Facsimile and static presentation processing – Static presentation processing – Emulation or plural modes
Reexamination Certificate
1997-07-22
2001-05-15
Mancuso, Joseph (Department: 2722)
Facsimile and static presentation processing
Static presentation processing
Emulation or plural modes
C358S001120, C358S001140, C358S001150, C358S498000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06233057
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information recording apparatus such as a printer apparatus, capable of receiving information to be recorded on a record sheet and recording the received information onto both sides or only one side of the record sheet to thereby output it.
2. Description of the Related Art
There is an information recording apparatus such as a printer apparatus, which has a both sides recording function as well as a one side recording function. The both sides recording function is such a function to record, when information to be recorded onto a record sheet is received from an external device, such as a computer, a facsimile apparatus or the like, the received information onto both sides of the record sheet. The one side recording function is such a function to record the received information onto only one side of the record sheet. When this type of information recording apparatus performs the both sides recording operation, if the information indicating a blank page is received, this received information indicating the blank page is not recorded but the received information for a next page of the blank page is recorded on the surface (one of the sides) of the record sheet corresponding to the blank page, in order to save the record sheet.
Further, when the information to be recorded onto only one side of the record sheet is continuously received by this type of information recording apparatus while the both sides recording operation is performed, this received information to be recorded onto only one side in an information amount of 2 pages is uniformly recorded onto both sides of one record sheet in order to save the record sheet.
However, if, when the information to be recorded onto only one side of the record sheet is continuously received during the both sides recording operation, this received information to be recorded onto only one side in the information amount of 2 pages is uniformly recorded onto both sides of one record sheet in the above explained manner, there is raised such a problem that the blank page cannot be outputted against the user's intention in case that the user intends to output the blank page as it is which corresponds to the back page of the recorded page indicated by the received information to be recorded onto only one side of the record sheet.
Further, there is also such a problem that the total page number indicated by the received information (including the blank page) and the total page number of the actually recorded record sheets are not consistent with each other in case that the received information indicating the blank page is intended to be recorded as the blank page as it is.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an information recording apparatus having the both sides recording function, which can prevent the received information from being recorded onto both sides of the record sheet against the user's intention in case that the user intends to record the received information while leaving the blank page indicated by the received information as the blank page of the record sheet, and which can prevent the total page number indicated by the received information and the total page number of the actually recorded record sheets from being inconsistent with each other.
The above object of the present invention can be achieved by an information recording apparatus for receiving information from an external device, and recording the received information onto a predetermined record sheet. The information recording apparatus is provided with: a detection device for detecting whether the received information of one page is blank information; a mode selecting device for selecting one of a first mode, in which if the detection device detects the received information of one page is the blank information, a recording operation is operated for the received information of one page as a blank page, and a second mode, in which if the detection device detects the received information of one page is the blank information, the recording operation is not operated for the received information of one page and the recording operation is operated for the received information of a next page, which is next to the received information of one page and is not the blank information; and a recording process device for operating the recording operation according to one of the first mode and the second mode which is selected by the mode selecting device when the blank information is detected by the detection device.
According to the information recording apparatus of the present invention, in advance of the recording operation, one of the first mode, such as a normal mode or the like, and the second mode, such as a saving mode or the like, is selected by the mode selecting device, such as a CPU, a mode selecting portion of an operation panel or the like. When the information is inputted from the external device, the information recording apparatus receives it. Then, it is detected by a detection device, such as a CPU or the like, whether the received information of one page is blank information or not. Then, if the first mode is selected, when the blank information is detected according to a detection result of the detection device, the recording operation is operated by the first mode by the recording process device. Thus, one side of the record sheet corresponding to the blank information is left blank. Alternatively, if the second mode is selected, when the blank information is detected according to the detection result, the recording operation is operated by the second mode by the recording process device. Thus, one side of the record sheet corresponding to the blank information is recorded by the received information of a next page, which is inputted after the received information of one page and is not the blank information.
Accordingly, it is possible to select either one of the first and second modes for the case of detecting the blank information, in advance. Thus, the first or second mode can be selected in accordance with the user's intention in advance, so that it is possible to prevent the received information from being recorded onto the both sides of the record sheet against the user's intention, in case that the user intends to record the received information while leaving the blank information in the received information inputted from the external device as a blank page or surface of the record sheet as it is.
It is also possible to prevent the total page number indicated by the received information inputted from the external device and the total page number of the actually recorded record sheets from being inconsistent with each other, in case that the user intends to record the received information while leaving the blank information in the received information inputted from the external device as a blank page or surface of the record sheet as it is.
Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the information recording apparatus, such as a printer or the like, which has the both sides recording function.
In one aspect of the present invention, the received information is appended with an indicator indicating a segment of the received information of one page. And that, the detection device detects that the received information between two consecutive indicators is the blank information if the received information to be recorded does not exists between the two consecutive indicators.
According to this aspect, when the information is inputted from the external device, the information recording apparatus receives it. At this time, the received information is appended with the indicator indicating the segment of the received information of one page. Then, if the received information to be recorded does not exists between the two consecutive indicators, it is detected by the detection device that the received information between the two consecutive indicators is the blank information
Accordingly, it is
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Lamb Twyler
Mancuso Joseph
Oliff & Berridg,e PLC
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