KR19980077974A - How to print a fax page - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a printing method for a multifunction device having two or more functions, and more particularly, to a fax page printing method for easily distinguishing printing paper by a fax job and printing paper by another job. The present invention for achieving the above object is a ring signal recognition step of determining whether the ring signal is received through the telephone line; The fax signal analysis step of recognizing the ring signal in the ring signal recognition step to form a communication loop and interpreting the fax signal input from the line to construct a first fax image of one page; A second job judging step of judging whether the step is performed, and if it is determined that another job is performed in the other step judging step, a second recognition image is formed by superimposing a predetermined recognition mark on the first fax image configured in the fax analysis step. Characterized in that it comprises a recognition mark overlapping step, and then a printing step of printing the configured second fax image. As described above, according to the method for printing a fax page according to the present invention, even if a message received and printed by fax is mixed with printing paper by another job, the user can easily distinguish the fax receiving printing paper on which a predetermined recognition mark is displayed. There is.

Description

How to print a fax page

The present invention relates to a printing method for a multifunction device having two or more functions, and more particularly, to a fax page printing method for easily distinguishing printing paper by a fax job and printing paper by another job.

In recent years, office automation (OA) devices such as printers, scanners, copiers, and facsimile have been widely used. Each of these office automation equipment has been developed a higher-performance product to expand its unique functions, but the production cost of the product is rising, thereby increasing the economic burden on the consumer. For this reason, as the office automation equipment used independently of each other is integrated into a single complex device, the economic burden on the consumer can be solved to some extent. Such complex devices are commonly referred to as 'composite devices' or 'compositors'.

In order to perform two or more functions simultaneously in such a multifunction device, a high performance central processing unit and a large amount of memory are required. However, such a multifunction device requires careful control when performing multiple tasks unlike the conventional single device.

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a general multifunction device.

As shown, the multifunction apparatus generally includes a multifunction controller 100 which performs control processing according to a predetermined program and controls copying, sending and receiving of original image data during a printing job of the multifunction apparatus; A memory unit 105 for accessing or storing original image data and received data under the control of the multifunction controller 100; A display device having a plurality of keys which can generate data of function keys of the overall system, and inputting them to the multifunction controller 100 when the keys are generated and displaying display data indicating an operation state of the multifunction controller 100. An operating panel (OPE) having a; A scanner unit 104 for scanning an image of an original and providing digital image data to the multifunction controller 100; A modem 102 for demodulating and outputting the output data of the multifunction controller 100 under the control of the multifunction controller 100 and demodulating and outputting an analog reception input input through a telephone line; Operated according to the control of the multifunction controller 100 to form a call loop of a telephone line (Tip, Ring) and communication for interfacing the signal of the telephone line (Tip, Ring) with the modulation / demodulation signal of the modem 102 A control unit 103; A host computer (101) communicating with the multifunction controller (100) to provide print data or to read scanned data; The laser engine 106 for printing and copying the original image data read from the scanner unit 104, the received data via the modem 102, and the print data of the host computer 101 by the control signal of the multifunction controller 100. and; A sensor unit 108 for detecting a state of an original and a recording sheet and providing it to the multifunction controller 100; And a speaker 109 which generates an alarm sound when an error occurs by the control signal of the multifunction controller 100.

The all-in-one controller 100 uses an interface that supports the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1284 standard as a bidirectional communication method for communication with the host computer 101.

As noted above, a multifunction device is generally a machine that can do many things. The problem is that printing or faxing, especially fax reception, can happen at any time. Therefore, although the priorities are naturally defined among the above tasks, if the time allocation for each task is not properly made or if there is not enough memory in the memory to process data, the task that is started first is sometimes started when another task is started before the end of one task. May lose data.

In order to prevent such data loss, for example, if a fax reception job occurs and a message received by a fax needs to be printed while a printing job or a copy job by a host computer is performed in the multifunction device, an existing message is in progress. The data by the fax reception job must be printed between the printing papers on which the data by the printing job or the copy job is printed.

Therefore, after the multi-tasking as described above is completed in order to classify the faxed printing papers, the user checks the printing papers one by one in order to know which page of the printed papers has been faxed. There was a problem that had to be rearranged again.

