JPH0494366A - Facsimile device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry out page arrangement of printed paper sheets by installing a change-over means which according to a control signal received by a receiving means performs change-over of discharging printed paper sheets to be discharged to a paper sheet delivery tray so that either the printed surface may face upwards or the printed surface may face downwards. CONSTITUTION:A receiving means receives a control signal transmitted from a mated facsimile device. Next, a change-over means 15 according to a control signal received by a receiving means changes either the printed paper sheet is discharged to paper sheet delivery trays 13, 14 with a printed surface facing upwards or with the printed surface facing downwards.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine that can be obtained by aligning multiple sheets of recording paper in the page order corresponding to the transmitted document after completion of print ejection processing on the receiving side. Regarding equipment.

[Prior art 1] In a conventional plain paper recording type facsimile machine equipped with an ADF device, the sending side sends the originals placed on the original tray of the ADF device one by one to the image reading section and reads the images of the originals. , the above-mentioned read images are converted into facsimile image signals in the order of the above-mentioned read pages, and transmitted, and on the other hand, after receiving the above-mentioned transmitted image signals on the receiving side, the images of the received image signals are received. The printer is configured to print, for example, on plain paper cut one by one (hereinafter referred to as cut paper) in the order of the pages that have been cut, and to output them to a paper output tray.

When feeding and reading the above-mentioned originals, a certain conventional device (hereinafter referred to as the first conventional example) starts from the lowest original in a group of originals placed on the original tray with the original surface facing upward. The device is configured so that the document is fed one by one to the reading section so as to start reading, and the image of the document is read. The document is configured to be sent one by one to the reading section and read the image of the document so that reading starts from the uppermost document of a group of documents placed with the surface facing upward.

Furthermore, when discharging the caputo paper after printing, a certain conventional device (hereinafter referred to as a third conventional example) is used.

), make sure that the print side of the cut paper is on the top (hereinafter,
It's called face up. ), and in a certain conventional apparatus (hereinafter referred to as the fourth conventional example), the printed surface of the cut paper is on the lower side (hereinafter referred to as face-down). ) is configured to output to a paper output tray.

[Invention or Problem to be Solved] For example, when a plurality of originals are placed on the original tray in a face-up state and in ascending order from the top, the facsimile apparatus of the first conventional example and received by the facsimile machine of the third conventional example (hereinafter referred to as the first case);
When received by a conventional facsimile machine (hereinafter referred to as the second case), when the printed cut sheet is finished being ejected to the paper ejection tray, the original page is in the face-amplified and face-down states, respectively. They are placed on the paper output tray in ascending order.

On the other hand, when transmitted by the facsimile machine of the first conventional example and received by the facsimile machine of the fourth conventional example (
Hereinafter, this will be referred to as the third case. ), and when it is transmitted by the facsimile machine of the second conventional example and received by the facsimile machine of the third conventional example (hereinafter referred to as the fourth case), the printed cut sheet is placed in the paper output tray. At the end of ejection, the originals are placed on the ejection tray in descending order of the original pages, face down and face up, respectively.

Therefore, in the third and fourth cases described above, there is a problem in that the cut sheets on which the original images are printed need to be rearranged in ascending page order.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and solve the above-mentioned first and second problems.
In the case of transmission from any of the conventional facsimile machines, after the image signal is received, the paper on which the original image is printed is printed in the ascending order of the pages of the original at the end of ejection to the paper ejection tray. An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile device that can be placed on a paper discharge tray.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A facsimile device according to claim 1 of the present invention receives an image signal transmitted from the other party's facsimile device via a communication line, and displays an image of the received image signal. In a facsimile machine that prints on paper and outputs it to a paper output tray, a receiving unit receives a control signal transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine, and the paper is printed on the paper based on the control signal received by the receiving unit. and a switching means for switching between discharging the printed paper onto the paper ejection tray with the printed side facing upward, or ejecting the printed paper onto the paper ejection tray with the printed side facing downward. What are the two characteristics?

