JPH04297944A - communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the communication terminal equipment enabling the batch printing of only an unprocessed received document by excluding processed documents from the list of the batch printing. CONSTITUTION:As a document management part, a received document processing part 11 distinguishes the received document once read out of a received document storage part 12 as the processed document from the other unprocessed documents by a printer 14, display 16 or document registration part 17. A batch printing processing part 18 reads out all the unprocessed received documents excluding the processed documents from the received document storage part 12 and executes the batch printing by the printer 14.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device such as a word processor, filing system, facsimile machine, etc. with a communication function, and more particularly to a communication terminal device capable of printing a plurality of received documents at once.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, communication terminal devices such as word processors and filing systems with communication functions have been widely used. This communication terminal device stores a plurality of received documents, one document for each reception of information received by automatic reception, and reads these received documents at any time to register them for printing, displaying, editing, etc. It has become. When checking the contents of a received document by printing or displaying it, select the required received document from the list of received documents. However, when there are a large number of received documents, it takes a considerable amount of operation and time to select them.

[0003] Therefore, the conventional communication terminal device of this type is
There is a function to read all stored received documents and print them all at once. According to such batch printing function,
Since you can check the contents of a received document again at a later date, even if you run out of recording paper when receiving a facsimile, you can store the received document in a large-capacity memory such as a hard disk. It is possible to prevent troubles such as disability.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in such conventional communication terminal devices, when bulk printing is instructed, received documents that do not need to be printed, that is, contents that have been read once by printing, displaying, registering, etc. Since the received documents that have been confirmed are printed at the same time, there are problems such as being uneconomical and unnecessarily lengthening the printing time.

[0005] Furthermore, since received documents containing images and the like generally use a large storage area, if a large amount of received documents remains indefinitely, new received documents will be stored (memory).
This will be a disadvantage when doing so. For this reason, it is necessary to promptly delete received documents that are once read out by printing, displaying, registering, etc. and will not be reused. However, with conventional communication terminal devices, the user has to select and erase each received document to be erased one by one, making the erasing process troublesome.

[0006] Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a communication terminal device that can print only unprocessed received documents at once by excluding processed documents from the list for batch printing. Further, the invention as claimed in claim 2 provides a communication terminal device that can facilitate the process of erasing a processed document by automatically erasing the processed received document read out by the print processing section. The purpose is

[0007] Furthermore, the invention as claimed in claim 3 provides a communication terminal device that protects valuable received documents that require registration from automatic deletion by printing by specifying documents that are prohibited from being automatically deleted at the time of transmission. The purpose is to

[0008]

[Means for solving the problem] The invention according to claim 1 includes:
In order to achieve the above object, a received document storage section stores received information as one document per reception, a printing section reads out and prints the received document, and a printing section reads out and displays the received document. a display unit for reading out and registering the received documents; and a document registration unit for reading out and registering the received documents, and reading out all received documents stored in the received document storage unit and printing them all at once by the printing unit. a document management unit that distinguishes received documents once read out by the printing unit, display unit, or document registration unit as processed documents from unprocessed received documents; The present invention is characterized by comprising a batch print processing section that reads all documents from the received document storage section and causes the printing section to print them all at once.

[0009]Furthermore, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that, in order to achieve the above object, an erasing section is provided for automatically erasing the received document read by the printing section from the received document storage section. do. Further, the invention as set forth in claim 3 is characterized in that, in order to achieve the above object, the transmitting communication terminal device specifies document information that is prohibited from being automatically erased by the erasing section of the receiving communication terminal device.

0010

[Operation] In the invention as set forth in claim 1 having the above configuration, the received document once read by the document management unit by the printing unit, display unit, or document registration unit is distinguished as a processed document from an unprocessed received document. Then, the batch print processing unit reads out all unprocessed received documents except the processed documents from the received document storage unit, and prints them all at once by the printing unit.

Further, in the invention having the above-mentioned configuration, the received document read by the printing unit is automatically deleted from the received document storage unit by the erasing unit. Furthermore, in the invention according to claim 3 having the above configuration,
Automatic erasure by the erasing unit of the receiving communication terminal is prohibited depending on the document information specified by the sending communication terminal.

0012

EXAMPLES The present invention will be explained below based on examples. FIG. 1 is a functional explanatory diagram showing a communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the invention as claimed in claim 1. First, the configuration will be explained. In FIG. 1, a communication processing unit 10 sends and receives documents automatically or manually. The received document processing unit 11 stores a plurality of received documents in the received document storage unit 12, which includes, for example, a hard disk, with information received by automatic reception as one document per reception, and also manages these received documents. The document print processing unit 13 reads the received document from the received document storage unit 12 and causes the printer 14 serving as a printing unit to print the received document.

