JPH02249363A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To avoid print out up to an undesired page when all pages are not required by outputting only a head page at first and allowing the operator to select the output of the remaining pages when a mail text reaches. CONSTITUTION:When the arrival of the mail text is recognized by a display means 18, a pass word input means 18 inputs a pass word. A control circuit 11 checks whether or not the password is coincident with the password of a mail box and gives a command of outputting the head page of the mail text stored in the coded data storage means 13 to be outputted. One page of data is decoded by 1 decoding means 14 and the head page of the mail text is printed out while being inputted to a print means 15. The operator looks for the head page of the mail page to discriminate whether or not the remaining page is required and when it is discriminated to be not required, a remaining page output/not output selection means 17 selects a choice of unoutput. Thus, the control circuit 11 gives a command so as not to output the remaining page of the mail text.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to control of printing received images in a facsimile machine.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of facsimile machine outputs all pages of a document in a mailbox by inputting a password.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, the above-mentioned conventional technology has the drawback that only the first page is viewed and all subsequent pages are output even if the document is unnecessary.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional facsimile machine, and therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a new facsimile machine that can output only the first page and then select whether or not to output the remaining pages. The goal is to provide equipment.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile device according to the present invention includes means for receiving, storing, decoding, and printing encoded data.
A display means for displaying a message with an email document, a means for inputting a password for outputting a received document according to the display contents of the display means, and when the password input by the input means matches the password of the mailbox. and means for determining whether or not to output the remaining pages based on the first page of the mail document to be printed out.

Embodiment Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

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

Referring to FIG. 1, other facsimile devices (not shown)
When communication is started, a control signal is notified to the control circuit 11 through the communication control means 12.

If this communication is received in a mailbox, the control circuit 11 recognizes that the communication is received in a mailbox based on this control signal, and controls the received data that will be input from now on not to be automatically printed.

When encoded data is input to the communication control means 12, the control circuit 11 sequentially transfers this data to the encoded data storage means 13.
Accumulate into. When the data for all pages of the mail document is accumulated, the control circuit 11 displays a message indicating that there is a mail document on the display means 18 in order to notify the operator that the mail document has arrived in the mailbox. Instruct.

The main part of the present invention is password input means 1 which will be explained below.
6 and a selection means 17 for selecting whether or not to purchase the remaining power.

The operator knows that the e-mail document has arrived from the message indicating that the e-mail document is available displayed on the display means 18.

A password is input using the password input means 16.

Control diagram M811 checks whether the password matches the mailbox password, and if they match, instructs to output the first page of the mail document stored in the encoded data storage means 13. One page worth of data is input to the decoding means 14, and the data decoded by the decoding means 14 is input to the printing means 15, where the first page of the mail document is printed.

The operator looks at the first page of the email document and determines whether the remaining pages are necessary. If it is determined that it is necessary, the selection means 17 for selecting whether or not to print the remaining pages selects an output option, and the control circuit 11 instructs to output the remaining pages of the mail document. If it is determined that it is not necessary, the control circuit 11 selects an option not to output using the remaining output selection means 17, and instructs not to output the remaining pages of the e-mail document.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, as explained above, by configuring the system so that when an e-mail document arrives, only the first page is output first, and the output of the remaining pages can be left to the operator's selection, If all pages are not required, unnecessary pages can be prevented from being printed, resulting in an effect of saving knee print paper.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 11... Control circuit, 12... Communication control means, 13.
...Encoded data storage means, 14...Decoding means, 1
5...Printing means, 16...Password input means, 17...Remaining purchase output selection means, 18.
...Display means patent applicant: NEC Co., Ltd. Representative: Yutabe Kumagai, patent attorney

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine equipped with means for receiving, storing, decoding, and printing encoded data, a display means for displaying a message indicating that a mail document is available;
Judgment based on means for inputting a password for outputting the received document according to the display contents of the display means, and the first page of the e-mail document that is printed out when the password input by the input means matches the password of the mailbox. and means for selecting whether or not to output the remaining pages.