Further, the 7-ac V-mil device according to claim 2 of the present invention receives an image signal including a plurality of pages of information transmitted from the other party's 7-ac V-mil device via a communication line, and the received image signal is stored in an image storage device, the image signal stored in the image storage device is read out, and an image of the read image signal is printed on a sheet of paper for each page.
In the AC 7mm device, a receiving device receives an information signal transmitted from the other party's facsimile device, and an image signal corresponding to each page stored in the image storage device based on the information signal received by the receiving device. a determining means for determining whether to read the pages in the received page order or the reverse page order; and an image corresponding to each page stored in the image storage device based on the determination result of the determining means. control means for controlling the storage operation of the image signals in the image storage device or the readout operation from the image storage device so that the signals are read out in the page order in which the signals were received and in the reverse order of the pages; Features.

[Function] By configuring the device as described in claim 1 above,
The receiving means receives a control signal transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine, and then the switching means switches the printed paper so that the printed side faces upward based on the control signal received by the receiving means. Then, the printed paper is switched to be ejected to the paper ejection tray with the printed surface facing downward.

Therefore, for example, on the sending side, if a plurality of originals are placed on a document tray for reading the originals in the state of a face amplifier so that the uppermost page is the first page, then the 7-acn millimeter device on the sending side or the second conventional example described above is used. 7 on the sending side.
By transmitting the above control signal from the AC 7mm machine to the receiving facsimile machine to instruct the facsimile machine to eject the printed paper with the printed side facing down, the receiving facsimile machine can print the printed paper. The printed paper is ejected to the paper ejection tray with the printed side facing down. In this case, at the end of ejection to the paper ejection tray, the printed sheets are placed on the paper ejection tray in ascending order of the pages of the original document.

Alternatively, for example, on the sending side, a plurality of originals may be placed face-up on a document tray for reading originals with the topmost page being the first page, and the facsimile machine on the sending side may be placed on the original tray for reading the originals, and the facsimile machine on the sending side may , the sending facsimile machine sends the above control signal to the receiving facsimile machine to instruct the receiving facsimile machine to eject the printed paper with the printed side facing up. At , the printed paper is discharged to the paper discharge tray with the printed surface facing upward. In this case as well, at the end of ejection to the paper ejection tray, the printed sheets are placed on the paper ejection tray in ascending order of the pages of the original document.

Therefore, the facsimile machine on the receiving side can automatically align the pages of the printed document after printing is ejected.
This eliminates the need for the operator to align the pages of the printed document. Note that the above control signal is preferably C
This signal is specified as an optional signal in CITT Recommendation T30 and is included in the facsimile information field following the non-standard function command signal and is transmitted from the sending facsimile machine to the receiving side facsimile machine.

Further, by configuring the facsimile apparatus as set forth in claim 2, after the receiving means receives the information signal transmitted from the other party's facsimile apparatus, the determining means determines the information signal received by the receiving means. Based on the signals, it is determined whether the image signals corresponding to each page stored in the image storage device should be read out in the order of received pages or the reverse page order. Next, the control means causes the image signals corresponding to each page stored in the image storage device to be read out in the order of received pages or the reverse page order based on the judgment result of the judgment means. , controls the storage operation of image signals in the image storage device and the readout operation from the image storage device. After that, the image of the read image signal is printed on the paper, and then the paper is discharged to the paper discharge tray.

Here, the information signal is preferably a facsimile number of the other party that is included and transmitted in the <PIF following the transmitting terminal identification signal specified as an optional signal in Recommendation T30 of the CCITT, and is, for example, When a facsimile machine such as
When the facsimile machine on the sending side transmits the image signals of the original in ascending order of the pages of the original, the facsimile number of the sending side is set in advance in the judgment means, and the judgment means The above-mentioned judgment is made depending on whether or not the facsimile number is included in the preset facsimile machine.

With this configuration, the facsimile machine on the receiving side can automatically align the pages of the printed document after printing is ejected, thereby eliminating the need for the operator to align the pages of the printed document.

