JPS63126352A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the sectioning of recording paper loaded a lot with simple constitution by identifying a 1st page or the like of recording paper group at each communication and recording a marking at a prescribed location of the 1st page of recording paper. CONSTITUTION:Picture information is fetched while the facsimile equipment is in the reception state at each communication, and simultaneously when the information is supplied from a picture information reception circuit 13 to a signal processing circuit 14, it is fed to a mark signal generating circuit 15. Thus, the circuit 15 recognizes the 1st page and the marking signal based thereupon is generated and fed to a thermo sensing head drive circuit 12. Then a mark is recorded to a prescribed edge of one page of the recording paper 1. Succeedingly, the circuit 15 does not generate a marking signal to a 2nd and succeeding pages, and lots of recording paper sheets stacked at night is sectioned by using the mark easily. Moreover, the final page is identified to generate the marking signal similarly as other invention.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to facsimile devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Generally, facsimile machines receive image information, record it on recording paper, and then eject the recording paper onto a paper output tray, which is then stacked for the 11th time. It has become.

Then, the receiver usually takes out and organizes the stacked DV recording sheets for each communication. In the second case, it was necessary to sort the recording paper according to the contents of the communication, such as when a plurality of different pieces of communication information were received while the receiver was absent. This classification was a tedious task.

In recent years, facsimile (facsimile) communications have become faster, and the number of communications performed within -5 seconds has tended to increase.

As a result of the second problem, there is a high possibility that a large number of recording sheets of different communication information will be piled up one after another, and sorting is becoming more and more troublesome. Particularly when the recipient is away for a long time, such as at night, a large amount of recording paper accumulates, making sorting the paper even more troublesome.

Conventionally, in order to easily perform the task of categorizing the
For example, a device is known in which a recognition word that is not sent from a sender is recorded at the beginning of a recording sheet.

In the second case, the recognition word is usually the month and day of reception, day of the week, time,
It is formed from the sender's symbol, the sender's phone number, the page number (the number of pages), etc. Then, the recipient would sort the recording paper by, for example, the content of the communication while reading the sender's code, page number, etc.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with facsimile machines such as those mentioned in 2, when a large amount of recording paper is stacked on the output tray due to an increase in the frequency of communications, etc., careful attention is required when sorting the paper. Not only that, but there was also the problem that it took a lot of time and effort.

The above problem arises for the following reasons. In other words, in order to search for the recognition word printed on the leading edge of the recording paper, it is necessary to turn through the pages of the recording paper and confirm the source and page number each time, and it is also necessary to separate a large amount of recording paper. This is because we cannot do without it.

In order to deal with the above-mentioned problems, it is conceivable to newly provide a marking mechanism and its driving means for marking the portion including the edge of the recording paper of the first page or the last page. In the case of , 2, there was a problem that the device became bulky due to the addition of a new marking mechanism and driving means.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can extremely easily classify recording sheets for each communication without complicating the device. .

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a control circuit that identifies the first page or the last page of a group of recording sheets recorded in each communication and outputs an identification signal. , takes in image information and an identification signal, outputs a recording drive signal for recording the image information on recording paper, and detects the edge of the recording paper of the first page or the last page of the recording paper group based on the identification signal. The present invention is characterized in that it includes a drive circuit that outputs a marking drive signal indicating that a portion including a mark should be marked, and a recording means that records on a group of recording sheets based on the recording drive signal and the marking drive signal.

Effects of the present invention With the above-described configuration, the recording means for recording image information and its driving circuit are used in the form of an identification mark, and the first recording paper group recorded for each communication is
Marks are added to the portion of the recording paper of the page or final page, including the edges [2. The recording papers are stacked on the paper output tray with the marks added. Then, the stacked recording papers are separated by marks given to the recording papers.

