JPH08186685A - Facsimile machine and compound facsimile machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Object] The present invention relates to a facsimile device and a composite facsimile device, which can discharge sheets to an external tray at a high speed and eliminate the waiting time due to recording output, and have high usage performance. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine and a composite facsimile machine. [Structure] After the received original is recorded on the recording paper, the external tray
After temporarily storing in the internal tray 10 before discharging to 11,
Paper is output to the external tray 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine and a composite facsimile machine, and more specifically, it can record a received original on a recording paper before discharging it to an external paper discharge tray and temporarily store it in an internal tray. The present invention relates to a facsimile machine and a composite facsimile machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the case of reception by a conventional facsimile apparatus or a compound facsimile apparatus having a copying function, the reception of the next page is started after the recording and outputting of the received document of one page is completed, or the image of the image is stored in the memory. After accumulating the information, the received document is sequentially recorded and output.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional facsimile apparatus or compound facsimile apparatus, a series of received information is recorded when the received information is recorded and output at the time of facsimile reception. Since there is no way to know whether the output is in progress or all of them have been completed, the worker must wait until all the recording output is completed during reception or during print recording, and the facsimile machine Alternatively, there has been a problem that the usability of the composite facsimile machine is extremely deteriorated.

Further, since the recording sheet on which printing is recorded is discharged to a discharge tray provided on the side of the facsimile apparatus and remains in that state until it is taken out by an operator, it is ejected before being taken out by the operator. There is a possibility that an outsider may take out the recording paper whose paper is finished, and the document management becomes very bad. In view of the above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the received document information can be discharged to the tray at high speed by printing and discharging the received document information to the internal tray once, and the waiting time due to the recording output becomes unnecessary. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile machine that can be used and has high performance.

According to the second and third aspects of the present invention, it is possible to surely prevent the situation in which the recording sheet on which the print is recorded is taken out by an outsider, and to perform sufficient document management. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile device capable of performing the above. According to the invention described in claim 4, when the facsimile is received, the received document information is once printed and discharged onto the internal tray, so that it can be discharged at high speed to the outside, and a waiting time due to recording output is unnecessary. In addition, it is an object of the present invention to provide a compound facsimile apparatus having a high use performance in which the recording paper can be promptly obtained by directly ejecting the recording paper to the external tray during copying.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the apparatus has an internal tray, and is provided with a received document storage unit for recording a received document on a recording sheet, temporarily storing the received document in the internal tray, and then discharging the document to an external tray. I am trying. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 2 is the same as the invention according to claim 1,
It is characterized in that it further comprises an instruction means for instructing to discharge the recording paper stored in the received original storage means to an external tray after a predetermined time has elapsed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein an operator who can eject the recording paper stored in the received document storage means is registered. Registration means and a judgment means for judging whether or not the person is a registrant registered in the registration means, and the judgment means is registered in the registration means when a recording paper discharge request is made. It is characterized in that the recording paper stored in the internal tray is discharged to the external tray when it is determined that the recording paper is stored.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a fourth aspect of the present invention is a compound facsimile apparatus having a facsimile communication function and a copying function, which has an internal tray, and after the received original is recorded on a recording paper, the internal tray. To store the received originals that are temporarily stored in
A first position at which a recording sheet on which a received document is recorded is discharged to an internal tray by a received document storing means at the time of facsimile reception, and a second position at which a copied document is recorded on the recording sheet and directly discharged to an external tray at the time of copying. And a switching means capable of switching to.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the invention, after the received original is recorded on the recording paper, it is temporarily stored in the internal tray before being discharged to the external tray. Therefore,
The recording paper once recorded and output to the internal tray is ejected to the external tray all at once, and the recording paper is ejected at a high speed, and until the recording and outputting of the document information received by the facsimile device is completed as in the conventional case. There is no need for workers to wait. As a result, the use performance of the facsimile device is improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the recording paper stored in the received original storage means is ejected to the external tray after a predetermined time has elapsed. Therefore, the operator who needs the recording paper can pick up the recording paper at a time convenient for the operator. For this reason,
The recording sheet does not remain discharged to the external tray after being received by the facsimile apparatus, and there is no possibility that the recording sheet is taken out by an outsider, and the manageability of the received document is improved.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, an operator who can eject the recording paper stored in the received original storage means is registered, and is stored in the internal tray only by the operator registered in the registration means. The recording paper is ejected to the external tray. Therefore, only a specific worker can receive the received document, there is no possibility that an outsider takes out the recording paper, and the manageability of the received document is improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a received document storing means having an internal tray for recording the received document on a recording sheet, temporarily storing the received document in the internal tray, and then discharging the received document to the external tray. When receiving a facsimile, the recording paper on which the received original is recorded is discharged to the internal tray by the received original storage means, and at the time of copying, the copied original is recorded on the recording paper and then directly discharged to the external tray. Has become.