The document processing section 15 has a display processing section and a document registration processing section. The display processing section reads the received document from the received document storage section 12 and causes the received document to be displayed on the display 16 as a display section. The document registration processing unit reads the received document from the received document storage unit 12, and
This received document is registered in the document registration section 17, which is made up of, for example, a floppy disk.

[0014] Here, the received document processing section 11 functions as a document management section, and the received document processing section 11 functions as a document management section.
6, or the received document storage section 1 by the document registration section 17.
The received document once read out from 2 is distinguished from other unprocessed received documents as a processed document. Batch print processing section 18
reads out all unprocessed received documents except for the processed documents from the received document storage section 12 and sends them to the printer 14.
Print all at once.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration related to the communication terminal device of FIG. 1. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the same components as those in the above-mentioned example are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. In FIG. 2, a system control unit (System Control U) is shown.
nit) 20 is the hard disk 2 as an external storage device.
1 and a floppy disk 22, and the entire system is controlled according to a control program stored in the hard disk 21. Each processing section shown in FIG.
The received document storage unit 12 is stored as a control program in the hard disk 21.
The area is set within. The floppy disk 22 is
It is used as the document registration section 17, and edit documents such as the received document are registered. The communication control device 23 transmits and receives received documents, editing documents, etc. according to a control program stored in the hard disk 21 as the communication processing section 10 .

[0016] IPU (Image Processing
g Unit) 24 is the interface (SCU/IP
It is connected to the SCU 20 via the U IF) 25,
It manages input/output information of the display 16, keyboard 26, and printer 14. For example, document information of received documents and editing documents is converted into displayable information by image processing and output to the display 16. Similarly, the document information is converted into printable information and output to the printer 14.

Next, the operation will be explained. hard disk 2
In the received document storage unit 12 whose area is set to 1, received documents are stored in a manner that distinguishes between processed documents and unprocessed received documents. Here, when batch printing according to this embodiment is instructed, the SCU 20 executes the batch printing processing unit 18 stored as a control program in the hard disk 21.
Activate. The batch print processing unit 18 reads out all unprocessed received documents from the received document storage unit 12 and prints them to the IPU.
Transfer to 24. The IPU 24 converts the unprocessed received document into print information and outputs it to the printer 14.

In this way, in this embodiment, only unprocessed received documents can be printed at once.
Processed documents are not printed twice each time batch printing is performed, which improves printing time and economy, and further improves the effectiveness of batch printing. Figure 3 is a more detailed redrawing of the configurations in Figures 1 and 2.
It is a block diagram which shows the communication terminal device based on one Example of invention of Claim 2 or 3. In this embodiment, the same components as those in the above-mentioned example are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 3, the configuration of this embodiment is roughly divided into a received document processing section 11 and a batch printing processing section 18.

In the received document processing unit 11, the received information is stored in the received document storage unit 12 together with management information 30 such as the date and time of reception by the received document storage management unit 11a as one document per reception. In addition, the received document storage management unit 11a controls the hard disk 2 when storing documents.
Manage the storage area within 1. Note that the document printing processing section 1
3. The processed registration unit 31 monitors the presence or absence of processing by the received document display unit 15a, received document registration unit 15b, and received document deletion unit 15c, and the identification information of the processed document based on the presence or absence of the processing is included in the management information. 30 may be added at any time.

In the batch printing processing section 18, the received document automatic deletion section 32 according to the invention described in claim 2 stores the received documents that have been printed by batch printing into the received document storage section 12.
automatically deleted from Here, the received document automatic deletion section 3
2 can be switched ON/OFF, and it is possible to select whether or not automatic erasing is possible. And ON
The process is not limited to batch printing, but also deletes received documents that have been read and printed by the print processing unit 13 each time, and searches for and deletes processed documents from the received document storage unit 12. . In addition, when it is OFF, the processed registration unit 33 monitors the presence or absence of batch printing, and adds to the management information 30 the identification information of the processed document based on the presence or absence of batch printing.

Next, the print document selection section 34 according to the invention as claimed in claim 3 selects a received document that does not have a confidential (password) attached, and selects a received document that has a password attached. Automatic deletion by the automatic deletion unit 32 is prohibited. Here, the password is document information specified in advance by the sending communication terminal device as the received document information 35. Note that when batch printing is instructed, the print document selection unit 34 selects as a document to be printed a received document that is an unprocessed received document and does not have the password. The received document selected in this way is printed in the selected document printing section 36.
is printed all at once.

