JPH04215375A - Facsimile having function to print rule in margin part of document - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically print rules for writing memoranda of preset intervals in the margin part of recording paper when the size of the recording paper is larger than the document read in an image reading section. CONSTITUTION:The preset data regulated by the document size discriminating signals sent from a recording paper kind selecting means 1, a rule width setting means 2 and an image reading section is set in a counter circuit 4. The image data for one line is thereafter read into a print buffer and the count value of a rule counter 4c is simultaneously counted down. The margin data is added to the image data for one line until the count value decreases to 0. The data is then printed on the recording paper. The rule data is added to the image data for one line and the rules are printed together with the document data at the point of the time when the count value of the counter 4c decreases to 0. This operation is repeated until the printing of the document data for one page ends. The rule patterns are formed in the margin of the document in this way.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is a novel device which has a function of automatically printing ruled lines for notes, etc. in the margins that occur when document data is printed on recording paper larger than the document. Regarding configuration facsimile.

0002

[Prior Art] Recently, facsimile machines that can print on plain paper instead of conventional thermal paper have been developed and used.
Such facsimile machines use standard recording paper. Therefore, if the size of the transmitted document is smaller than the recording paper, there will be a margin on the recording paper, resulting in problems such as the inability to use the recording paper effectively.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and when the size of the recording paper is larger than the original, the margin of the recording paper on which the original is printed is pre-printed. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine with a new configuration that can automatically print ruled lines for memo notes at set intervals.

0004

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention proposed to achieve the above-mentioned object includes: means for selecting the type of recording paper on which document data is to be printed; means for setting ruled line width; A ruled line data storage memory that stores ruled line data, a counter circuit unit that sets the printing position of the document data and ruled line data on the recording paper, and a print output unit that operates to receive the image data by the image data reception control unit, or to receive the image data. The apparatus is configured to include a control means for adding ruled line data read from a ruled line pattern storage memory to each line of document data read by the reading unit and printing the added line data.

[0005]

[Operation] According to the facsimile of the present invention, a margin is generated when original data received by the image data reception control section or read by the image reading section is printed on the recording paper selected by the recording paper type selection means. A ruled line having a print width set by the ruled line width setting means is automatically printed on the section.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the basic configuration of a facsimile according to the present invention. A ruled line width setting means 2 for setting the ruled line width, a ruled line data storage memory 3 that stores ruled line data to be printed in the margin, a counter circuit section 4 that sets the printing position of the original data and ruled line data on the recording paper, and a print output. Means 5 operates the print output means 5 to store each line of document data received by an image data reception control section (not shown) or read by an image data reading section (not shown) in a ruled line data storage memory. The printer 3 is configured to include a control means 6 comprising a CPU or the like that adds the ruled line data read out from the printer 3 and prints it. Here, the counter circuit unit 4 includes a recording paper counter 4a that defines a printing area on the recording paper of the manuscript data selected by the recording paper type selection means 1, and a recording paper counter 4a that defines the print area on the recording paper of the manuscript data selected by the recording paper type selection means 1, and a recording paper counter 4a that defines the printing area on the recording paper of the manuscript data selected by the recording paper type selection means 1, and It is configured by combining a document size counter 4b that defines the size of document data based on a size discrimination signal, and a ruled line counter 4c that defines the printing position of the ruled line data set by the ruled line width setting means 2 in print line units. The print output means 5 is equipped with a print buffer, which will be described later, which stores one line of print data to be printed on recording paper and prints it. Note that the ruled line data storage memory 3 has a configuration in which multiple types of ruled line patterns that can be selected and set at the time of printing and all white data are stored in advance, but the ruled line data and all white data are stored in separate memories. It is also possible to have a configuration in which the

According to the facsimile of the present invention having such a configuration, when the recording paper size selected by the recording paper type selection means 1 is larger than the size of the original data, the margin area other than the print area of the original data is The ruled lines preset and registered in the ruled line data storage memory 3 can be printed with the print width set by the ruled line width setting means. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of printed ruled lines 8 when A4 size original data (hatched portion) is printed on B4 size recording paper 7.