Therefore, at the time of facsimile reception, the recording paper once recorded and output to the internal tray is discharged to the external tray at once, and the recording paper is discharged at a high speed, and the original document received by the facsimile apparatus as in the conventional case. The operator does not have to wait until the recording and outputting of information is completed. Further, at the time of copying, the recording paper is directly discharged to the external tray, and the copying paper is promptly taken out from the external tray. As a result, the use performance of the compound facsimile apparatus is significantly improved.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 5 are views showing an embodiment of a compound facsimile apparatus having a copying function according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4. In the present embodiment, since the description of the facsimile machine can be made at the same time by explaining the composite facsimile machine, the composite facsimile machine will be described together with the description of the facsimile machines of claims 1 to 3.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a compound facsimile machine. This compound facsimile machine 1 includes an operation section 2, a system control section 3, a reading section 4, a writing section 5, a communication control section 6, an image storage section 7, and an image. The processing unit 8, the document discharge control unit 9, an internal tray 10, an external tray 11, and a clock (timer) 12 are connected to each other via a system bus 13.

The operation unit 2 has a copy start switch, operation keys such as a transmission key, a reception key, and a ten-key pad, keys for designating items such as an input number and a destination, and ejects recording paper as described later. It has a designation switch for designating paper to be ejected along the path of the tray 11. In addition, the operator's ID number is input to the operation unit 2 using a ten-key pad, which also constitutes a registration means. In addition, a time setting switch for setting the paper ejection time and the internal tray
10 also has a paper ejection switch for instructing the ejection of the recording paper ejected.

The system control unit 3 includes a CPU (Central Pr
ocessing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory), R
It has an OM (Read Only Memory) and the like, and executes the function as the composite facsimile apparatus 1 based on the program stored in the ROM. Further, the system control section 3 constitutes a judgment means for judging the ID number input to the operation section 2.

The reading unit 4 is a CCD (Charge Coupled
An image scanner using (Device) is used, and the reading unit 4 scans a document, optically reads image information of the document, and reads a transmission document and a copied document. The image processing unit 8 is intended to shorten and improve the transmission time of image information, compresses (encodes) the image information during transmission, and reproduces the encoded image information into original information during reception. (Decrypt)

The writing unit 5 prints the image information read by the reading unit 4 on a recording sheet in the case of a copy document, and stores the image information in the image storage unit 7 in the case of facsimile reception, and then performs image processing. The received information reproduced by the unit 8 is recorded on a recording paper. The image storage unit 7 is configured to store and store the image information of the transmitted / received document for each facsimile message or each transmission destination.

The communication control unit 6 uses a line L (for example, a telephone line).
The facsimile control signal is exchanged with the facsimile terminal connected via the line L to set the communication function and exchange various control information, and the facsimile control procedure is executed. . On the other hand, the internal tray 10 is housed inside the apparatus 1, and the internal tray 10 is designed to temporarily store a recording sheet on which a document received by facsimile is recorded. Specifically, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, upon receiving the facsimile, the recording paper is fed from the paper feed cassette 14 in which the recording paper is stored, and then the recording paper printed and recorded by the writing unit 5 is temporarily ejected.

