JPH034318A - Printer device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an on-line print stop due to a misoperation by providing a timer counter to be counted at a definite time interval in the middle of an off-line mode and to be reset each time an instruction from a console with an off-line copying function is executed. CONSTITUTION:The device is equipped with a high order device 1 to execute the control of the whole device and a control part 2 to actually control an input part 3 and an output part 4. At the time of the on-line, a control part 21 executes the instruction from the high order device 1. When the off-line is instructed by the switch of a console 24, the high order device 1 is cut off from the control part 2 by the control part 21, and the counter is activated. At such a time, when the copy is instructed, the counter is returned to an initial value, a scanner 25 and a printer 26 are activated, and a copying operation is executed. When the copy is completed, a copy instruction standby is executed again. When the copy instruction is not executed within a definite time, the on-line is executed. In such a way, the on-line function stop can be prevented by the on-line instruction unexecution.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an online printer device having an offline copying function as a standalone device, particularly when it operates as an online printer of a host device. , relates to control of operation mode when operating as a standalone offline copying machine.

[Conventional technology]

Conventional printer devices have been limited to only online printing functions and offline copying functions.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

No conventional printer device has an on-line printer function and an off-line copy function at the same time.

[Means to solve the problem]

According to the present invention, in a copy printer having both the functions of a conventional on-line printer and an off-line copying apparatus, each function can be instructed from an operation panel.

Here, if the operator forgets to instruct the online printer function after using the offline copying function, print output will stop when the host device is used online at a remote location.

To provide an apparatus having a function of automatically instructing an online printer function if an off-line copying instruction is not issued again within a certain period of time when such an operator's erroneous operation occurs.

This printer device has a function as an online printer of the host device and an offline copying function in units, and after using the offline copying function according to instructions from the operation panel,
Even if you forget to switch to the online printer function due to an instruction from the operation panel, if you do not instruct the offline copy function again from the operation panel within a certain period of time, the online printer function will automatically switch back to the online printer function upon completion of counting. This device has a timer that instructs.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, an example of the device configuration of the present invention includes a host device 1 that controls the entire device, an input section 3 and an output section 4.
It includes a control section 2 for controlling the image data, an input section 3 for inputting image data, and an output section 4 for outputting print data. When online, the host device 1 performs overall control, but when offline, the host device 1 and the control section 2 are separated, and control is transferred to the control section 2.

Referring to FIG. 2, the control section 2 includes an interface with the host device, a control section 21 that controls the inside of the control section, the input section 3, and the output section 4, and an image data processing section 22 that processes image data. The input unit 3 includes a scanner 25 that includes a character data processing unit 23 that processes character data and an operation panel 24 that allows an operator to exchange information with the control unit 21.
In this device, the output unit 4 includes a printer 26.
When online, the control unit 21 executes instructions from the host device 1. Image read by scanner 25
The data is processed by the image data processing unit 22 and transferred from the control unit to the host device 1.

The character data transferred from the upper bag W1 is processed by the character data processing section 23, combined with image data, and output from the printer.

When off-line, the image data read from the scanner 25 is stored in the image data processing section 22, which performs processing instructed by the control section 22, and processes the image data read from the scanner 25 output from the printer. It is also possible to output directly from a printer. The operation panel 24 contains operator instructions (enlargement/reduction, number of copies, etc.)
is performed, and the control unit 21 executes the instruction.

Referring to FIG. 3, an embodiment using timer counting of the present device can be considered as follows. When offline is instructed by a switch on the operation panel 24, a counter is activated. At this time, when a copy instruction is given, the counter is returned to its initial value, the scanner 25 and the printer 26 are started, and the copy operation is performed. When the copy is completed, the process waits for a copy instruction again.
By using a method of 0 or more that goes online when there is no copy instruction within a certain period of time, it is possible to have both an online printer function and an offline copy function, and it is possible to avoid stopping the online function due to forgetting an online instruction. .

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows the online print function and the offline copy function to be used in the same device, and uses a timer to prevent online copying due to erroneous operation.
This has the effect of preventing printing from stopping.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the device configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the control section 2, and FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart when timer counting is used. 1... Host device, 2... Control section, 3...
Input section, 4... Output section, 21... Control section, 22...
- Image data processing unit, 23...Character data processing unit, 24...Operation panel, 25...Scanner, 26...
printer. Kabuto 7 Figure number one

Claims (1)

[Claims] Connected to a host device via a signal cable, this device has an online printer function that allows image data to be input and print data to be printed according to instructions from the host device, and originals can be copied by this device itself according to instructions from the operation panel. In a printer device equipped with both offline copying functions,
It has an operation panel having a switch for selecting the function, and further includes a timer counter that is counted at fixed time intervals during the offline mode and reset every time there is an instruction from the operation panel for the offline copy function. If there is no instruction from the control panel for a certain period of time during offline mode,
A copy printer device characterized in that it automatically switches to an online mode.