Embodiment Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which numeral 1 indicates an insertion section for a transmission document, and 2 a discharge tray for the transmission document. Thermal recording paper (hereinafter referred to as recording paper) 5 is
A recording paper roll 8 is set in the apparatus as shown in FIG. 1, and after recording is performed, it is cut into a predetermined size.

Reference numeral 3 shown in FIG. 2 is a discharge tray for the recording paper 5. As shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 4 denotes recording sheets cut to a predetermined size and stacked on the paper discharge tray 3. This facsimile device records the information received from the Sen's facsimile device, and also includes a recognition word 6 at the leading edge of all e-recording sheets to be recorded and output.
It has a built-in mechanism to print (reception date, day of the week, time, sender symbol, page number, etc.), and also prints information on the first page of the recording paper group that is recorded for each reception. , has a built-in mechanism for applying an identification mark 7 to the portion including the edges. below,
A mechanism for applying this identification mark 7 will be explained with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes the recording paper roll t7 described above, 9 a feeding roller for conveying the recording paper 5, 10 a thermal head as a recording means, and 11 a platen. Thermal head I
OK indicates the thermal head drive circuit (hereinafter referred to as the drive circuit).
12 is connected, and the thermal bed 10 is connected to the drive circuit 12.
Recording is performed on the recording paper 5 by driving with the 1 drive signal outputted by the 1 drive signal.

The drive circuit 12 is an image information receiving circuit (hereinafter referred to as a receiving circuit) 1 that receives image information from another facsimile machine.
3 via a signal processing circuit 14. Then, the drive circuit 12 transmits the signal to the receiving circuit 1 through the signal processing circuit 14.
3 also imports the image information, includes the content of the second image information,
In addition, it outputs a recording drive signal containing an instruction to record at a predetermined location on the recording paper 5. Further, an fftlJ control circuit and an upper circuit mark signal generation circuit 15 are connected between the drive circuit 12 and the reception circuit 13. The mark signal generation circuit 15 takes in image information from the receiving circuit 13, identifies the first page of the distribution paper for each communication based on the second image information, and sends an identification signal indicating the identification result to the drive circuit. Output to 12. Upon receiving the identification signal, the drive circuit 12 outputs a marking drive signal indicating that the identification mark 7 is to be placed on the leading edge of the recording paper 5 of the first page.

Further, in FIG. 1, 16 is a cutter that cuts the recording paper 5 into a predetermined size, and 17 is a paper discharge roller.

The operation of the facsimile machine configured as described above will be described below.

When the facsimile machine enters the receiving state, the feeding roller 9 is activated and the recording paper 5 is conveyed in the direction of arrow A. On the other hand, image information transmitted from other facsimile machines is taken into the receiving circuit 13 and is not sent to the mark signal generation circuit 15 and signal processing circuit 14.

When the mark signal generation circuit 15 takes in the image information, it outputs an identification signal t7 to the operation circuit 12 indicating that the image information corresponds to the first page of the second record. In addition, the drive circuit 12 outputs a marking drive signal to the recording head 10 by inputting the identification signal. Then, the recording head 10 prints the first page of Re recording paper 5.
An identification mark 7 is formed at the tip of the mark based on a marking drive signal.

On the other hand, image information is transmitted to the drive circuit 1 via the signal processing circuit 14.
A drive circuit 12 connected to the recording head 2 forms a recording immobility signal according to this image information and sends it to the recording head 10.

Then, the recording head 10 records the recognition word 6 on the leading edge of the recording paper 5.

Further, the recording head 10 is driven by the recording drive signal to perform recording on a predetermined location on the recording paper 5.

When the recording of the first page is completed, the recording paper 5 is cut by the cutter 16 into recording paper 4 of a predetermined size. Then, the recording paper 4 is discharged onto the paper discharge tray 3 by the paper discharge roller 17π.