[Embodiment] First Embodiment A facsimile machine which is a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in the following order with reference to the drawings.

(a) Configuration of the facsimile machine (b) Operation panel (c) Main control unit (d) Processing of the facsimile machine The facsimile machine of this embodiment places cut sheets face down after printing and ejecting them. and a paper ejection tray 14 on which a cut sheet after printing and ejection can be placed in a face-up state. The present invention is characterized in that it is provided with a switching lever 15 for switching whether to discharge the printed cut paper to the paper discharge tray 13 or the paper discharge tray 14.

Note that the switching signal bit ssB is set using the operation panel on the transmitting side and is a non-standard function command signal (hereinafter referred to as NSC signal), which is specified as an optional signal in CCITT recommendation T30. Followed by Fakun Mirin 7 year old Mechonfield (hereinafter referred to as PIF)
That's what it means. ) and is sent from the calling facsimile machine to the called facsimile machine.

In this embodiment, when the sending device sequentially sends a document from the first page (for example, in the second conventional example),
The above switching signal beep) SSB is set to 1, while
It is assumed that when the document is transmitted sequentially from the last page (for example, in the first conventional example), the switching signal SSB is set to 0.

(,) Structure of facsimile device FIG. 1(A) is a cross-sectional view of the facsimile device of this embodiment according to the present invention, and FIG. 1(B) is a sectional view of the facsimile device near the switching lever 15 in FIG. It is an enlarged sectional view. Figure 1 (A
), this facsimile device is broadly divided into a printer section l and a reading section 20 installed above it, an operation panel 50 is provided on the printer section l, and a side surface of the printer section l. A telephone 60 is provided.

The printer unit 1 is an electrophotographic laser beam printer having a configuration similar to that of a conventional device, and its operation will be briefly described below. First, the photoreceptor drum 2 is rotated.
The upper photoreceptor is uniformly charged by the charger 3. Next, a laser beam is irradiated by the optical system 4 according to the image data to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor drum 2. Toner from the developing device 5 adheres to this electrostatic latent image. On the other hand, cut sheets are placed in the paper feed cassette +1, and the cut sheets are fed one by one toward the photosensitive drum 2 by rollers or the like. The toner adhering to the photosensitive drum 2 is transferred onto the cut paper by a transfer charger 6 and fixed by a fixing device 12.

As will be described in detail later, when the switching signal bit ssB received from the other party's facsimile device is 1, the switching lever 15 is operated by a solenoid ( (not shown), the cut paper is rotated and switched to the position P2 indicated by the broken line as shown in FIG. The rollers 16 move the paper output tray 1 in a face-down state.
It is discharged at 3. On the other hand, switching signal bit SSB is 0
, the switching lever 15 is activated by the solenoid based on a control signal from the main control section 39, as shown by the solid line.
The cut paper after the fixing process is then discharged to the paper discharge tray 14 in a fixed state by the paper discharge roller 17 via the paper discharge path 19.

Note that the toner that has not adhered to the cut paper is collected by the cleaner 8, and this completes -th printing.

Next, the operation of the reading section 20 will be explained. Reading of the transmitted document is performed in the same manner as in conventional devices.

That is, the originals placed face-up on the original tray 21 are detected by the original sensor 22, and are fed one by one to the position of the sensor 25 by the roller 23, starting from the uppermost original among the plurality of originals. Next, in synchronization with the rotation of the roller 24 by a motor (not shown) and the reading by the contact type linear image sensor 26, the document is read by the linear image sensor 26 while the document is in close contact, and the document image is converted into digital image data. . After the reading is completed, the document is discharged onto a paper discharge tray 28 by a discharge roller 27.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facsimile machine of FIG. 1.

In FIG. 2, an image reading section 31 includes the linear image sensor 26 shown in FIG. The signal processing unit 32 converts the input image signal into an analog/
After performing digital conversion processing and data correction processing such as γ conversion processing, binarization processing is performed to convert into binary image data and output to the signal compression section 33. Next, the signal compression unit 33 compresses the input binary image data using a predetermined encoding method such as a known MR encoding method or MH encoding method, and then transmits the data after the compression processing. The desired image data is stored in a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 34 in the order of the pages of the read document.

