JPH0693733B2 - Fax machine - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having an improved recording system for receiving images.

[Prior Art] The role of a facsimile machine is to receive a received document that is accurate and faithful to the transmitted document.

Therefore, when a document is transmitted while being shifted to one of the upper, lower, left, and right sides when the document is transmitted, the document is still faithfully received in the shifted state.

This development occurs when the original on the transmitting side and the recording sheet on the receiving side have the same size, and also when they are different.

When an offset original document is received and recorded in this manner, when the receiving principle is arranged and edited on the receiving side, a part of the original document is bound and unreadable.

[Purpose] The present invention has been made to eliminate the above-described conventional drawbacks, and when recording received image information on a recording sheet, an appropriate margin can be formed on the left or right side of the recording sheet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine configured as described above.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1a is a line, which is connected to a facsimile apparatus via a communication control unit 1.

Reference numeral 2 is a control unit for controlling each unit of the apparatus, which is a memory 3 for storing the received image, and an appropriate relationship between the original image and the margin portion of the recording paper when recording the received image on the recording paper. The calculation processing unit 4 for the defined margin is connected.

A printer 5 is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 4.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a reading unit, which is the control unit 2, the arithmetic processing unit.
4, connected to the operation panel 7.

The image information transmitted under the circuit configuration as described above is taken in through the communication control unit 1, and after the control unit 2 performs code conversion and the like, the image information is sent from the control unit 2 to the memory 3 and stored therein. To be done.

The image signal from the control unit 2 is edited by the arithmetic processing unit 4 and then recorded by the printer 5.

In the copy mode, the document is read by the reading unit 6 and output by the printer 5 via the arithmetic processing unit 4.

By the way, the margin arithmetic processing unit 4 performs arithmetic processing as shown in FIG.

That is, the image information received in steps S1 and S2 is read from the memory 3 and the bit position of the leftmost image information is represented by the distance from the left end and the right end of the effective recording width.

Subsequently, in step S3, information indicating whether or not the transmission original sent from the operation panel 7 is left-binding (information indicating whether a predetermined amount of margin is provided on the left or a predetermined amount of margin is provided on the right)
Confirm.

If it is left binding, it is confirmed in step S4 whether there is a minimum margin portion, and if it is, recording is started,
If not, the process proceeds to step S5 to check whether there is a blank space on the right side.

For the right margin, the distance from the right end of the effective recording width to the rightmost information is selected.

If there is a right margin in step S5, the step
In S6, white columns on the left side and white columns on the right side of the information are added or deleted by the same number as the number of bits calculated after the operation.

Then, returning to step S4, recording is started after confirming that there is a minimum left margin width.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S3 that the left binding is not performed, the process proceeds to step S7 to check whether there is a minimum right margin width, and if there is, the recording is started as it is.

If not, proceed to step S8.

A fixed length is selected as the minimum right margin width from the right end of the effective recording width.

In step S8, it is confirmed whether or not there is a left margin, and if there is, a left and right white columns of information are added and deleted by the same number of bits as in step S6, and the process returns to step S7 to set the minimum right margin. Recording is performed after confirming that there is a width.

By the way, in the above-mentioned example, if left binding or right binding is designated, the receiving side automatically edits, but the receiving side and the transmitting side do not necessarily have the same binding method.

Therefore, it is convenient to allow the receiving side to specify the binding method.

However, in the case of automatic reception, after temporarily storing it in the image memory,
The operator operates and outputs it.

Further, in the above-described example, the description has been made on the assumption that the original on the transmitting side is smaller than the width of the recording paper on the receiving side. Proper output, that is, recording can be performed in consideration of the binding margin.

In this way, the image information can be recorded at an appropriate position on the recording paper, so that the information will not be damaged by punching or binding during editing.

[Effect] As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the bit position of the image information read from the received image memory in the left and right effective recording widths of the recording paper is detected, and the margin is left or right on the recording paper. According to the setting of whether to add or not, the presence or absence of a predetermined amount of margin on the left side or the right side is determined, and according to the determination, white run data is added to the left or right side of the recording paper and recording is performed. Therefore, regardless of the position of the original at the time of transmission, it is possible to obtain a recorded image having an appropriate margin on the left or right side of the recording paper, and it is possible to save the recorded image by left binding or right binding. There is.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a block diagram of a control circuit, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram for explaining a control operation. 1 ... communication control unit, 2 ... control unit 3 ... memory, 4 ... arithmetic processing unit 5 ... printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory for storing received image information, setting means for setting whether to add a margin on the left or right of the recording paper, and read from the memory in the left and right effective recording widths of the recording paper. A determination unit that detects the bit position of the image information and determines the presence or absence of a predetermined amount of left or right margin according to the setting of the setting unit, and adds to the left or right of the recording paper according to the determination by the determination unit. A unit for generating white run data for a blank space and adding the white run data to the recorded image information; and a recording unit for recording the image information with the added white run data on a recording paper. Characteristic facsimile machine.