Accordingly, the present invention has been conceived to solve the above problems, and the predetermined recognition can be easily identified as the printing paper received by a fax on the printing paper printed by the fax receiving job input when the predetermined job is executed as described above. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of printing a fax page of an all-in-one to superimpose a mark.

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of a general multifunction device.

2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the method for printing a fax page of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view showing some examples of the fax page recognition mark used in the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

S20: Fax Receive Step S30: Fax Interpretation Step

S40: Other work judgment step S50: Fax interpretation step

S60: printing step

The fax page printing method of the present invention for achieving the above object is a ring signal recognition for determining whether a ring signal is received through a telephone line in a printing method of a multifunction apparatus that performs a combination of a print job, a copy job, and a fax reception job. step; The fax signal analysis step of recognizing the ring signal in the ring signal recognition step to form a communication loop and interpreting the fax signal input from the line to construct a first fax image of one page; A second job judging step of judging whether the step is performed, and if it is determined that another job is performed in the other step judging step, a second recognition image is formed by superimposing a predetermined recognition mark on the first fax image configured in the fax analysis step. Characterized in that it comprises a recognition mark overlapping step, and then a printing step of printing the configured second fax image.

If the multifunction apparatus is not performing another operation in the other operation determination step, the multifunction apparatus preferably prints the first fax image configured in the fax interpretation step as it is.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the method for printing a fax page of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary view showing some examples of the fax page recognition mark used in the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 2, it is first checked whether a ring signal is received through the telephone line (step S10).

After the ring signal is received in step S10 to form a communication loop and the fax reception operation is started, the multifunction controller 100 interprets the fax image input through the modem 102 to construct a page (steps S20 and S30). ).

Thereafter, it is checked whether any other operation is performed in the multifunction apparatus. That is, in step S20, it is determined whether a printing job or a copy job is being performed while the fax reception job is in progress (S40).

If it is determined in step S40 that no operation has been performed, printing of the fax image of one page which has been fax interpreted in step S30 is performed (step S60).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S40 that a printing job or a copy job is being performed, a new fax image is formed by superimposing a predetermined recognition mark on the fax image of one page interpreted in step S30 (step S50), and then printing is performed. (Step S60). This is to allow the user to distinguish between the printing paper printed by the existing printing or copying job and the printing paper printed by the fax reception.

As an example of the predetermined recognition mark, as shown in FIG. 3, a band-shaped pattern is displayed on the first line of the fax image (FIG. 3A), or a band-shaped pattern is vertically displayed on the first end of the fax image. It is preferable to display (Fig. 3b) or to display the shaded characters of a predetermined size in the middle of the fax-interpreted fax image (Fig. 3c).

In the multifunction apparatus in which multiple jobs are performed simultaneously as described above, by printing a predetermined recognition mark while printing the received fax data while performing another job. The operator can distinguish between printing paper by printing or copying and printing paper by fax reception.

As described above, according to the method of printing a fax page according to the present invention, even if a message received and printed by fax in a multifunction multifunction printer is mixed with printing paper by another job, the user can print the received fax by displaying a predetermined recognition mark. There is an effect that can be easily distinguished.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be appreciated that modifications or variations may be made.

Claims (5)

Claims [1] A method for printing a multifunction printer that performs a printing job, a copy job, and a fax reception job, the method comprising: a ring signal recognition step of determining whether a ring signal is received through a telephone line; The fax signal analysis step of recognizing the ring signal in the ring signal recognition step to form a communication loop and interpreting the fax signal input from the line to construct a first fax image of one page; A second job judging step of judging whether the step is performed, and if it is determined that another job is performed in the other step judging step, a second recognition image is formed by superimposing a predetermined recognition mark on the first fax image configured in the fax analysis step. And a printing step of printing the configured second fax image thereafter. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the multifunction apparatus prints the first fax image configured in the fax analysis step as it is, if the multifunction apparatus is not performing another operation in the other operation determination step. The fax page printing method according to claim 1, wherein the second fax image is formed by superposing a band-shaped pattern on the first line of the first fax image configured in the fax interpretation step. The fax page printing method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fax image is formed by superposing a band-shaped pattern vertically on the first stage of the first fax image configured in the fax analysis step. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second fax image is formed by superposing a shaded character having a predetermined size indicating a fax in the middle of the first fax image configured in the fax interpretation step.