The transmission control section 35 includes a modulation/demodulation device, modulates the carrier wave signal using a predetermined modulation method using the image data stored in the RAM 34, and transmits the modulated facsimile signal to the other party via the line control section 36 and the telephone line 30. After demodulating and converting the facsimile signal transmitted to the facsimile machine of the other party and received from the facsimile machine of the other party via the telephone line 30 and the line control unit 36, the converted image data is transmitted to the facsimile machine of the other party. The image data is stored in the RAM 34 in the page order of reception and in ascending order of the addresses of the RAM 34.

The line control unit 36 is a dialer and network control unit (NCU)
and performs predetermined telephone line connection processing and disconnection processing when transmitting a facsimile signal to the facsimile machine of the other party and when receiving the facsimile signal from the facsimile machine of the other party, respectively.

The signal decompression unit 37 reads out the received image data stored in the RAM 34 in ascending order of addresses in the RAM 34, performs decompression processing on the read image data that is opposite to the processing of the signal compression unit 33, and converts it into an image signal. It is converted and output to the laser printer section 38.

The laser printer section 38 performs a printing operation for each cut sheet as described above in accordance with the input image signal.

The main control unit 39 performs processing of the hook shimmy device as will be described in detail later based on the operator's commands input using the operation panel 50, and also sends instruction information to the operator and status information of the facsimile IJ device. It is output and displayed on the operation panel 50.

(b) Operation Panel FIG. 3 is a front view of the operation panel 50 of the facsimile machine of FIG. 1.

In FIG. 3, the operation panel 50 includes a key matrix 51 and a liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as LCD) 56 that displays messages for the operator.

The key matrix 51 is composed of numeric keys from "0" to "9", an asterisk key "*'", and a sharp key "#", and contains the telephone number (hereinafter referred to as a facsimile IJ number) of the other party's 7A V millimeter device.

), a transmission key 53 that instructs to read the image of the original placed on the original tray 21, convert it into a facsimile signal, and send it, It is provided with a stop key 54 for instructing to stop geography, and a face down selection key 55 for instructing the transmitting side to selectively switch the paper discharge trays 13, 14 on the receiving side.

Note that by pressing the face down selection key 55, the setting of the transmission switching 7-lag TSWF, which will be described later, is changed, and the setting value of this transmission switching flag TSWF is set to LC.
Switching signal bit SSB displayed on D56 and mentioned above
After changing the settings, this switching signal bit SS
When B is transmitted to the receiving side, the setting of the switching flag SWF, which will be described later, is changed, and the lever 15 is activated on the receiving side.
The position of can be switched.

In this embodiment, for example, when the transmission switching flag TSWF is set to 1 on the transmitting side, the switching signal bit SSB is set to 1, and on the receiving side, the switching 7 lag SWF is set to 1, and the lever 15 is set to P2. The position can be switched to . On the other hand, for example, when the transmission switching 7 lag TSWF is set to 0 on the transmitting side, the switching signal bit SSB is set to 0, and on the receiving side, the switching flag SWF is set to 0, and the lever 15 is set to the PI position. Can be switched.

(c) Main Control Section FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the main control section 39 of FIG. 2 and the operation panel 50 of FIG. 3.

In FIG. 4, the main control unit 39 includes a central control unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 71 that controls the operation of the facsimile machine shown in FIGS. A read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 72 that stores data necessary to execute the system program, and a RAM 73 that stores control parameters, flags, and various data necessary to execute the system program. Be prepared.

The main control section 39 further includes an external device interface circuit 76 connected to each section 31 to 38 shown in the second section, a key matrix interface circuit 77 connected to the key matrix 51 of the operation panel 50, and an LCD.
56, and a display interface circuit 78 connected to the display interface circuit 56.

