KR19990038543A - Broadcast Transmission Enhancement Device in Fax Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for expanding a broadcast transmission function in a fax printer capable of expanding and supporting the number of broadcast transmission designation functions by constructing and operating a fax printer management server that expands the efficiency of a complex function of a fax printer.

The present invention provides a fax printer for transmitting a document, comprising: a fax printer performing a fax function and a printer function, a fax management system performing a communication function through a data line with the fax printer, and receiving data. And a large number of site sections for storing the mass storage buffering to be stored and the reception status document provided from the fax management system to the sender.

According to the present invention, the same document can be transmitted to the transmitting side through many site parts by expanding and supporting the number of broadcast transmission designation functions.

Description

Broadcast Transmission Enhancement Device in Fax Printer

The present invention relates to an apparatus for expanding a multi-sending function in a FAX PRINTER, and more particularly, to construct and operate a fax printer management server that expands the efficiency of a complex function of a fax printer. The present invention relates to an apparatus for expanding a broadcast transmission function by which the number of broadcast transmission designation functions can be expanded and supported.

In general, a multifunction device is referred to as MFP (Multi Function Peripheral), and is a multifunction terminal that is a multi-function terminal that is implemented by integrating terminals existing as individual components such as facsimile machines, scanners, printers, and copiers into a single device. It can be used as a computer or connected to a computer.

In a conventional fax-printer or multifunction device, data communication is performed through a general telephone network. When data is received from a sender, a sender identifier is transmitted along with the data, and is displayed on a display window for a predetermined time during data reception or when data is output. It is output simultaneously with the received data document in a certain format (TTI: Transmission Terminal Identification) at the top of the recording sheet, and stored in the memory as receiving side information along with the receiving time, number of pages received, etc. It is to print the document in the form.

However, the conventional fax-printer as described above supports broadcast reception of fax data through a general telephone network, data reception and printing through a printer port with a computer, and broadcast transmission due to the limited and small memory capacity in the fax-printer. The number of recipients specified for this purpose was small, and a separate fax-printer management server could not be provided to provide a separate device for expanding the broadcast transmission function.

As described above, the conventional fax printer has a small number of designated functions for broadcast transmission due to the limited memory capacity of the fax printer, and thus, it has been difficult to transmit the same document to many sites.

The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems as described above, and its purpose is to build and operate a fax printer management server that expands the efficiency of the fax-printer's complex functions, thereby increasing the number of broadcast transmission designations and supporting them. The present invention provides a device for expanding a broadcast transmission function.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for expanding a broadcast transmission function of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a general fax-printer or multifunction system according to the present invention.

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10: Fax printer 20: Fax management system

30: Mass storage buffering 40 to 70n: Site portion

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a fax printer for transmitting a document, a fax printer performing a fax function and a printer function, and a fax management system performing a communication function through a data line with the fax printer; And mass storage buffering for storing the received data, and a plurality of site parts for transmitting the reception status document provided from the fax management system to the transmitting side.

Hereinafter, the configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of a system for expanding a broadcast transmission function of the present invention, and a fax printer 10 performing a fax function and a printer function as shown therein, and a communication function through a data line with the fax printer. A fax management system 20 for performing the operation, a mass storage buffering 30 for storing the Fax-Printer Management Server (FMS) received data, and a plurality of sites for transmitting the reception status documents provided from the fax management system to the sender. It consists of parts 40, 50, 60, and 70n.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a general fax-printer or multifunction system according to the present invention, the overall configuration and operation are as follows.

The central processing unit 110 controls the overall multifunction apparatus 100 according to the program of the set mode.

The memory 120 temporarily stores or outputs data received through the public circuit network or program data, protocol data, text data, voice data, and the like, which are transmitted through the public circuit network under the control of the central processing unit 110.

The operating panel 130 is configured with a key matrix including a plurality of numeric keys and function keys for setting functions on the menu, and the central processing unit 110 displays key data generated according to key operation. To provide. In addition, the control panel 130 is configured with a display window (LCD) for displaying the state and various information of the multifunction apparatus 100 under the control of the central processing unit 110.

When the data transmission or copy mode is set to perform a fax function or a copy function, the scanner 140 reads an inserted document under the control of the central processing unit 110, converts the document into image data, and then converts it into image data. 110) again.

The printer 150 prints the data received through the public line network or read from the scanner 140 and the data transmitted from the computer 200 under the control of the central processing unit 110.

The sensor unit 160 detects a state of each part according to the operation of the multifunction device and provides the sensor to the central processing unit 110.

The modem 170 is controlled by the central processing unit 110, modulates and outputs a digital signal input from the central processing unit 110 into an analog signal, and is input from the telephone network through a line interface unit (LIU) 180. The analog signal is demodulated into a digital signal and transmitted to the CPU 110.

The LIU 180 forms a communication path between the telephone network and the modem 170 under the control of the central processing unit 110 to interface the signals from the telephone network with the signals of the modem 170, and speech necessary for basic functions as a telephone. A circuit, a dialing circuit, and a ring signal detection circuit are configured.

The PC interface unit 190 sends the data received through the telephone network or the data read from the scanner 140 to the computer 200 or information transmitted from the computer 200 under the control of the central processing unit 110. It transmits to (100) and serves to interconnect with each other using a 1284 protocol for bidirectional communication so that the computer 200 and the multifunction apparatus 100 can communicate with each other.

Here, in order to carry out the present invention

1) a fax printer that performs fax functions and printer functions,

2) a fax management system that performs a communication function through a data line with a fax printer,

3) mass storage buffering to store received data and

4) There should be a number of site units for sending the status documents from the fax management system to the sender.

Then, the broadcast transmission process through the fax-printer management server to be performed by the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

First, the fax printer 10 is a complex multifunction device that performs not only a fax function but also a printer function, and is provided with a connector terminal for connecting a telephone line. The telephone and data lines connected thereto are used for transmitting and receiving data. , The fax management system 20 performs a communication function via a data line with the fax printer 10.

In performing these functions, the fax printer 10, ie, the facsimile (hereinafter referred to as a fax) sends a call phone to the fax management system 20, and at the same time the fax management system 20 is a fax printer. Provide the ARS service at (10).

At the same time, after entering the broadcast transmission selection code using the operation panel 130, the telephone number and password of the receiver are input to the fax management system 20 by the designated number of times.

At this time, the fax management system 20 stores the recipient phone list in the buffering 30 of the mass storage device at the same time as the document feeding, and completes the transmission by calling the document to the recipient fax 10. In this case, the reception status broadcast document creation is transmitted to the sender through many site parts 40, 50, 60, and 70n.

The present invention operated as described above has the advantage of transmitting the same document to the sender through many site parts by expanding and supporting the number of broadcast transmission designation functions by building and operating a fax management server that expands the efficiency of the complex function of the fax printer. There is this.

Claims (1)

In a fax printer for sending a document, A fax printer performing the fax function and the printer function; A fax management system which performs a communication function via a data line with the fax printer; Mass storage buffering for storing received data; And a plurality of site parts for transmitting a reception status document provided from the fax reward system to a sender.