The received document processing procedure of this embodiment will be explained below according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, printing
A received document to be processed, such as display or registration, is selected from the list (step S101), and a desired process is selected from the document print processing section 13 or the document processing section 15 (step S102). Next, the received document automatic deletion section 32 is turned on (
Check whether it is in erase mode (step S).
103), if NO, the selected process is executed (step S104), it is determined whether the process has been completed normally (step S105), and if the process has been completed normally, the processed management information 30 is added (step S104). S106), the process ends.

On the other hand, if the determination in step S103 is YES, that is, if it is in the deletion mode, the management information 30 is monitored (step S107), and if the received document has been processed, it is deleted (step S108). Next, Figure 5
The batch printing processing procedure of this embodiment will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, when batch printing is instructed, it is checked whether the received document automatic deletion section 32 is ON (erasure mode) (step S201), and if YES, the deletion mode is set (step S202), and if NO, the deletion mode is set (step S202). The normal mode is set (step S203).

Next, the received document storage unit 12 is searched for unprocessed received documents (step S204), and when an unprocessed received document is found (step S205), the received document information 35 is referred to to check whether there is a password or not. A judgment is made (step S206). If there is no password, execute a series of printing processes for batch printing (step S207), and if printing is completed normally (step S208), check the set mode (step S209), and if it is erase mode, print Delete the received document that has been completed (step S2).
10) Return to step S204 and search for the next unprocessed document.

On the other hand, if there is a password in step S206, if the printing is defective in step S208, or if the mode setting is normal mode in step S209, the process returns to step S204 and the next unprocessed Search for documents. Then, if there is no unprocessed document in step S205, the batch printing ends.

As described above, in this embodiment, the received document automatic deletion unit 32 can automatically delete, for example, printed and processed received documents from the received document storage unit 12, and one received document can be deleted from the received document storage unit 12. Since there is no need to select and delete one document at a time, the task of deleting processed documents can be simplified. In addition, in this embodiment, a password (document information) can be specified on the sending communication terminal device to prevent automatic deletion. Documents can be protected from automatic deletion by printing.

[0027] It is also possible to display or print a list of received documents with passwords so that valuable received documents can be confirmed.

[0028]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the communication terminal device according to the invention as claimed in claim 1, a received document once read out by the printing section, display section, or document registration section can be treated as a processed document and not yet processed. a document management unit that distinguishes the received documents from processed documents; and a batch print processing unit that reads out all unprocessed received documents except for the processed documents from the received document storage unit and prints them all at once by the printing unit. With this feature, only unprocessed received documents can be printed at once, processed documents are not printed twice each time, and printing time and economy can be improved. The effectiveness of batch printing can be further improved.

Further, according to the communication terminal device according to the invention as claimed in claim 2, since the erasing section is provided for automatically erasing the received document read by the printing section from the received document storage section, for example, the received document read out by the printing section can be deleted from the received document storage section. Processed received documents can be automatically deleted from the received document storage section, and there is no need to select and delete each received document one by one, making it easier to delete processed documents. can.

Further, according to the communication terminal device according to the invention as claimed in claim 3, automatic erasure by the erasing section of the receiver communication terminal device is prohibited based on the document information specified by the sender communication terminal device. Set certain restrictions on erasure,
Valuable received documents that require registration can be protected from automatic deletion by printing.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional explanatory diagram showing a communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the invention as claimed in claim 1.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a hardware configuration related to the communication terminal device in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a communication terminal device according to an embodiment of the invention according to claim 2 or 3.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a received document processing procedure in the embodiment of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a batch printing process procedure in the embodiment of FIG. 3;

[Explanation of symbols]

11 Received document processing section (document management section) 12
Received document storage section 14 Printer (printing section) 16 Display (display section) 17 Document registration section 18 Batch print processing section 32 Received document automatic deletion section 34 Print document selection section 35 Received document information

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A received document storage unit that stores received information as one document per reception, a printing unit that reads and prints the received document, and a display unit that reads and displays the received document. and a document registration unit that reads and registers the received documents, and reads out all received documents stored in the received document storage unit and prints them all at once by the printing unit. A document management unit that distinguishes a received document once read by the printing unit, display unit, or document registration unit as a processed document from an unprocessed received document, and a document management unit that distinguishes a received document that has been read out by the printing unit, display unit, or document registration unit from unprocessed received documents, and all unprocessed received documents other than the processed document. a batch print processing unit that reads out the received documents from the received document storage unit and causes the printing unit to print them all at once;
A communication terminal device comprising: 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising an erasing section that automatically erases the received document read by the printing section from the received document storage section. 3. The communication terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the transmitting communication terminal device specifies document information that is prohibited from being automatically erased by an erasing section of the receiving communication terminal device.