Within this main control unit 39, the CPU 7 L ROM 7
2, RAM 73, external device interface circuit 76,
The key matrix interface circuit 77 and the display interface circuit 78 are connected to each other via an internal bus 79.

The RAM 73 stores the following seven lags and data necessary to execute the system program.

(1) Switching flag SWF: When the switching signal bit SSB of 0 is received from the other party's facsimile machine, the switching flag SWF becomes 0, the switching lever 15 is rotated to position P2, and the cut paper after printing is switched. is discharged face down onto the paper discharge tray 13. On the other hand, when the switching signal bit SSB, which is 1, is received from the other party's facsimile machine, the switching flag SWF becomes 1, and the switching lever 15 moves to P1.
The cut paper is rotated and switched to the position , and the cut paper after printing is delivered to the paper delivery tray 14 in a state of 72 seconds.

(2) Transmission switching flag T SWF ; 7 By pressing the x-down selection key 55, the transmission switching flag T SWF is set to 0 or
is set to

(3) The other party's facsimile number.

(d) Processing of the 7-acunmil device FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control section of FIG. 4.

In FIG. 5, when the power of the facsimile machine of this embodiment is turned on, processing of this routine is started, and first, in step 5100, it is determined whether or not a transmission condition is satisfied, and then, in step 5101, it is determined whether the transmission condition is satisfied. It is determined whether the reception conditions are met. Here, the transmission conditions are the following three conditions.

(1) J [The original was placed on the original tray 21.

(2) The other party's 7A V-millimeter number has been entered and set using the numeric keypad 52.

(3) The send key 53 has been pressed.

Further, the reception condition is that there is an incoming call via the telephone line 30, the facsimile machine of the other party is connected via the telephone line 30, and a reception request signal is received from the facsimile machine.

None of the above three transmission conditions are satisfied (NO in step 5100) and the above reception condition is not satisfied (step 5
101), the loop from steps 5100 to 5101 is repeated until one of the above three transmission conditions is satisfied or the above reception condition is satisfied.

When the above three transmission conditions are met (step 5100)
After dialing the facsimile number of the other party set above in step 5ill and performing line connection processing with the other party's 7A V Milli device, in step 5112, protocol processing based on CCITT recommendation T30 is performed. That is, two-way communication is performed with the other party's facsimile machine, and the functions of the other party's facsimile IJ machine are identified and the conditions for communication are confirmed. Here, the other party's facsimile machine sends a non-standard function identification signal (hereinafter referred to as NSF) specified as an open signal in CCITT recommendation T30.
It's called a signal. ) is sent and received by this facsimile machine, the currently set transmission switching 7 lag T S is sent in the PIF following the transmission of the NSC signal.
Switching signal focus ssB set based on WF
is sent to the other party's 7Akunmiri device.

Next, in step 5113, while reading the image of the original placed on the original tray 21, a transmission process is performed to transmit the image signals of the original image in ascending order of the pages of the original as described with reference to the second section. After doing step 31
Proceed to step 14. In step Sl 14, it is determined whether or not the transmission process has been completed. If it has been completed (YES in step 5114), the process proceeds to step 5115; on the other hand, if it has not been completed (NO in step 5114), step 5113 Return to and repeat the sending process. In step 5115, the process returns to step 3100 after performing a line disconnection process with the other party's 7-acunmile device.

On the other hand, when the above reception condition is satisfied in step 5lot (YES in step 5IOI), the protocol processing based on CCITT recommendation T30 is executed in step 3121, and then the NSF signal is transmitted in step 5122. Next, in step 5123, it is determined whether the NSC signal has been received within a predetermined time. When the NSC signal is received (YES in step 5123), the process proceeds to step 5124; on the other hand, when the NSC signal is not received ( In step 5123
o) Proceed to step 5115.

