JPH0779314A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To utilize a blank part of recording paper effectively. CONSTITUTION:The facsimile equipment stores recording data by one page to a page memory 24 and prints out the recording data stored in the page memory 24 onto the recording paper in the unit of page. A capacity judging means (CPU 21) judges a capacity of the recording data by one page stored in the page memory 24. A perforation forming means 11 sets rules lines from the tip of the recording paper till a position of a predetermined distance from the tip along a lateral direction of the recording paper. A control means (CPU 21) activates the perforation forming means 11 when the capacity judging means (CPU 21) judges it that the capacity of the recording data by one page is less than a predetermined capacity. Since perforation are set between the printed parts and the blank part of the recording paper, the blank part is easily cut off at the perforations and the blank part is used effectively for a memo-paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus which prints received data, communication reports and the like on recording paper cut to a fixed size in page units and outputs them.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a facsimile machine, a roll-shaped thermal paper or plain paper cut to a standard size such as A4 or letter size is used as a recording paper used for printout of received data and communication reports. It is used.

In a facsimile machine using a roll-shaped thermal paper, the thermal paper is cut by a cutter after recording data such as received data and communication report is printed on the thermal paper by a cutter. The thermal paper is used in an amount corresponding to the capacity of.

In a facsimile machine using regular plain paper, one page of print data such as received data and communication report is stored in a page memory, and the print data stored in this page memory is printed page by page by a printer. The printout is made, and one plain paper is used regardless of the record data having a capacity considerably smaller than the record data for one page.

[0005]

As described above, as described above,
In a facsimile machine that uses regular plain paper for receiving and recording, at least one piece of plain paper is used for one page of recorded data. However, there is a problem in that the recording paper is wastefully used because a margin is produced in most of the remaining portion even if there is a printed portion.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of effectively utilizing a margin portion of a recording sheet.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a facsimile apparatus for storing one page of recording data in a page memory and printing out the recording data stored in the page memory on a regular recording paper page by page. , The one stored in the page memory
Capacity determining means for determining the capacity of the recording data for one page, and perforation creating means for detecting the leading edge of the recording sheet and forming a perforation along the width direction of the recording sheet at a predetermined distance from the leading edge. And a control means for operating the perforation forming means when the capacity determination means determines that the capacity of the recording data for one page is less than a predetermined value.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the capacity of the recording data for one page stored in the page memory is judged by the capacity judging means at the time of printing output, and the capacity of the recording data for one page is judged to be less than the predetermined value. At this time, the perforation forming means is operated to insert perforations along the width direction of the recording paper at a position that is a predetermined distance from the leading end of the recording paper, that is, a margin. Therefore, a perforation is inserted between the printed part and the blank part of the recording paper,
The perforations can be easily cut, and the blank area can be effectively used as memo paper or the like.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of the facsimile apparatus of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic mechanism of a print output section of a facsimile apparatus. Reference numeral 1 is a cassette for accommodating a recording paper P made of plain paper cut into a standard size such as A4 or letter size. The recording papers P are fed one by one and sent to the printing unit 2.

The printing means 2 comprises a laser printer, and a developing / transferring section 3 and a fixing section 4 of an electrophotographic process are sequentially arranged in the recording paper feeding direction. The development transfer unit 3 is
An electric charge is applied to the surface of the photosensitive drum 6 by the charger 5, the surface of the photosensitive drum 6 is irradiated with a laser beam from the optical system unit 7 to form an electrostatic latent image, and the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive drum 6 is developed. The toner is attracted by the device 8 and the toner image attracted by the photosensitive drum 6 is transferred onto the recording paper P by the transfer device 9. Subsequently, the fixing unit 4 passes the recording paper P coated with the toner between the heated rollers 10 to fix the toner onto the recording paper P.

Perforation forming means 11 is arranged on the recording paper feeding direction side of the fixing section 4. This perforation making means 11
Is a frame 12 to which the recording paper P is fed, as shown in FIG.
A groove hole 13 wider than the recording paper P is formed along the width direction of the recording paper P orthogonal to the recording paper feeding direction, and along this groove hole 13, that is, along the width direction of the recording paper P. Cutter
14 is configured to be rotated. Cutter 14
Has a plurality of blades 15 on its peripheral surface and forms perforations along the width direction of the recording paper P.

In FIG. 2, in front of the perforation forming means 11, a light reflection type paper detection sensor for detecting the recording paper P is provided.
16 are arranged.

FIG. 1 shows a control block diagram of the facsimile apparatus, and 21 is a CPU as a control means.
On the other hand, a ROM 23 storing a control program and a RAM 24 serving as a page memory capable of writing and reading various data at any time are connected via a bus line 22.

As shown in FIG. 4, the RAM 24 has a print data area as a page memory for storing print data for one page, and a memory corresponding to a line for determining whether or not to make perforations, which will be described later. The address S is preset.

A modem 25 for processing data communication such as facsimile signals is connected to the bus line 22. The modem 25 is connected to the telephone line via an NCU 26 that switches between the telephone line side and the facsimile circuit (modem 25) side with respect to the telephone line.

Further, the bus line 22 has a reading means 27 for reading a transmission original, various motors 29, 30 for conveying recording paper in a facsimile machine through an I / O port 28, ten keys and various setting keys. Keyboards 31 having, for example, are connected to each. In addition, the printing means 2 and the perforation forming means 11 are connected to the bus line 22, respectively.

