Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Attribute control
Reexamination Certificate
1999-09-02
2003-04-08
Grant, II, Jerome (Department: 2624)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Attribute control
C358S501000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06545771
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus having a color printing function and an information printing method of the facsimile apparatus.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, as one of the functions possessed by a facsimile apparatus, there has been a function of printing header information indicating a name, title, telephone number and others of an originator's terminal based on a facsimile response signal (Transmitting Subscriber Identification: TSI signal), composed of characters and numerals, on a margin of recording sheet in receiving a facsimile.
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shows an example of header information H printed on recording sheet
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in the conventional art.
Although the function of printing the header information is convenient to specify the originator, in order to discriminate the information received from a certain originator, it requires the user to recognize the header information by characters and to classify them and hence it is difficult to discriminate the received information quickly.
As a prior art, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A 2-301259 (1990) discloses a facsimile apparatus which prints an index mark on a margin of recording sheet. It prints the index mark at position corresponding to a number of times of incoming calls by measuring the number of times in automatic response of the facsimile apparatus. Based on the position where the index mark is printed, the user can discriminate received information of one and same communication unit quickly and reliably. Such a technology is disclosed also in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A 4-220864 (1992).
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A 4-270548 (1992) discloses a facsimile apparatus which is capable of printing data indicating an originator (header information) in a different printing color per each communication type such as an emergency transmission and a confidential transmission. In concrete, originator indicating data having a printing color corresponding to a type of communication is added to color image data at the originator's terminal, then the color image data is transmitted. At the receiver's terminal, the originator indicating data having the specified printing color is printed together with the image data. The user can discriminate the type of the communication such as the emergency transmission and the confidential transmission based on the printed color of the originator indicating data.
According to the techniques disclosed in JP-A 2-301259 and JP-A-4-220864, an index mark is printed at position corresponding to a number of times of incoming calls. Accordingly, although it is easy to discriminate the received information of one and same communication unit, it is necessary to recognize the header information by characters after all in order to discriminate the received information from the same originator.
The technique of JP-A 4-270548 is what controls the type of communication such as the emergency transmission and the confidential transmission in the originator's terminal. Although the receiver can discriminate the received information of one and same communication type readily based on the printed color of the originator indicating data, the user has to recognized the originator indicating data (header information) by characters in the same manner as described above to discriminate the received information from one and same originator.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A 5-244364 discloses a facsimile apparatus which performs a printing process based on information produced on the receiving side. The information produced on the receiver side is information discriminably showing whether the receiving operation has been normal or abnormal for example.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a facsimile apparatus, and an information printing method of the facsimile apparatus, which allows information received from one and same originator to be discriminated visually, quickly and readily without error.
In a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a facsimile apparatus comprising: color printing means; originator identification information detecting means for detecting identification information of an originator from received information including image information; a memory for prestoring identification information of originators in correspondence with printing colors; selecting means for selecting a printing color corresponding to the identification information detected by the originator identification information detecting means from the memory; and signal generating means for generating a printing signal which instructs to print the information in the selected printing color and giving the printing signal to the printing means.
According to the first aspect of the invention, the originator identification information detecting means detects the identification information of the originator in receiving a facsimile. Next, identification information which coincides with the detected identification information is selected out of the identification information of originators stored in the memory and the printing color corresponding to the identification information is selected. Next, the printing signal which instructs to print the information in the selected color is generated. Then, the information is printed. Accordingly, the information may be printed in the selected printing color.
In a second aspect of the invention, the facsimile apparatus further comprises: judging means for judging whether or not the received image information is black-and-white, and wherein the originator identification information detecting means detects the originator identification information from the received information when the received image information is judged as being black-and-white by the judging means.
According to the second aspect of the invention, the information may be printed in a selected printing color even when the received image information is black-and-white.
In a third aspect of the invention, it is preferable that the signal generating means generates a printing signal which instructs to print the received image information in the selected printing color as the printing signal, and the printing means prints the received image information based on the generated printing signal.
According to the third aspect of the invention, the originator identification information detecting means detects the identification information of the originator in receiving a facsimile. Next, identification information which coincides with the detected identification information is selected out of identification information of originators stored in the memory in advance and a printing color corresponding to the identification information is selected. Then, the printing signal which instructs to print the received image in the selected printing color is generated and the received image is printed based on the printing signal.
For instance, identification information of an originator's terminal A is detected from a facsimile response signal (TSI signal) and a monochromatic image is printed in a printing color Ma corresponding to the originator's terminal A in receiving a monochromatic facsimile from the originator's terminal A. The information transmitted from the terminal A may be discriminated by selecting the recording sheet on which the image of the printing color Ma is printed out of the mixed recording sheets. It is possible to select the recording sheet visually, readily and quickly without being required to recognize characters and without error because the information is distinguished by the colors.
In a fourth aspect of the invention, it is preferable that the signal generating means generates an index signal which instructs to print an index mark for discriminating the originator in the selected printing color as the printing signal, and the printing means prints the index mark based on the generated index signal, together with t
Sakai Yoichi
Sugiyama Masao
Grant II Jerome
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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