Facsimile device
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsuya Okano
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Abstract
A double-surface printing type facsimile device is provided with a storage configured to store image data of document data received by facsimile, a printing unit configured to print the image data stored in the storage in one of single-surface printing mode and double-surface printing mode on a recording sheet, the image data being printed on one surface and the other surface of the recording sheet subsequently when the printing unit operates in the double-surface printing mode, a backup memory configured to store only the image data to be printed on the other surface of the recording sheet, and a reprinting unit configured to reprint the image data stored in the backup memory in the single-surface printing mode.
Claims12
A facsimile device, comprising:
- a storage configured to store image data of document data received by facsimile;
- a printing unit configured to print the image data stored in the storage in either a single-surface printing mode or a double-surface printing mode on a recording sheet having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the printing unit is further configured to:
- print on the first surface of the recording sheet when in the single-surface printing mode, and
- print a first portion of the image data on a first surface of the recording sheet and a second portion of the image data on a second surface of the recording sheet when in the double-surface printing mode;
- and
- a backup memory configured to store, of the first and second portions of the image data, only the second portion of the image data to be printed on the second surface of the recording sheet;
- wherein the printing unit is further configured to reprint the second portion of the image data stored in the backup memory in the single-surface printing mode in response to a reprint request.
A facsimile device, comprising:
- a storage configured to store image data of document data received by facsimile;
- a printing unit configured to print the image data stored in the storage in either a single-surface printing mode or a double-surface printing mode on a recording sheet, wherein the printing unit is configured to print a first portion of the image data on a first surface of the recording sheet and a second portion of the image data on a second surface of the recording sheet when the printing unit operates in the double-surface printing mode;
- a backup memory configured to store, of the first and second portions, only the second portion of the image data;
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the facsimile device to:
- delete the first portion of the image data that is printed on the first surface of the recording sheet;
- and
- delete the second portion of the image data that is stored in the backup memory after deleting the first portion of the image data.
A method of reprinting image data by controlling a double-surface printing facsimile device, comprising the steps of:
- printing the image data of document data received by facsimile on a recording sheet, a first portion of the image data being printed on a first surface of the recording sheet and a second portion of the image data being printed on the second surface of the recording sheet;
- storing, of the first and second portions of the image data, only the second portion of the image data printed on the second surface of the recording sheet;
- and
- reprinting the stored second portion of the image data which was printed on the second surface of the recording sheet in response to a reprint request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.