Then, the CPU 21 has a function of a capacity judging means for judging from the capacity of the recording data for one page stored in the recording data area of the RAM 24 shown in FIG. When it is determined that the capacity of the recording data for one page is equal to or less than the predetermined value (memory address S), the perforation creating means 11 is operated, and the width of the recording paper P is set in the margin portion at a predetermined distance from the leading end of the recording paper P. Control to insert perforations along the direction. The perforation creation mode for inserting perforations can be selectively set by the keyboard 31.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the case where the perforation creation mode is set and a communication report indicating the transmission result is printed out every time one facsimile transmission is performed will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

When a communication report print command is issued at the end of transmission, the communication report is written in the recording data area of the RAM 24. Since this communication report only shows the transmission result for one transmission as shown in FIG. 4, the capacity of the recording data for one page written in the recording data area of the RAM 24 is equal to or smaller than the predetermined value (memory address S). It is determined in advance that there is a perforation and the perforation is created.

Then, the recording paper P is sent from the cassette 1 to the printing means 2, and the communication report written in the recording data area of the RAM 24 is printed by the printing means 2 (step 1).

After printing the communication report, the printing means 2
From the time when the front end of the recording paper P sent from the perforation forming means 11 is detected by the paper detection sensor 16 to the recording paper P, the conveyance of the recording paper P is stopped, and the recording paper P is moved to a predetermined distance from the front end portion. The margin portion of is aligned with the position of the cutter 14 of the perforation creating means 11 (steps 2, 3, 4).

After the recording paper P is stopped, the perforation forming means 11 is operated, and the cutter 14 makes perforations in the width direction of the recording paper P (step 5). After the perforations are made, the conveyance is restarted and the recording paper P is ejected (step 6).

As shown in FIG. 5, the recording paper P on which the communication report is printed has perforations M between the printed portion P1 and the margin portion P2 of the recording paper P on which the communication report is printed. In addition, when printing the communication report, "M
The letters "EMO" are printed.

When the margin P2 of the recording paper P is used as a memo paper, the recording paper can be effectively used as the memo paper since it can be easily cut from the perforation M.

Next, the case where the perforation creation mode is set and the received data is printed and output at the time of facsimile reception will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8.

When the facsimile is received, the received data is stored in the RAM 24 (step 11).

After the reception is completed (step 12), the received data for one page is written in the recording data area of the RAM 24,
The received data is printed by the printing means 2. At this time, the memory capacity for the received data in the recording data area is checked, and it is determined whether the capacity of the received data for one page written in the recording data area is less than or equal to a predetermined value (memory address S) (steps 13 and 14). ).

As a result of the judgment, when the capacity of the received data for one page is equal to or larger than the predetermined value (memory address S), the printing means 2
The received data is printed on the recording paper P by
The recording paper P is discharged without 11 being operated (step 15).

As a result of the judgment, when the capacity of the received data for one page is less than the predetermined value (memory address S), the printing means 2
The received data is printed on the recording paper P at, and the recording paper P is conveyed from the printing means 2 to the perforation forming means 11 after being conveyed a predetermined distance from the time when the leading edge of the recording paper P is detected by the paper detection sensor 16. Is stopped, and the blank area at a predetermined distance from the leading edge of the recording paper P is the cutter 14 of the perforation creating means 11.
Is matched with the position of (steps 16, 17, 18).

After the recording paper P is stopped, the perforation forming means 11 is operated and the cutter 14 makes perforations in the width direction of the recording paper P (step 19). After the perforations are inserted, the conveyance is restarted and the recording paper P is ejected (step 20).

The recording paper P on which the received data is printed is shown in FIG.
As shown in, a perforation M is inserted between the print portion P1 on which the received data of the recording paper P is printed and the margin portion P2.
When printing the received data, "MEM" is displayed in the margin P2.
The letter "O" is printed.

When the blank portion P2 of the recording paper P is used as the memo paper, the recording paper can be effectively used as the memo paper since it can be easily cut from the perforation M.

Whether or not to create perforations at the time of printing out a communication report or received data can be selected by setting the perforation creation mode using the keyboard 31.

[0036]

According to the present invention, at the time of print output,
When the capacity of the recording data for one page stored in the page memory is judged by the capacity judging means and the capacity of the recording data for one page is judged to be less than a predetermined value, the perforation forming means is operated to operate the recording paper. Since a perforation is formed between the printed portion and the blank portion at a predetermined distance from the tip by detecting the tip of the blank portion, the blank portion can be easily cut with the perforation.
The blank area can be effectively used as memo paper.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control block diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a schematic mechanism of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of perforation forming means of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a recording data area of a RAM serving as a page memory according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a printout example of a communication report according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a printout operation of a communication report according to the above embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a printout example of received data according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a printout operation of received data according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Perforation creating means 21 CPU as control means and capacity determination means 24 RAM as page memory P Recording paper

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile apparatus for storing one page of recording data in a page memory and printing out the recording data stored in the page memory on a recording paper of a fixed size in page units. A capacity determining means for determining the capacity of the recording data for one page, and a perforation for forming a perforation along the width direction of the recording paper at a predetermined distance from the front end of the recording paper by detecting the front end of the recording paper. A facsimile machine comprising: means for controlling the perforation creating means for activating the perforation creating means when the capacity determining means determines that the capacity of the recording data for one page is less than a predetermined value.