KR20070111707A - Image forming device for user identifier marking and method - Google Patents

Abstract

An image forming device for marking a user identifier and its method are provided to perform easily a document search process by printing an identifier on a document or a facsimile document. An image forming device for marking an user identifier includes a control part(20). The control part stores identifier information according to an identifier selection signal of a user, and performs a control operation to print the corresponding identifier on a printing document according to set identifier information when printing print information and facsimile receiving information by using a print command signal of the user. The control unit sets one identifier information of date identifier information, week identifier information, month identifier information, season identifier information, and year identifier information, and user identifier information according to a user selection signal.

Description

Image forming apparatus and method thereof capable of marking user identifiers {IMAGE FORMING DEVICE FOR USER IDENTIFIER MARKING AND METHOD}

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus capable of marking a user identifier according to the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a user identifier is marked through the image forming apparatus of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a printing process depending on whether a user identifier printing option is set according to the present invention.

4 is a view showing an example of a user identifier setting process according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: modem 20: control unit

30: scanner 40: printing unit

50: key operation unit 60: ROM (ROM)

70 RAM

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus capable of user identifier marking and a method thereof.

In recent years, with the rapid development of office automation, the demand for office automation equipment such as printers, scanners, digital copiers, and facsimile has increased so that each office automation equipment has high performance in order to expand its own functions. Is being developed.

In addition, by developing each of the office automation equipment that was used independently as a whole, to reduce the economic burden and installation space for the user while at the same time producing and providing a product that performs a complex document output function.

Such a device is called a Multi Function Product (MFP).

In other words, the multifunction device not only functions as a printer for printing data input from a host computer, but also as a scanner for scanning image originals, a digital copy function for printing and copying scanned and scanned image originals, and an image original through a communication line. It is a device with a compound document output function that performs a facsimile function for transmitting a remote control.

That is, a multi-function terminal integrating terminal devices existing as a single unit, such as a facsimile machine, a scanner, a printer, and a digital copier, is generally equipped with a host computer-interface function that interworks with a host computer.

As described above, when a large amount of printed documents or fax reception documents are handled in an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction device, there is a need for a separator. If you have roughly printed documents and an identifier that can determine when you have received a fax, it will help you find them.

That is, in the prior art, it was difficult to find a document without a separator. In particular, if you do not organize the documents well, you know when you received it, but it was not easy to determine which document.

In other words, conventionally, when outputting a printer or receiving a fax document through an image forming apparatus such as a multifunction device, only a print job was performed, and there was no mark that can be discriminated by a separator or a user.

Therefore, it is difficult to easily find a desired document in a mixed document or a large amount of printed documents, and there is a problem that it is difficult to determine which of the documents is roughly when.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems, an image forming apparatus capable of marking a user identifier so that a user can easily find a desired document through a specific identifier among a large number of printed documents or fax reception documents; To provide a method.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus and method capable of marking a user identifier that allows a user to selectively use a desired identifier by setting the identifier in various ways, and to determine a predetermined period through the identifier. have.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus and a method capable of marking a user identifier so that a user can easily find a printed output when the printed matter is stacked by placing the identifier for each user.

According to an aspect of an image forming apparatus capable of marking a user identifier according to the present invention for achieving the above object, setting identifier information according to an identifier selection signal of a user and receiving print information and a facsimile according to a user's print command signal And a control unit for controlling the identifier to be printed together on the printed document according to the set identifier information when printing the information.

The control unit sets and stores identifier information of any one of day, day, month, quarter, year, and user identifier information according to the user's selection signal.

The identifier information includes any one of user identifier print position information, color information, and thickness information on the printed document.

On the other hand, according to one aspect of the user identifier marking method in the image forming apparatus according to the present invention for achieving the above object, the step of setting the identifier information by selecting a user identifier for identifying a print document, Storing the identifier information in a memory and printing the identifier together on a print document according to the identifier information stored in the memory when printing the printed matter by the user's print command signal.