For the second page and subsequent pages, the mark signal generation circuit 15 does not output an identification signal. As a result, the drive circuit 12 outputs only the recording drive signal to the recording head 10 without outputting the marking drive signal. Then, the recording head 10 performs recording on the recording paper 5 based on the recognition word 6 and the recording drive signal. Recording is performed in this manner, and the uncut recording paper 4 is placed on top of the first page of recording paper 4 placed on the paper discharge tray 3.

Thereafter, the sheets are sequentially stacked on the paper ejection tray 3 without being recorded or cut in the same manner as described above until the last page of the first communication.

At 7 t--, when the recipient is waiting, the recording paper 4 of the first communication that was not loaded as shown in 2 cannot be taken out from the paper discharge tray 3 by the recipient. Also, if the recipient is absent,
The second and subsequent communications cannot be performed while the recording paper 4 of the first communication is placed on the paper discharge tray 3. If the second communication fails, 1. An identification mark 7 is added to the leading edge of the recording paper 5 on the first page according to the marking drive signal, and a recognition word 6 is formed on the leading edge of the recording paper 5 based on the word recording drive signal. Image information is recorded at predetermined locations 5. Then, the recording paper 5 that has not been recorded in this way is cut and stacked on the recording paper 4 used for the first communication as the recording paper 4 of the first page of the second communication. Regarding the second and subsequent pages, recognition words and image information are recorded on the recording paper 5 based on the recording drive signal, and then the paper is cut into the recording paper 4, as in the first communication. Then, the recording paper 4 is sequentially placed on the first page of the recording paper 4 as in the first communication.

Thereafter, recording on the recording paper 5 and stacking of the recording paper 4 during the third and subsequent communications are performed in the same manner as described above.

2, the recording paper 1 is not taken out for each communication, but the recording paper 11 for multiple communications is loaded as described above.
If it is i6, identification mark 7 q+11 in that state
Check the identification mark 7 by looking at the edge of the recording paper 4 or by slightly shifting the recording paper 4 so that the edge is slanted.
Check whether it has been granted or not. Then, the recording paper 4 is divided using the recording paper to which this identification mark 7 has not been applied as a boundary.

In this embodiment, the identification mark 7 is formed so as to span the edge of the recording sheet 4, so that the identification mark 7 can be easily read.

In addition, in this embodiment, the formation position of the identification mark 7 is set on the recording paper 4.
However, this is not necessarily limited to kneading (for example, it may be a portion including the rear edge or side line).

Further, in this embodiment, a thermal head is used as a recording means for recording image information, and a thermal recording paper is used as a recording medium, but other known e-recording means and e-recording media may be used. It goes without saying that you may also use .

Further, in this embodiment, the case where the identification mark is formed on the first page has been explained, but it may be formed on the last page, or in some cases, it may be formed on the first page and the last page, and it can be recorded for each communication. It is also possible to make the passages of the paper more clear.

Further, in this embodiment, the first page is identified based on the image information taken in from the receiving circuit, but this is not necessarily the case. The detection signal t-1 may be used to identify the first page.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention avoids complicating the configuration by using the recording means for recording received contents and its driving circuit for forming identification marks, and also, The first of the recording sheets recorded for each communication
A mark is formed on the portion of the page or the last page, including the edge, and the stacked recording paper can be easily divided into each communication using the marked page as a border.
Classification has the effect of significantly reducing work.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a facsimile machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the same facsimile machine. 4.5... Recording paper, 7... Identification mark, 1o...
Thermal head, 12... Drive circuit, 15... Mark signal generation circuit. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person8-
＊□Guniichi~Roile

Claims (1)

[Claims] a control circuit that identifies the first page or the last page of a group of recording sheets recorded for each communication and outputs an identification signal;
captures image information and the identification signal, outputs a recording drive signal indicating that the image information is to be recorded on the recording paper, and based on the identification signal, the first page or the last page of the recording paper group; a drive circuit that outputs a marking drive signal indicating that a portion including the edge of the recording paper should be marked;
A facsimile apparatus comprising: recording means for recording on the group of recording sheets based on the recording drive signal and the marking drive signal.