JPH0226470A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten communication time and to reduce a communication cost by providing a means to designate sending pages to respective plural receivers and sending the respective pages of an original according to a page designating means. CONSTITUTION:When multiple address designation is inputted from an operating key 3 and a page number to be sent to receivers 8 and 9 as an address is inputted from the operating key 3, a control part 1 stores the information to a register. Next, the control part 1 makes an original reading part 4 read an original when a multiple address input is finished, and the read picture information is stored in a memory 2. On the other hand, the control part 1 instructs to a communication part 5 to transmit only pages stored in the register among the picture information within the memory 2 to the receiver 8, and the communication part 5 transmits only the instructed pages to the receiver 8. Moreover, the control part 1 instructs the communication part 5 to transmit only the pages stored in the register to the receiver 9, and the communication part 5 transmits only the instructed pages to the receiver 9. Thus, communication time can be shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a facsimile machine having a broadcast transmission function.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, this type of facsimile machine has a structure in which, when performing broadcast transmission, multiple documents are sent to all receivers in the same way.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) Conventional facsimile machines are configured to send the same document to all receivers as described above. A receiver has no choice but to send certain pages out of multiple manuscripts even if they do not need to be sent.

This has the disadvantage that unnecessary pages are sent and additionally communication costs are incurred.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks.

To provide a nine facsimile device R by which it is possible to specify page 1 to be sent to each of a plurality of receivers so that only necessary pages of a manuscript can be transmitted.

(Detailed Means for Solving the Problems) To achieve the above object, the facsimile device according to the present invention stores the image data of the original in the memory (!! In a facsimile IJ device A having a means for performing round-trip transmission that can be sent to a receiver, a page of the transmitted manuscript is specified for each receiver that receives the rFIJ notification, and the page is specified for each receiver. A page storage means is provided for distributing nine pages for each receiver.

It is configured to transmit only the pages specified by the page storage means.

(Example) The present invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the first example.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention. This figure shows a control section 111 that controls the entire facsimile machine; a memory 2 that stores signals; Operation key 3. Original reading section 4, communication section 5' for transmitting image signals
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The facsimile IJ device 6 is connected via the public telephone network 7t.

Connected to receiver 8.9.

Figure 2 shows the control unit l# and the microprocessor t? [use t
2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation in this case. In step 10, when a broadcast designation is input from the operation key 3, and the receiver 8 and the page number to be sent to the receiver 8 are input as a destination from the operation key 3 (steps 11 and 12), the control unit 1 The information is stored in its own register (step 13). Further, the receiver 9 and the page number to be transmitted to the receiver 9 are stored in the register of the control unit 1 (step 14).

Next, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the input of the circular information has been completed (Step 19). If it has been completed, the control unit 1 causes the document reading unit 4 to read the document, and stores the original image information to be read in the memory 2. (Step 20).

On the other hand, the control section 1 instructs the communication section 5 to transmit to the receiver 8 only the page of image information stored in the memory 2 that is stored in the register. The communication unit 5 transmits only the instructed page to the receiver 8 (step 21). Further, the control section 1 instructs the communication section 5 to transmit only the page stored in the register out of the image information in the memory 2 to the receiver 9. Communication s5 is instructed to transmit only nine pages to receiver 9 (step 22).

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, the present invention is directed to a facsimile machine capable of performing broadcast communication.

The present invention is configured to include means for specifying pages to be sent to each of a plurality of receivers, and to send each page of the manuscript according to the page specifying means.

For receivers that do not need to send a specific page, the operation of sending that page can be deleted, thereby reducing one communication time and one communication cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a ninth flowchart illustrating the operation in a case where a microprocessor is used. l...control unit 2...memory 3...operation-
? -4... Original reading section 5... Communication section 6...
・Facsimile machine 7...Public telephone network 8.9...
・Receiver talent

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a facsimile machine having a means for performing broadcast transmission, which stores the image data of a transmission document in its memory and can transmit the same stored image data to multiple receivers, the transmission is performed for each receiver receiving the broadcast communication. A page of the manuscript is designated, and each receiver is provided with a page storage means for storing the designated page, and each receiver is configured to transmit only the page designated by the page storage means. A facsimile device characterized by: