it is possible to record for a predetermined number of people.

Therefore, line usage charges become extremely low.

Note that some facsimile machines have a reversing tray for turning the recorded paper upside down.

In this case, if the reversing tray is closed (if a reversing tray is used), there is no need to perform the operation of recording pages in the reverse order of the received pages. Therefore, a facsimile machine having a reversing tray is equipped with a sensor that detects whether the reversing tray is opened or closed, and when this sensor detects that the reversing tray is open (that is, the reversing tray is not in use). In this case, the pages may be recorded in the reverse order of the received pages.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, in a facsimile machine that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper, it is possible to record multiple copies of a document with the same content by transmitting only one copy. This prevents unnecessary consumption of line usage charges.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing details of the operation (S3) of currenting the number of recording copies N in the above embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing details of the recording process (S8) in the above embodiment. FIG. 5(1) is a diagram showing an example of conventional recording paper output. FIG. 5(2) is a diagram showing an example of the output of recording paper in the above embodiment. 2...CPU, 3...ROM, 4...RAM. Patent applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent Arata Yokubo - Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A facsimile device that sequentially stores received images in a memory and then records them on recording paper, in which the number of copies to be recorded is specified through a communication procedure, and only the specified number of copies of the received images are recorded. Device. (2) The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image is recorded in the specified number of copies in a page order opposite to the page order in which the images were received.