Device for forming on recording medium image corresponding to electronic mail
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Okimoto
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Abstract
An image forming device includes image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium, electronic mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail transmitted from a personal computer, control means for controlling the image forming means according to contents of the received electronic mail whether or not the electronic mail is accompanied by a print file, so that an image corresponding to the electronic mail is formed on the image forming medium.
Claims16
A storage medium used with equipment receiving an electronic mail transmitted from a computer and controlling so that an image according to contents of the received electronic mail is formed on a recording medium, the storage medium storing a computer program on which the equipment executes the following processes of:
- a judgment for judging whether the electronic mail received by the electronic mail receiving means is accompanied by a print file;
- a first image formation control for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a form based on a print file when the judgment process judges that the electronic mail is accompanied by the print file;
- a second image formation control for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a previously set form when the judgment process judges that the electronic mail is not accompanied by a print file.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- image forming means for forming an image on a recording medium;
- electronic mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
- and
- control means for controlling the image forming means according to contents of the received electronic mail whether or not the electronic mail is accompanied by a print file, so that an image corresponding to the electronic mail is formed on the recording medium, the control means including:
- judging means for judging whether the electronic mail received by the electronic mail receiving means is accompanied by a print file;
- first image formation control means for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a form based on a print file when the judging means judges that the electronic mail is accompanied by the print file;
- and
- second image formation control means for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a previously set form when the judging means judges that the electronic mail is not accompanied by a print file.
A printing apparatus comprising:
- an image forming section for forming an image on a recording medium;
- an electronic mail receiving circuit for receiving an electronic mail;
- and
- a control circuit for controlling the image forming section according to contents of the received electronic mail whether or not the electronic mail is accompanied by a print file, so that an image corresponding to the electronic mail is formed on the recording medium, the control circuit including:
- a judging circuit for judging whether the electronic mail received by the electronic mail receiving circuit is accompanied by a print file;
- a first image formation control circuit for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a form based on a print file when the judging circuit judges that the electronic mail is accompanied by the print file;
- and
- a second image formation control circuit for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a previously set form when the judging circuit judges that the electronic mail is not accompanied by a print file.
An image output control device controlling a printing apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, comprising:
- electronic mail receiving means for receiving an electronic mail;
- and
- control means for controlling the printing apparatus according to contents of the received electronic mail whether or not the electronic mail is accompanied by a print file, so that an image corresponding to the electronic mail is formed on the recording medium, the control means including:
- judging means for judging whether the electronic mail received by the electronic mail receiving means is accompanied by a print file;
- first image formation control means for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail is a form based on a print file when the judging means judges that the electronic mail is accompanied by the print file;
- and
- second image formation control means for forming the image corresponding to the electronic mail in a previously set form when the judging means judges that the electronic mail is not accompanied by a print file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.