E-mail responsive printing apparatus

• US 7,167,264 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2002
• Issued: 01/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takamiya, Hiroyoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams; Kimberley
• Assistant Examiner(s): MURPHY, DILLON J
• Application Number:
  US10/202,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20030025934A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,642 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/402, 715/517, 710/16, 710/9, 710/33
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00466 displaying finishing information, e.g. position of punch holes or staple or orientation references
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00472 using a pop-up window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00474 outputting a plurality of functional options, e.g. scan, copy or print
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00482 outputting a plurality of job set-up options, e.g. number of copies, paper size or resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0097 Storage of instructions or parameters, e.g. customised instructions or different parameters for different user IDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32122 in a separate device, e.g. in a memory or on a display separate from image data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3276 of a customised additional information profile, e.g. a profile specific to a user ID

Abstract

A printing device has multiple finishing functions and multiple e-mail accounts on a mail server in a network. Correspondence between finishing functions set by a user and e-mail accounts are stored in a printing device. An e-mail sent to each e-mail account undergoes a finishing function based on the stored correspondence in order to be printed.

Claims

1. A printing device comprising:

a storage unit for storing an address setting correspondence table including e-mail addresses and printing setting values set in accordance with the e-mail addresses;

a determination unit for determining whether a received e-mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table or not based on said address setting correspondence table; and

a processing unit for reading out a printing setting value corresponding to the e-mail address from said address setting correspondence table when said determination unit determines that the e-mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table,

wherein said processing unit does not perform editing processing when said determination unit determines that an address is not the address registered in the address setting value correspondence table, and said processing unit reads out a printing setting value corresponding to an e-mail address from said address setting correspondence table and performs editing processing in accordance with the read printing setting value when said determination unit determines that the address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table.

2. A printing device according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit performs editing processing including layout processing.

3. A printing device according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit performs printing processing including finishing processing.

4. A printing device according to claim 1, further comprising an editing unit for editing said address setting correspondence table.

5. A printing device according to claim 4, wherein said editing unit notifies that a mail address cannot be registered if the identical mail address is already present when registering the mail address.

6. A printing method in a printing device comprising a storage unit for storing an address setting correspondence table including e-mail addresses and printing setting values set in accordance with the e-mail addresses, comprising:

a determination step of determining whether a received e-mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table or not based on said address setting correspondence table; and

a processing step of reading out a printing setting value corresponding to an e-mail address from said address setting correspondence table and performing processing in accordance with the read printing setting value when it is determined in said determination step that the e-mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table,

wherein processing is not performed in said processing step when it is determined in said determination step that the mail address is not an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table, and a printing setting value corresponding to the e-mail address is read out from said address setting table and editing processing is performed in accordance with the read printing setting value in said processing step when it is determined in said determination step that the mail address is an address registered in the address setting value correspondence table.

7. A printing method according to claim 6, wherein editing processing including layout processing is performed in said processing step.

8. A printing method according to claim 6, wherein printing processing including finishing processing is performed in said processing step.

9. A printing method according to claim 6, further comprising an editing step in which said address setting correspondence table is edited.

10. A printing method according to claim 9, wherein it is notified that a mail address cannot be registered if the identical mail address is already present when the mail address is registered in said editing step.