Apparatus and method for receiving and recording transmitted recording data
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoshi Inoue, Shigeo Yoshida, Toshio Sugino
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Abstract
An image communication apparatus for receiving and recording transmitted recording data, includes a reception unit for receiving the transmitted recording data, a storage unit for storing the recording data received by the reception unit in a nonvolatile manner, a recording unit for reading out and recording the recording data stored in the storage unit after the recording data is received by the reception unit, and a deletion unit for deleting the recording data stored in the storage unit by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by the recording unit.
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An image communication apparatus for receiving and recording transmitted recording data, the apparatus comprising:
- reception means for receiving the transmitted recording data;
- storage means for storing the recording data received by said reception means in a nonvolatile manner such that said recording data can remain stored in said storage means after being read therefrom;
- recording means for recording an image in accordance with the recording data without regard to a possible occurrence of an irregularity in said recording means;
- reading means for automatically reading out the recording data stored in said storage means and for outputting the recording data to said recording means without regard to the possible occurrence of an irregularity in said recording means;
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- deletion means for deleting the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by said recording means.
An image communication apparatus for receiving and recording transmitted recording data, the apparatus comprising:
- reception means for receiving the transmitted recording data;
- storage means for storing the recording data received by said reception means in a nonvolatile manner such that said recording data can remain stored in said storage means after being read therefrom;
- recording means for recording an image in accordance with the recording data without regard to a possible occurrence of to an irregularity in said recording means;
- reading means for reading out the recording data stored in said storage means, said reading means having an automatic recording mode in which the recording data stored in said storage means is automatically rad out to said recording means without regard to the possible occurrence of an irregularity in said recording means, and a manual recording mode in which the recording data is read out to said recording means on the basis of a manual operation;
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- deletion means for deleting recording data stored in said storage means when said reading means is in the automatic recording mode, said deletion means having a manual deletion mode in which the recording data is deleted by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by said recording means, and an automatic deletion mode in which the recording data is automatically deleted after the recording data is recorded by said recording means.
An image communication apparatus that can connect with an ink-jet printer, which does not detect an amount of ink remaining, for recording by ejection of ink from a plurality of ejection ports, can receive transmitted recording data, can temporarily store the recording data in a nonvolatile storage means such that the recording data can remain in said storage means after being read therefrom, and then can cause the connected printer automatically to record an image in accordance with recording data read out from said storage means, the apparatus further comprising:
- deletion means for deleting recording data stored in said storage means after an image has been automatically recorded in accordance with the recording data, said deletion means having a manual deletion mode in which the recording data is deleted by a manual operation after the recording data is recorded by said recording means, and an automatic deletion mode in which the recording data is automatically deleted after the recording data is recorded by said recording means without regard to an amount of ink remaining;
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- selection means for selecting the manual deletion mode or the automatic deletion mode when the connected printer is an ink-jet printer.
An image communication method for receiving and recording transmitted recording data using an apparatus that does not detect recording system irregularities that can affect proper recording, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving the transmitted recording data;
- storing the received recording data in nonvolatile storage means such that said recording data can remain stored after being read therefrom;
- reading out the recording data stored in said storage means;
- automatically recording the recording data read out from aid storage means without regard to a possible occurrence of an undetected recording irregularity;
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- deleting the recording data stored in said storage means by a manual operation after confirming that the recording data is properly recorded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.