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US 2003/0191871 A1Published application
Image output apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinsaku Tohki
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AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinsaku Tohki
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An image output apparatus 1 performs output processes of a plurality of kinds of image data in different forms or states in accordance with the forms of the image data, and includes an image storage unit 100 for storing or saving the image data having undergone the output processes by sorting the image data in accordance with the forms thereof. Since the image data having once undergone the output processes are stored or saved in the image storage unit 100, if there is a need to output again the image data having once undergone an output process for the reason that the first output process has failed or the number of copies printed in the first output process has been insufficient, the same image data need not be input again, and thus, the load on the apparatus can be reduced and the image data can be output again in a short time.
An image output apparatus that performs output processes of a plurality of kinds of image data in different forms or states in accordance with the forms or states, comprising:
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Fault detection: of reproducing apparatus or receiver, e.g. out of paper
Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g.…
Fault detection: of transmission or transmitted data, e.g. interruption or wrong number of pages
Counter-measures: preventive counter-measures, e.g. using redundant hardware, or anticipating a fault
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The present invention relates to an image output apparatus which is implemented in the form of a digital combined system that unites features of a copier, a facsimile machine, a printer or the like. In particular, it relates to an image output apparatus that has image storage means for storing image data which has once undergone an output process for reuse.
Output (printing) features implemented in a conventional digital combined system include a print server feature, such as “confidential printing”.
This feature allows the system to temporarily store, together with a password, print data transmitted from a client system connected thereto via a network without outputting (printing) the data and, in response to a succeeding instruction, to print out the stored data as a job after confirming the password.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an image output apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a digital combined system having the image output apparatus of the invention and an arrangement of a first storage device;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the digital combined system having the image output apparatus of the invention and an arrangement of a second storage device;
An embodiment of the invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
However, the invention is not limited to the description.
An image output apparatus according to the invention is incorporated into a digital combined system that unites features of a copier, a facsimile machine (abbreviated as FAX, hereinafter), a printer and the like. The apparatus has a function of performing an output process of various forms of image data.