The identifier information includes any one of user identifier print position information, color information, and thickness information on the printed document.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, detailed descriptions of preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that reference numerals and like elements among the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an image forming apparatus capable of marking a user identifier according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a user identifier is marked through the image forming apparatus of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the image forming apparatus of the present invention is preferably a multifunction apparatus having a fax document transmission and reception function and a network printer function. The configuration of the image forming apparatus includes a modem 10, a controller 20, and a scanner. 30, a printing unit 40, a key operation unit (Operate Panel: OPE) 50, a ROM (ROM) 60, and a RAM (RAM) 70.

The modem 10 performs a demodulation function for transmitting and receiving facsimile data through a PSTN network.

The scanner 30 performs a function of optically recognizing image information such as a character or a picture desired by a user.

The operator panel (OPE) 50 includes various operation keys related to a local printing print command, a print command of scan data, or a transmission / reception of fax data.

In particular, the user sets an identification mark separator (hereinafter, referred to as an “identifier”) through the operator panel (OPE) 50. The user can display an identifier in a specific area of a printed document. It is possible to set various types of identifiers using, and the display position of the identifiers to be marked on the printed document can also be set.

That is, such an identifier may be selectively set by the user by date, day, month, quarter, or year, and the color of the identifier may be selectively set.

For example, if the identifier is set for each day of the week, the user can arbitrarily select the color of the identifier from seven colors such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple for each day of the week. In this case, for example, the identifier may be set using an identifier such as "//", and the identifier for each user, quarter, and year may be set in this manner.

In addition, the marking positions of the identifiers to be marked on the printed document are set differently so that the user can easily distinguish the printed documents.

The ROM 60 stores an application program related to printing and fax data transmission and reception of the image forming apparatus.

The controller 20 reads an application program stored in the ROM 60 to perform overall control of an image forming apparatus related to document printing, fax transmission and the like, and whether to set a user identifier printing option. If the user identifier printing option is set by the user, the user ID is included and printed when the image of the print content is formed according to the set option contents.If the user identifier printing option is not set, the user is operated as in the conventional case. Control to print without an identifier.

That is, the controller 20 stores the user identifier print option setting information input through the operator panel (OPE) 50 in the RAM 70 and then, by the user's local or network print command. When printing print data, scanned data scanned through the scanner 30, or received fax data through the print unit 40, the user identifier printing option setting information stored in the RAM 70 is read. The control is performed so that printing can be performed according to the read information.

Here, the user identifier print option setting information includes information such as a marking position and an identifier color of the user identifier on the document when the image of the content to be printed on the printed document is formed.

That is, when the user's print command signal is input through the key control unit 50 or the network of the image forming apparatus, the control unit 20 checks the setting information of the identifier printing option set by the user and prints the setting information through the printing unit 40. The identifier set by the user on the printed document to be output is controlled to be printed in the color designated at the corresponding position.

In addition, even when the print command signal for the scan data scanned by the scanner 30 is transmitted, the controller 20 checks the setting information of the identifier print option set by the user and outputs it through the print unit 40. In this case, the identifier set by the user on the printed document is controlled to be printed in the color designated at the corresponding position.

In addition, the control unit 20 also checks the setting information of the identifier printing option set by the user in the case of printing the fax reception data transmitted via the modem 10 from the PSTN network through the printing unit 40 as well. The identifier set by the user on the fax received document outputted through 40 is controlled to be printed in the color designated at the corresponding position.

The RAM 70 receives and stores the identifier print option setting information of the user, which is input through an operator panel (OPE) 50, from the control unit 20.

The printing unit 40 prints a printed matter including a user identifier under the control of the control unit 20, and when printing, information such as a date, a day of the week, a month, or a year is included using a real time clock (RTC). To be printed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the printer 40 prints the user in red at the first position A on the printed document under the control of the controller 20 according to the identifier print option setting information set by the user. The identifier may be printed or the user identifier may be printed in green at the second position B on the printed document.