Steps 100 to 110 in FIG. 3 are used to explain the copying operation in the facsimile of the present invention using a flowchart. At the time of initial setting, the data sent from the recording paper type selection means 1, the ruled line width setting means 2, and the image reading section are shown in FIG. Preset data defined by each of the incoming original size discrimination signals is set in the counter circuit section 4. That is,
Pixel data corresponding to the recording paper size selected by the recording paper type selection means 1 is preset in the recording paper counter 4a, and pixel data corresponding to the document size sent from the image reading section is preset in the document size counter 4b. Furthermore, the number of printing lines set by the ruled line width setting means 2 is preset in the ruled line counter 4c. After the counter circuit section 4 is preset as described above, one line of image data read from the image reading section is read into the print buffer of the print output means 5, and during this reading operation,
The count value of the ruled line counter 4c is counted down. In this way, each time one line of document data is read into the print buffer, the count value of the ruled line counter 4c is counted down, and the count value of the ruled line counter 4c is stored in the ruled line data storage memory 3 until the count value of the ruled line counter 4c reaches 0. The all-white data is added to one line of image data, sequentially stored in a print buffer, and then printed on recording paper. After storing the original data in the print buffer, when the count value of the ruled line counter 4c reaches 0, the ruled line data read from the ruled line data storage memory 3 is added to one line of image data and printed. After storing it in the buffer, print the ruled lines along with the original data,
The above operations are repeated until printing of one page of original data is completed. After the print data is stored in the print buffer in this way, the recording paper is fed one line, and the reading and printing operation for each line of print data is repeated until each page is completed. As shown in FIG. 2, the type of ruled line stored in the ruled line data storage memory 3 is printed on the margin of the printing surface of the recording paper on which the original data is printed, and the printed line set by the ruled line width setting means 2 is displayed. The width is printed sequentially.

Note that steps 200 to 204 in FIG.
This is a flowchart showing a communication procedure when document data received by the reception control unit is printed out on recording paper, and the storage of the document data and ruled line data in the print buffer and the printing operation are the same as in the copying operation. When a call is received from the destination facsimile machine, a predetermined handshake is performed, and then the original data is received, and the received original data is stored in the print buffer until the communication is completed according to the procedure shown in Figure 3. The telephone line is then printed out line by line, and the telephone line is cut off when communication of all the received original data is completed.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show image data for each line,
CP for the operation of selectively adding ruled line data and all-white data
This figure shows the hardware configuration of a counter circuit section 10 and an image data processing section 20 in a print data generation circuit configured without using U.

The counter circuit unit 10 shown in FIG. 5 includes a dot counter CTA that sets pixel data according to the size of the document data as preset data, and a dot counter CTA that sets pixel data according to the size of the recording paper as preset data. It has a counter CTB and a line counter LCT that sets the printing position of ruled lines in units of printing lines.
A reference clock signal is input to the dot counters CTA and CTB, and the count-up output of the dot counter CTA is input to the set input terminal S of the flip-flop F/F1 and the line counter LCT. Furthermore, the count-up output of the dot counter CTB is input to the reset input terminal R of the flip-flops F/F1 and F/F2, and the Q output of the flip-flop F/F1 is NOTA.
It becomes the A terminal output through the gate, and the B terminal output as it is, and the flip-flop F/F2
The Q output of is the C terminal output. Here, both dot counters CTA and CTB count the reference clock signal sent from the CPU etc. in synchronization with the original data, and after counting the preset count value for each, they are reset and 1 When the line has finished printing, C
New preset data is sequentially sent from the PU, etc., and the settings are made again.

[0012] In the illustrated example, dot counters CTA,
Both CTBs constitute up counters, but line counter LCT functions as a down counter. Therefore, the line counter LCT is changed to the dot counter CTA.
When a count-up signal is received from the counter, the preset count value is sequentially decremented and a 0 signal is output at the final count-up. After being reset by the 0 signal, the next line of image data is sent out. Until the next preset data is received, the next preset data is sent out from the CPU or the like.

