Facsimile apparatus, program, and storage medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorNobuhiro Itoh
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Abstract
A facsimile apparatus is provided that prints image information with a designated printing color (such as magenta) stored in a designated calling-party printing color storage unit in an operation of receiving a document from a designated calling party that has been registered beforehand in association with the designated printing color. Such a document printed with the designated printing color can be clearly distinguished from a document that is printed with a default printing color (such as black) for an undesignated calling party.
Claims32
A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a printer that has a plurality of printing colors;
- a designated calling-party printing color storage unit that stores calling-party information as to designated calling parties each associated with a designated printing color different from a default printing color;
- a transmission origin determiner that determines whether the transmission origin of image information received in a receiving operation is one of the designated calling parties stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, based on calling-party information accompanying the image information;
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- a designated color printing control unit that causes the printer to print the image information using the corresponding designated printing color stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, when the transmitter origin determiner determines that the transmission origin of the image information is one of the designated calling parties.
A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- means for storing calling-party information as to designated calling parties each associated with a designated printing color different from a default printing color;
- means for determining whether the transmission origin of image information received in a receiving operation is one of the designated calling parties, based on calling-party information accompanying the image information;
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- means for causing a printer having a plurality of printing-colors to print the image information with the corresponding designated printing color, when the transmission origin of the image information is determined to be one of the designated calling parties.
A program that is installed in a computer provided in a facsimile apparatus that includes a printer having a plurality of printing colors and a designated calling-party printing color storage unit that stores calling-party information as to designated calling parties each associated with a designated printing color different from a default printing color,
- the program causing the computer to execute:
- a transmission origin determining function for determining whether the transmission origin of image information received in a receiving operation is one of the designated calling parties stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, based on calling-party information accompanying the image information;
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- a designated color printing function for causing the printer to print the image information with the corresponding designated printing color stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, when the transmission origin is determined to be one of the designated calling parties through the transmission origin determining function.
A computer-readable storage medium that stores a program to be installed in a computer provided in a facsimile apparatus that includes a printer having a plurality of printing colors and a designated calling-party printing color storage unit that stores calling-party information as to designated calling parties each associated with a designated printing color different from a default printing color,
- the program causing the computer to execute:
- a transmission origin determining function for determining whether the transmission origin of image information received in a receiving operation is one of the designated calling parties stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, based on calling-party information accompanying the image information;
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- a designated color printing function for causing the printer to print the image information with the corresponding designated printing color stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, when the transmission origin is determined to be one of the designated calling parties through the transmission origin determining function.
A method of printing image information with a printer having a plurality of printing colors, comprising the steps of:
- storing calling-party information as to designated calling parties each associated with a designated printing color different from a default printing color;
- determining whether the transmission origin of the image information is one of the designated calling parties stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, based on calling-party information accompanying the image information received in a receiving operation;
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- printing the image information with the printer using the corresponding designated printing color stored in the designated calling-party printing color storage unit, when the transmission origin of the image information is determined to be one of the designated calling parties.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.