JPH04265057A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a user to recognize divisions. of documents at sight even at the time of continuous reception of plural documents by distinguishing between an inter-page delimiter mark and a delimiter mark of the last page in one document. CONSTITUTION:Two kinds of delimiter mark, namely, the interpage delimiter mark and the delimiter mark of the last page (document delimiter mark) are stored in a ROM 4. Divisions of pages and those of documents are automatically discriminated from the communication protocol of facsimile, and delimiter marks corresponding to them are read out from the ROM 4 and are recorded on recording paper by a thrermal head 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and particularly to a facsimile machine that does not have an automatic record paper cutting function, so that it is possible to distinguish between each page of a multi-page document and the end of the document at a glance. , relates to a device that provides convenience.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in facsimile machines that do not have an automatic recording paper cutting function, delimiter marks are generally automatically recorded on the recording paper to indicate the divisions between pages of a received document. Facsimile machines generally have an automatic reception function that allows them to receive messages even when they are absent.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] When a facsimile machine automatically receives multiple documents while the user is away, the document delimiter marks and page delimiter marks are the same, making it difficult to distinguish them at a glance. The division of documents was determined by reading the contents of recorded documents.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems inherent in the prior art, and therefore, an object of the present invention is to automatically determine page divisions and document divisions from a facsimile communication protocol, It is an object of the present invention to provide a new facsimile device that can solve the above problems by automatically recording different delimiter marks on recording paper according to each time.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention has a function of recording a page break mark on recording paper for each page when receiving a facsimile, and is capable of printing multiple pages. When a document consisting of is received, the apparatus is configured to include means for recording on a recording paper a delimiter mark between each page and a delimiter mark recorded after receiving the final page as different marks.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a communication sequence diagram of a transfer control procedure implemented by this embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, a modem 1 demodulates a modulated signal received from a communication line 7 and supplies facsimile image information to a decoder 2. The signal decoded by the decoder 2 is transferred to the thermal head 5 under the control of the microprocessor 3 and recorded line by line in the main scanning direction. At this time, the microprocessor 3 drives the pulse motor 6 line by line in synchronization with the recording of each line. The ROM 4 is a memory that stores two types of delimiter marks, and when the recording of image information for one page is completed, the microprocessor 3 reads the delimiter marks from the ROM 4, transfers them to the thermal head 5, and records them.

A more specific explanation will be given with reference to FIG. On the receiving side according to the present invention, after starting communication in FIG.
TT Recommendation T. After executing the pre-message procedure in accordance with 30, the process enters phase C and starts receiving the image information of the first page. As described above, the image information is modulated by the modem 1, decoded by the decoder 2, transferred to the thermal head 5 by the microprocessor 3, and recorded on recording paper. At this time, the pulse motor 6 is also driven at the same time.

After the recording of image information for one page is completed, if there is a next page (second page), the sender sends a post message M.
Send PS (or EOM). The receiving side waits for a point message after recording one page of image information, and
When PS (or EOM) is received, the type 1 separator mark is read from ROM4, and the thermal head 5
and record it on recording paper. After completing recording of the delimiter mark, the post message MCF is returned and preparations are made to receive the next page.

[0011] After repeating the above operations and completing recording the image information of the final page, the sending side sends a post message EOP.
receive. At this time, the receiving side receives type 2 data from ROM4.
The delimiter mark is read out, transferred to the thermal head 5, and recorded on recording paper. Thereafter, the MCF is returned, the DCN is received, and the communication is completed.

[0012] Through the above-described operation, it becomes possible on the receiving side to record type 1 delimiter marks on pages other than the last page, and to record type 2 delimiter marks on the final page.

[0013]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention,
In order to distinguish and record the document delimiter marks and the delimiter marks of each page within the document, the document delimiters can be identified at a glance when multiple documents are received in succession using a facsimile machine that does not have an automatic recording paper cutting function. It is very convenient.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a communication sequence diagram of a transmission control procedure realized by the embodiment of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Modem 2...Decoder 3...Microprocessor 4...ROM 5...Thermal head 6...Pulse motor 7...Communication line

Claims (2)

[Claims] Claim 1: In a facsimile machine that has a function of recording page separation marks on recording paper for each page when receiving a facsimile, when a document consisting of multiple pages is received, the separation marks between each page and the last page are recorded. A facsimile apparatus comprising means for recording on recording paper a mark different from a delimiter mark to be recorded after reception. 2. The recording means includes a memory that stores page delimiter marks and document delimiter marks within the same document, and automatically determines page delimiters and document delimiters within the same document from a facsimile communication protocol. 2. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a microprocessor for reading out necessary marks from said memory based on said judgment and transferring them to a thermal head for recording on recording paper.