The external tray 11 is provided on the side of the apparatus 1 so that the copying machine printed and recorded at the time of copying is directly ejected, and the recording paper stored in the internal tray 10 is ejected. It is what is done. To switch the discharge path of the internal tray 10 and the external tray 11, when a designation switch provided on the operation unit 2 is operated, the changeover switch 15 is switched to the external tray.
By switching to the 11 side (second position), the discharge path of the recording paper is switched to the external tray 11 side, and when the communication control section 6 detects an incoming call, the system control section 3 indicates the recording paper discharge path on the inner tray 10 side (first
The change-over switch 15 can be automatically changed over to the (position). This operation unit 2, changeover switch
The 15 and the system control unit 3 together constitute a switching means.

Further, the document discharge control section 9 includes an internal tray 10
The received original document (recording paper) that has been recorded and discharged in (1) is controlled to be discharged to the external tray 11. Specifically, the document ejection control unit 9 measures the time when the operation unit 2 issues a paper ejection request based on the ID number, when the paper ejection switch issues a paper ejection instruction, or when the clock 12 is used. When the time is reached, the recording paper stored in the internal tray 10 is discharged to the external tray 11.

Further, the clock 12 measures the time set by the operation unit 2, and the clock 12 and the operation unit 2 constitute an instruction means for setting the paper discharge time. The system control unit 3, the internal tray 10 and the document discharge control unit 9 constitute a received document storage unit. Next, the operation will be described.

First, a method of discharging a received original will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Note that this flow chart and the flow charts of FIGS. 4 and 5 described later are performed by the system control unit 3, and
Is executed by the CPU based on the program stored in. First, during copying, the changeover switch 15 is switched to the external tray 11 side (step P1), and the paper feed cassette 1
The recording paper is fed from inside 4, and then the writing unit 5 prints and records the image information of the original on the recording paper (step P
2) The paper is discharged as it is to the external tray 11 (step P3).

On the other hand, at the time of facsimile reception, after the changeover switch 15 is switched to the inner tray 10 side and the writing unit 5 prints and records the image information on the recording paper (step P4),
The recording paper is stored in the internal tray 10 (step P5). Then, the paper discharge switch of the operation unit 2 is operated to determine whether or not there is a recording paper discharge request (step P6). When there is a print request, it is judged whether or not the printing of the image information is being continued (step P7), and when the print recording is completed, the recording paper for one transmission stored in the internal tray 10 is transferred to the outside. Tray 11
After all the sheets have been ejected (step P8), the current process ends.

Next, referring to the flow chart of FIG. 4, a case will be described in which a request for discharging the recording paper stored in the internal tray 10 is made by setting the time in place of the paper discharge switch. In this case, the discharge time is set by the operation unit 2. In this time setting, a single time setting (for example, 9:00) and a plurality of time setting (for example,
9:00, 13:00, 15:00, 17:00, etc.) or a fixed interval (for example, 1 hour interval), and the worker sets the time as desired.

First, in step P11, the internal tray
It is determined whether the discharge request for the recording paper stored in 10 is the specified time setting or the fixed interval setting, and if it is the specified time setting, whether the specified time is reached based on the clock 12. It is determined whether or not (step P12). Here, if the specified time is 12:00 and the specified time is reached, the internal tray 10
All the recording sheets for one communication or more, which are stored by 12:00, are discharged to the external tray 11 and the current process is terminated (step P13).

On the other hand, if the fixed interval is set in step P11, it is determined whether or not a fixed interval, for example, one hour has passed. If one hour has passed (step P14), the internal tray 10 is kept for one hour. All the recording sheets for one communication or more stored in the above are discharged to the external tray 11 and the current processing is ended (step P15). Next, based on the flowchart of FIG. 5, a case will be described in which a request for ejecting a recording sheet stored in the internal tray 10 is made by using an ID number instead of the ejection switch and time designation.

In this case, the operator's ID number is registered in advance by the operation unit 2. After that, in step P21, it is judged whether or not there is a request for discharging the recording paper stored in the internal tray 10, that is, whether or not the operator inputs the ID number through the operation unit 2, and this is input. If the ID number is the same as the previously registered ID number,
Since it is confirmed that the operator can take out the recording paper (step P22), all the recording paper for one communication stored in the internal tray 10 is ejected to the external tray 11 and the processing of this time is ended. (Step P23).