The image data processing circuit 20 shown in FIG.
The original data transmitted from the image data reception control unit or the image reading unit, the all-white data read from the ruled line data storage memory, and the ruled line data are each synchronized with the reference clock signal, and then processed through AND1, 2, and 3 gates. OR
The document data can be stored in the print buffer PB through the gate, the A terminal output of the counter circuit section 10 is used as the control signal, and the all-white data is stored in the C terminal through the B terminal output signal of the counter circuit section and the NOTB gate. The inverted signal of the output signal is used as a control signal, and the ruled line data uses the C terminal output signal of the counter circuit section 10 as a control signal. Therefore, according to this configuration, when the original data is sent line by line, the output of the counter CTA is "until the dot counter CTA counts up.
L”, flip-flop F/F1, F/F2
Since both Q outputs are "L", the A output terminal of the image data processing circuit 20 is "H", and the B output terminal is "H".
Output terminal C becomes "L". As a result, AND
Only one gate is opened, and the original data is sequentially stored in the print buffer LB via the OR gate in synchronization with the reference clock signal. Then, when the dot counter CTA counts up, the counter CTA is reset, but at this time, the flip-flop F/F1 is set, so its Q output is inverted to "H", and the A terminal output is "L", The B terminal output is inverted to "H". However, at this time, since the flip-flop F/F2 maintains the reset state, its Q output becomes L and the C terminal output also maintains "L". As a result, the AND1 gate closes,
Since only the AND2 gate is opened, all white data is sequentially stored in the print buffer LB via the OR gate in synchronization with the reference clock signal. Then, when the dot counter CTB counts up, the counter CTB is reset, and at this time, the flip-flop F/F1 is also reset. Then, the A terminal output is inverted to "H" and the B terminal output is inverted to "L", so the AND1 gate is opened again and the other AND2 and 3 gates are closed. At this point, counters CTA and CTB receive new preset data from the CPU and are set.

Next, when the next line of original data is transmitted in synchronization with the reference clock signal, the counter CTA
The original data is sequentially stored in the print buffer LB until the counter CTB counts up, and when the counter CTB counts up, all white data is stored in the print buffer LB. And, such operation is performed by line counter LC.
This is repeated until T counts up, and when the count value of the line counter LCT reaches 0, the count up signal (0 output signal) causes the line counter LCT to
is also reset, and at this time flip-flop F/F2 is also set at the same time, so its Q output changes from "L" to "H".
to be reversed. Then, at this point, the A terminal output is "L"
, the B terminal output becomes "H" and the C terminal output becomes "H", so both the AND1 gate and the AND2 gate are closed, and only the AND3 gate is open, and the ruled line data is sent out in synchronization with the reference clock signal. are sequentially stored in the print buffer PB through the OR gate. The operations described above are repeated in sequence until printing of one page of original data is completed, and as a result of these operations, the margins other than the printing surface of the print data on the recording paper are marked as shown in Figure 2. As described above, ruled lines having the print line width set by the ruled line width setting means 2 are printed.

Note that when printing ruled lines in the margins of recording paper using this method, even after the last print line of each page is printed on recording paper, only the ruled lines are printed as shown in FIG. Printing may be performed with a print line width preset by the width setting means 2.

[0016]

According to the facsimile of the present invention, if the recording paper is larger than the size of the original data, a pre-selected and set ruled line pattern can be printed in the margin of the printing surface of the original data, so it can be used for writing memos, etc. It is usable and convenient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the basic configuration of a facsimile according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a ruled line pattern printed on recording paper.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure for printing a ruled line pattern in a printing margin of document data.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when printing received document data.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a counter circuit section of the print data generation circuit.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image data processing circuit of the print data generation circuit.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of another example of a ruled line pattern printed on recording paper.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Recording paper type selection means 2. Ruled line width setting means 3. Ruled line data storage memory 4 Counter circuit section 4a Recording paper counter 4b Original size counter 4c Ruled line counter 5 Print output means 6 Control means 7 Recording paper 8　　　　Manuscript data printing surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A recording paper type selection means, a ruled line width setting means, a ruled line data storage memory storing ruled line data to be printed in a margin of a document, and a printing position of the document data and ruled line data on the recording paper. a counter circuit section for specifying the definition, and a control means for adding and printing ruled line data to each line of document data received by the image data reception control section or read by the image data reading section by activating the print output means. A facsimile machine having a function of printing ruled lines in the margins of a document.