As described above, in the present invention, it is preferable to mark the printing position and color of the user identifier on the printed document according to the user identifier printing option setting information. However, in the case of an image forming apparatus in which color colors are not supported, only the printing position of the identifier is used. By distinguishing the printed documents, when a large amount of documents are stacked in the image forming apparatus, the user can easily check them with the naked eye.

In addition, as described above, in addition to the printing position and color of the user identifier, various thicknesses of the identifier may be set so that the user may easily distinguish and recognize the printed document.

3 is a diagram illustrating a printing process depending on whether a user identifier print option is set according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the controller of the image forming apparatus first determines whether there is a printed material to be printed (S10). As a result of the determination, if there are printed matters to be printed, it is checked whether the identifier printing option is set and stored in the memory (S20).

As a result of the check, when the identifier printing option is set in the memory, the identifier setting information stored in the memory is read (S30) so that the identifier set when printing the printed matter is included according to the read identifier setting information. The printing is performed in the color designated at the corresponding position on the document (S40).

However, when the identifier printing option is not set in the memory at step S20 of checking whether the identifier printing option is set and stored in the memory, only the printed matter not including the identifier is printed (S50).

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user identifier setting process according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 4, first, a user determines whether to select and use an identifier (S10).

If the user wants to select the identifier, first, it is determined whether to set the identifier by date (S20), and when the identifier is to be set by date, the identifier information including color and marking position information of the identifier by date After setting (S30), the identifier information is stored in the memory (S40).

Subsequently, when the identifier is not set for each day in step S20 of determining whether to set the identifier for each day, it is determined whether to set the identifier for each day of the week (S50). After the identifier information is set (S60), the process of S40 of storing the identifier information in the memory is performed.

Subsequently, when the identifier is not set for each day in the process of determining whether to set the identifier for each day of the week, it is determined whether to set the identifier for each month (S70). After the identifier information is set (S80), the process of S40 of storing the identifier information in the memory is performed.

Subsequently, if the identifier is not set monthly, in step S70 of determining whether to set the identifier monthly, it is determined whether to set the identifier quarterly (S90). After setting the identifier information for each step (S100), and performs the process S40 of storing the identifier information in the memory.

Subsequently, in the case where the identifier is not set quarterly in step S90 of determining whether to set the identifier quarterly, it is determined whether to set the identifier for each year (S110), and if it is desired to set the identifier for each year, After setting the identifier information for each operation (S120), the process S40 of storing the identifier information in the memory is performed.

Subsequently, when the identifier is not set for each year in the step S110 of determining whether to set the identifier for each year, it is determined whether to set the identifier for each user (S130). After setting the identifier information for each operation (S140), the process of storing the identifier information in the memory is performed.

In the above, specific preferred embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and described. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made by any person having ordinary skill in the art without departing from the gist of the present invention attached to the claims. will be.

According to the present invention, by printing a user-identifiable identifier together on a printed document or a facsimile-received document during a print job through the image forming apparatus, it can be easily found as a user identifier when documents printed by multiple users are stacked on the image forming apparatus. In the archived document, it is possible to find the document to be searched more easily by checking when the document is output by the option selected by the user such as date, day of the week or the like.

Claims (5)

A control unit for setting the identifier information according to the identifier selection signal of the user and controlling the identifier to be printed together on the print document according to the set identifier information when printing the print information and the facsimile reception information by the user's print command signal. And an image forming apparatus capable of marking a user identifier. The method of claim 1, The control unit, According to the user's selection signal, the image forming apparatus capable of user identifier marking, characterized in that for setting and storing any one of the identifier information of the date, day of the week, monthly, quarterly, year, user-specific identifier information. The method of claim 1, The identifier information, An image forming apparatus capable of marking a user identifier, comprising any one of print position information, color information, and thickness information on a user document. Selecting a user identifier for identifying a print document and setting identifier information; Storing the set identifier information in a memory; And And printing the corresponding identifier together on a printed document according to the identifier information stored in the memory when printing the printed matter by the user's print command signal. The method of claim 4, wherein The identifier information, And a user identifier print position information on the printed document, color information, and thickness information.

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