Communications terminal and interfacing method therefor

Facsimile and static presentation processing – Facsimile – Auxiliary signal

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358 115, 358437, 700 2, H04N 100

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061220736

ABSTRACT:
A peripheral communications terminal and interfacing method whereby host terminal intercommunication can proceed when the communications terminal is off-line without requiring host driver interface modification. This communications terminal incorporates a communications enabling unit that selectably uses DTR signaling or similar handshaking to notify the host whether data can be received. This communications enabling unit is set to either a first "busy" mode indicating that receipt of streaming data is not possible when the processor of the communications terminal, which possesses at least a printing function, cannot further process data, or a second "override" mode which allows receipt of incoming data to continue even when the processor cannot process data. When the communications enabling unit is set to the override mode and a state in which the terminal processor cannot process data has occurred, the communications terminal control method of the present invention is able to automatically notify the host of such status.

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patent: 4876609 (1989-10-01), Ogura
patent: 5040077 (1991-08-01), Hamano
patent: 5600445 (1997-02-01), Omi

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