In step 5124, it is determined whether the switching signal bit SSB included in the PIF transmitted in conjunction with the NSC signal from the other party's 7-accumulation device is 0 or 1. Here, when the switching signal bit SSB is 0, the process branches to step 5125 and the switching flag SW
After setting F to 0 and displaying the information of "machine face-up selection" on the LCD 56, in step 5126, the switching lever 15 is rotated to the Pl position to switch,
Proceed to step 5129. On the other hand, the switching signal hit S
When SB is 1, the process branches to step 5127, sets the switching flag SWF to 1, and displays the information of "machine face down selection" on the LCD 56, and then proceeds to step 5.
At step 128, the switching lever 15 is rotated to the P2 position to switch, and the process proceeds to step 5129.

In step 5129, the image data transmitted from the other party's facsimile device is received, and in the receiving order of the received image data, the image data is subjected to signal decompression processing and to the cut paper as explained with reference to FIG. printing process,
Reception processing such as cut paper ejection processing is performed. Here, when the switching flag SWF is 0, the cut paper after printing is ejected to the paper output tray 13 in a face-up state, while when the switching flag SWF is 1, the cut paper after printing is ejected into the paper output tray 13 in a face-down state. The paper is discharged onto the paper discharge tray 14. Next, in step 5130, it is determined whether or not the above reception process has been completed, and if it has been completed, (
(YES in step 5130) proceeds to step 5115; on the other hand, if not completed (step 5130)
(No) Return to step 5129 and repeat the above reception process.

In step 5115, the process of disconnecting the line with the other party's facsimile device is performed, and then the process returns to step 5100.

As explained above, based on the switching signal bit SSB received from the other party's facsimile machine, it is possible to switch between ejecting printed cut sheets to the paper ejection tray 13 or the paper ejection tray 14. For example, on the sending side of the facsimile machine shown in FIG. When flag TSWF is set to 1,
On the receiving side, at the end of the print discharge process, the received image data is printed on the 7-sheet paper or in the face-down state, and the pages of the document are aligned in ascending order and placed on the paper discharge tray 13.

Furthermore, when image data is transmitted in descending order of the pages of a document using the first conventional facsimile machine, and the transmission switching flag TSWF is set to O at this time, the receiving side receives the The cant paper on which the image data has been printed is placed face-up on the paper discharge tray 14 after page alignment is performed in ascending order of the original pages.

In the first embodiment described above, the printed cut sheet is ejected to the paper ejection tray 13 or the paper ejection tray 14 based on the switching signal bit SSH received from the other party's facsimile machine. Since the receiving side is configured to switch between the two, there is no need to previously store many facsimile numbers of other parties when switching the lever 15 to the position Pi, and there is an advantage that no memory is required for this purpose.

In the above first embodiment, two paper ejection trays 13.1
4, and by using the switching lever 15, the cut paper after printing is placed in the paper output tray 1 in the state of 7 ace down.
3 or in the face-up position on the output tray 14.
is being discharged.

However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this, and uses a known reversing device that is provided with one paper ejection tray and that reverses the front/back side of the cut paper after printing.
Based on B, the cut paper after printing may be discharged to the paper discharge tray as it is or after being reversed.

In the first embodiment described above, it is switched based on the switching signal bit SSB whether the paper after printing is to be ejected in a 7 ace down state or in a face up state. The present invention is not limited to this, and as described later in the second embodiment, the above switching may be performed based on the facsimile number of the other party transmitted from the facsimile machine of the other party.

Second Embodiment FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control unit 39 of the facsimile machine of the second embodiment of the present invention, which corresponds to FIG. The same step numbers are given to the processes.

The processing of this second embodiment differs from the processing of the first embodiment in steps 5122 to 513 in FIG.
0 to 0, the processing from step 5151 to step 5162 is performed. Also, in the 7-axis device of this second embodiment, the switching lever 15 and the paper ejection tray in FIG. 13, and the cut paper after printing is placed face up in the output tray 1.
It is discharged at 4.

In this second embodiment, when the other party's facsimile device is the device of the second conventional example, that is, a plurality of originals are placed on the original tray 21 in ascending order of the original pages from the top, 7 aces up. When reading an image of a document from the topmost document (in other words, when the image data of the document is sent and received in ascending order of the pages of the document), the facsimile number of the other party's facsimile device (hereinafter referred to as This is called a designated facsimile number.