As described above, in this embodiment, after the received original is recorded on the recording paper, it is temporarily stored in the internal tray 10 before being discharged to the external tray 11 and then discharged to the external tray 11. Since the recording paper once recorded and output to the internal tray 10 is discharged to the external tray 11 at once, the recording paper can be discharged at a high speed, and the facsimile apparatus 1 can be used as in the conventional case. It is not necessary for the operator to wait until the recording output of the document data received by the printer is completed. Further, at the time of copying, by switching the changeover switch 15 to the external tray 11 side, the recording paper is directly discharged to the external tray 11, so that the copying paper can be quickly taken out from the external tray 11. As a result, it is possible to improve the use performance of the composite facsimile apparatus 1.

Further, since the recording paper stored in the internal tray 10 is ejected to the external tray 11 after a lapse of a predetermined time, the operator who needs the recording paper (received document) is the operator. You can pick up the chart paper at any convenient time. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording sheet from being left discharged onto the external tray 11 after being received by the facsimile. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the recording paper from being taken out by an outsider and improve the manageability of the received document.

Further, an operator who can eject the recording paper stored in the internal tray 10 is registered by an ID number, and only the registered operator can insert the internal tray 10 into the internal tray 10.
Since the recording paper stored in is ejected to the external tray 11, only a specific operator can receive the received document, and it is possible to prevent the recording paper from being taken out by an outsider, The manageability of received documents can be improved.

[0033]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the recording paper once recorded and output to the internal tray can be discharged to the external tray at a stretch, and the recording paper can be discharged at high speed. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need for the operator to wait until the recording / output of the document information received by the facsimile device is completed as in the conventional case. As a result, the use performance of the facsimile device can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the operator who needs the received document can pick up the recording paper at a time convenient for the operator. For this reason, the recording sheet does not remain discharged to the external tray after being received by the facsimile apparatus, and the recording sheet is prevented from being taken out by an outsider to improve the manageability of the received document. be able to.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the received original can be received only by a specific worker, the recording paper is prevented from being taken out by an outsider, and the manageability of the received document is improved. be able to. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the facsimile is received, the recording paper once recorded and output to the internal tray can be discharged to the external tray at once, and the recording paper can be discharged at high speed. As described above, it is not necessary for the operator to wait until the recording and outputting of the document information received by the facsimile device is completed. Further, at the time of copying, the recording paper can be directly discharged to the external tray and the copying paper can be promptly taken out from the external tray. As a result, it is possible to significantly improve the use performance of the composite facsimile apparatus.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile device and a compound facsimile device according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 4, and is a block diagram of the compound facsimile device.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a paper discharge path for recording paper.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of one embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 compound facsimile device 2 operation unit (switching unit, instruction unit, registration unit) 3 system control unit (received document storage unit, switching unit) 4 reading unit 5 writing unit 6 communication control unit 7 image storage unit 8 image processing unit 9 original document Ejection control unit (received document storage means) 10 Internal tray (received document storage means) 11 External tray 12 Clock (instruction means) 13 System bus 14 Paper cassette 15 Changeover switch (changeover means)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile machine having an internal tray, comprising a received document storage means for recording a received document on a recording sheet, temporarily storing the received document in the internal tray, and then discharging the document to an external tray. apparatus. 2. A facsimile machine according to claim 1, further comprising an instruction means for instructing to discharge the recording paper stored in said received original storage means to an external tray after a predetermined time has passed. apparatus. 3. Registration means for registering an operator capable of discharging recording paper stored in the received original storage means,
Determining means for determining whether or not the person is a registrant registered in the registration means, and the determination means determines that the user is registered in the registration means when there is a request for discharging recording paper. The recording paper stored in the internal tray is discharged to the external tray when the above operation is performed.
The described facsimile machine. 4. A composite facsimile apparatus having a facsimile communication function and a copying function, having an internal tray, recording a received document on a recording sheet, temporarily storing it in the internal tray, and then discharging it to an external tray. A received original storing means, a first position where the recording paper on which the received original is recorded is discharged to the internal tray by the received original storing means at the time of facsimile reception, and a copied original is recorded on the recording paper at the time of copying,
A composite facsimile apparatus, comprising: a switching unit capable of switching to a second position for directly discharging a sheet to an external tray.