Color facsimile machine
AssigneePanasonic Communications Co., Ltd.
InventorMakoto Kizawa
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Abstract
The color facsimile apparatus comprises communication result report generating means for synthesizing a part of unsent image data with communication result data of the communication so as to be output. When the image data is color image data, the part of image data is converted to monochromatic image data so as to generate image data to be synthesized with the transmission result report. When an absence of any one of printing material occurs, color image data is converted to image data of a single color to be printed, and data, showing that received data has been color image data, is displayed on a printing paper.
Claims23
A color facsimile apparatus comprising:
- determination means for determining a color printing capability of a communication counterpart in the course of the communication procedure;
- color selection means for extracting only the color component, having the highest composition ratio occupying in the entire image data, from RGB components obtained by reading a color original paper when the determination means determines that the printing capability of the communication counterpart is that only the color printing with a specific single color can be performed;
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- transmitting means for encoding color component data extracted by the color selection means so as to be sent.
A color facsimile apparatus having a printer which prints color image data, the color facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits one of color image data and monochromatic image data to a destination;
- a first detector that detects whether the image data was transmitted to the destination without error;
- a generator that generates a transmission result report when said first detector detects that the image data was not transmitted to the destination without error, the transmission result report including at least a part of the image data that was to be transmitted;
- a second detector that detects whether the image data that was not transmitted to the destination without error, is color image data;
- said generator, when said second detector detects that the image data that was not transmitted to the destination without error, is color image data, converts the color image data into monochromatic data to generate the transmission result report;
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- a printer that prints the generated transmission result report, said printer printing the transmission result report in single color.
A color facsimile apparatus having a printer which prints color image data, the color facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a transmitter that transmits one of color image data and monochromatic image data to a destination;
- a generator that generates a transmission result report when the image data cannot be transmitted to the destination without error, the transmission result report including at least a part of the image data that was to be transmitted;
- said generator, when the image data that cannot be transmitted to the destination without error, is color image data, converts at least part of the color image data into monochromatic data to generate the transmission result report in single color;
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- a printer that prints the generated transmission result report, said printer printing the transmission result report in the single color.
A color facsimile apparatus having a printer which prints color image data, the color facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a receiver that receives color image data from a sender;
- a printer that prints the received color image data with a plurality of color materials;
- a detector that detects an amount of each of the plurality of color materials of said printer;
- a converter that converts the received color image data into monochromatic image data when said detector detects that the amount of any one of the plurality of color materials is beneath a predetermined level;
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- said printer printing the converted monochromatic image data with single color material,
- wherein said converter extracts single color component data after converting the image data as CIELab data to RGB data, converts the extracted single color component data to CIELab data again, and converts the CIELab data to monochromatic image data.
A color printer comprising:
- an acceptor that accepts color image data;
- a printer that prints the accepted color image data with a plurality of color materials;
- a detector that detects an amount of each of the plurality of color materials of said printer;
- a converter that converts the accepted color image data into monochromatic image data when said detector detects that the amount of any one of the plurality of color materials is beneath a predetermined level;
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- said printer printing the converted monochromatic image data with single material,
- wherein said converter extracts single color component data after converting the image data as CIELab data to RGB data, converts the extracted single color component data to CIELab data again, and converts the CIELab data to monochromatic image data.
A method for printing a transmission result report, using a color facsimile apparatus having a printer which prints color image data, the method comprising:
- transmitting one of color image data and monochromatic image data to a destination;
- detecting whether the image data is transmitted to the destination without error;
- generating the transmission result report when the detecting detects that the image data was not transmitted to the destination without error, the transmission result report including at least a part of the image data that was to be transmitted;
- detecting whether the image data that was not transmitted to the destination without error, is color image data;
- converting the color image data into monochromatic data to generate the transmission result report when the detecting detects that the image data that was not transmitted to the destination without error, is color image data, and
- printing the generated transmission result report in a single color.
A method for printing a transmission result report, using a color facsimile apparatus having a printer which prints color image data, the method comprising:
- transmitting one of color image data and monochromatic image data to a destination;
- generating a transmission result report when the image data cannot be transmitted to the destination without error, the transmission result report including at least a part of the image data that was to be transmitted;
- converting at least part of the color image data into monochromatic data to generate the transmission result report in single color when the image data that cannot be transmitted to the destination without error, is color image data;
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- printing the generated transmission result report in the single color.
A method for printing image data, using a color facsimile apparatus having a printer which prints color image data with a plurality of color materials, the method comprising:
- receiving color image data from a sender;
- detecting an amount of each of the plurality of color materials of the printer;
- converting the received color image data into monochromatic image data when the detecting detects that the amount of any one of the plurality of color materials is beneath a predetermined level;
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- printing the converted monochromatic image data with single material,
- wherein the converting extracts single color component data after converting the image data as CIELab data to RGB data, converts the extracted single color component data to CIELab data again, and converts the CIELab data to monochromatic image data.
A method for printing image data, using a color printer with a plurality of color materials, the method comprising:
- accepting color image data;
- detecting an amount of each of the plurality of color materials of the color printer;
- converting the accepted color image data into monochromatic image data when the detecting detects that the amount of any one of the plurality of color materials is beneath a predetermined level;
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- printing the converted monochromatic image data with single material,
- wherein the converting extracts single color component data after converting the image data as CIELab data to RGB data, converts the extracted single color component data to CIELab data again, and converts the CIELab data to monochromatic image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.