) is stored in advance in the RAM 73 in the main control unit 39, and when the other party's facsimile number transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine is the specified facsimile number stored in advance, the facsimile number is received from the other party's facsimile machine and temporarily stored in the RAM 34. read out the image data to be printed on cut paper in descending order of addresses in the RAM, that is, in the reverse order of reception, and on the other hand, when the detected facsimile number is not the pre-stored specified facsimile number, Once received from the other party's facsimile machine, the
The image data stored in the AM 34 is read out in ascending order of RAM addresses, that is, in the order in which it was received, and printed on cut paper.

The facsimile number of the other party is set by a known operation on the sending facsimile machine, and the facsimile number of the other party is
ITT Recommendation T30 specifies optional signals that are included in the FIF governing the transmitting terminal identification signal (hereinafter referred to as TSI signal) and transmitted from the calling side's facsimile machine to the called side's facsimile machine. Sent.

The processing of the second embodiment illustrated in FIG. 6 will be described below.
Only steps different from the first embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, after the protocol analysis process in step 5121, in step 5151, image data received from the other party's facsimile machine is sequentially received and stored in the RAM 34 in ascending order of address from address. Here, the RAM 34 of the received and stored image
RA in the main control unit 39 with the final address in n being
Store in M34. In this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that one page of image data is stored in one address of the RAM 34.

Next, in step 5152, it is determined whether or not the TSI signal has been received within a predetermined time, and when the TSI signal is received (YES in step 5152), in step 5153, the information contained in the FIF that is received following the TSI signal is determined. After detecting information on the facsimile number of the other party, it is determined in step 5154 whether or not the detected facsimile IJ number is a designated facsimile number stored in advance in the RAM 73. If YES in step 5154 above, step 515
On the other hand, if NO, the process advances to step 5155.

On the other hand, when the TSI signal is not received within a predetermined time in step 5152 (No
), proceed to step 5155.

In step 5155, read address ADH of RAM 34 is set to 1, and in step 5156, RAM 3
After reading out the image data stored in the address ADH of No. 4, as explained with reference to FIG. Performs printing process and discharge process of printed cut paper. Then step 5157
In step 5158, after setting and updating the read address ADH to (ADH+1), it is determined whether the read address ADH is equal to ('n + 1). If YES in step 5158, proceed to step 5115 and perform the above-mentioned line disconnection process; on the other hand, if NO in step 5158, return to step 5156 to perform signal expansion processing and printing processing for the image data of the next page. , and repeat the discharge process.

In step 5159, read address ADH of RAM 34 is set to n, and in step 5160, RAM 3
After reading out the image data stored in the address ADH of No. 4, as explained with reference to FIG. Performs printing process and discharge process of printed cut paper. Then step 5161
In step 5162, after setting (ADH-1) as the read address ADH and updating it, it is determined whether the read address ADH is equal to 0 or not. If YES in step 5162, the process advances to step 5115 and the above-mentioned line disconnection process is performed; on the other hand, if NO in step 5162, step 51
Returning to step 60, the signal expansion processing, printing processing, and ejection processing are repeated for the next page of image data.

As explained above, in the facsimile apparatus of this embodiment, image data received from the other party's facsimile machine and temporarily stored in the RAM 34 is transferred to the RAM based on the other party's facsimile number transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine. If the configuration is such that the address is printed in descending or ascending order and the cut paper is ejected face-up after printing, and the other party's facsimile device sends image data in the ascending order of the pages of the document, the specified facsimile number must be Since the configuration is such that when the facsimile device is stored in advance and image data is received after the facsimile device is detected, the data is printed in the descending order of the addresses in the RAM 34, so that when the printing ejection process is completed, the received image data is The printed cut sheets are placed face up on the paper discharge tray 14 after page alignment is performed in ascending order of the pages of the document.

Note that when only the document tray 13 is provided, for example, if the other party's facsimile device is the above-mentioned first conventional example and the image data of the document is transmitted and received in descending order of the pages of the document, 7 Aqua Milli number of the other party,
Is it necessary to store it in the RAM 73 in advance as the designated facsimile device?

In the second embodiment described above, the reading order of the image data received and stored in the RAM 34 is changed based on the facsimile number transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of the above facsimile number, the switching signal bit SSB described in the first embodiment, or an information signal of an arbitrary code stored in the FIF in the NSC signal, or Alternatively, specific information may be transmitted as image information, and this image information may be pattern recognized on the receiving side to perform the above-mentioned switching.

In the second embodiment described above, the reading order of image data from the RAM 34 is changed based on the information signal such as the facsimile number transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. When writing the received image data to the RAM 34, it is stored in the RAM 34 in the reverse page order of the original in the order of the addresses,
When reading out the image data, the image data may be read out in the order of the addresses in the RAM 34, thereby reversing the order in which the received image data is printed out. In this case, specifically, each time a signal indicating the end of transmission of one page of image data is sent, the write start address to the RAM 34 is calculated from the data length of the image data of that page, and the image data of that page is is transferred to the area after the calculated write start address. When reading image data, the image data may be sequentially read out using the write start address of the last written page (first page) as the read start address.

Although cut paper is used in the first and second embodiments described above, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to, for example, an apparatus that uses roll paper and cuts and discharges each page after printing. be able to.

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, in a facsimile machine, the printed paper is placed on the paper ejection tray with the printed side facing upward based on the control signal received from the other party's facsimile machine. The facsimile machine is provided with a switching means for switching between ejecting printed paper to a paper ejection tray with the printed side facing down, or ejecting the printed paper to a paper ejection tray with the printed side facing down, or the facsimile machine Storage operation of image signals in the image storage device and readout operation from the image storage device so that image signals corresponding to each page stored in the image storage device are read out in the page order in which they were received or in the reverse page order. Since the facsimile machine on the receiving side can automatically align the pages of the printed document after printing is ejected,
This has the advantage that the operator does not need to align the pages of the printed document.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1(A) is a cross-sectional section of a facsimile machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1(B) is an enlarged view of the vicinity of the switching lever of the facsimile machine shown in FIG. 1(A). Cross section, Figure 2 is 1st
FIG. 3 is a front view of the operation panel of the facsimile machine of FIG. Block diagram: FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control section in FIG. 4; Section 6 is a flowchart showing the processing of the main control section of the second embodiment. 13.14...Paper output tray 15...Switching lever 34...RAM. 35...Transmission control section, 36...Line control section, 37...Signal extension section, 38...Laser printer section, 39...Main control section, 50...Operation panel, 51... Key matrix, 55...Face down selection key Patent applicant Minolta Camera Co., Ltd. agent Patent attorney Aohaku Aohaka 1 person

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a facsimile device that receives an image signal transmitted from the other party's facsimile machine via a communication line, prints the image of the received image signal on a paper, and outputs it to a paper output tray, the other party's facsimile machine a receiving means for receiving a control signal transmitted from the apparatus; and based on the control signal received by the receiving means, ejecting the printed paper to the paper ejection tray with the printed side facing upward; A facsimile apparatus comprising: a switching means for switching between discharging the printed paper onto the paper ejection tray with the printed surface facing downward. (2) Receive an image signal containing multiple pages of information sent from the other party's facsimile device via a communication line,
In a facsimile device that stores the received image signal in an image storage device, reads the image signal stored in the image storage device, and prints an image of the read image signal on a sheet of paper page by page, the other party; a receiving means for receiving an information signal transmitted from the facsimile machine; and a receiving means for receiving an information signal transmitted from the facsimile machine; a determining means for determining in which order the pages should be read out, or vice versa; and a page order in which image signals corresponding to each page stored in the image storage device are received based on the determination result of the determining means. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a control means for controlling an operation of storing an image signal in the image storage device and an operation of reading the image signal from the image storage device so that the image signal is read out in the reverse page order.