Communication apparatus, control method of the communication apparatus, facsimile apparatus, communication method, and program

• US 20030076533A1
• Filed: 10/11/2002
• Published: 04/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Izumi, Michihiro
• Granted Patent: US 7,173,726 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• 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 1/00416 Multi-level menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00427 using a menu list H04N1/00421, H04N1/00424, H04N1/00429 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32786 Ending a communication H04N1/32614 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0098 User intervention not otherwise provided for, e.g. placing documents, responding to an alarm

Abstract

Disclosed are a communication apparatus capable of efficiently using a communication line, a control method of the communication apparatus, a facsimile apparatus, a communication method, and a program. To accomplish this, if “print later” in a menu is selected with an image displayed during data communication while a line is connected (S432), printing data is generated from an HTML file of the displayed image (S433). That is, the displayed image is designated as an image to be printed after the line is disconnected. The generated printing data is stored in a printing data buffer (S434). If the presence of the data in the printing buffer is detected (S437) after the line is disconnected (S436), the data is printed (S438).

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data via a predetermined line;

display means for displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

designating means for designating the image displayed on said display means as an object to be printed after the line is disconnected; and

control means for performing control such that the image designated by said designating means is printed after the line is disconnected.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

storage means for storing data corresponding to the image designated by said designating means; and

converting means for converting the data into printing data after the line is disconnected.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data is described in markup language.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

converting means for converting the data of the image designated by said designating means into printing data; and

storage means for storing the printing data generated by said converting means.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising instructing means for giving an instruction such that the image displayed on said display means is printed while the line is connected,

wherein said control means performs control, in accordance with the instruction by said instructing means, such that the image displayed on said display means is printed while the line is connected.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said designating means can designate a plurality of images, and

said control means performs control such that the plurality of images are printed at once after the line is disconnected.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising printing means for printing an image under the control of said control means.

15. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication apparatus is a facsimile apparatus.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data described in markup language via a predetermined line;

generating means for generating printing data by converting the received data;

a memory for storing the generated printing data; and

control means for performing control such that the printing data stored in said memory is automatically read out and printed, when detecting that the line is disconnected.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising designating means for designating the data received by said receiving means as an object to be printed after the line is disconnected,

wherein said generating means converts the data designated by said designating means into printing data.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:

converting means for analyzing the data to convert the data into image data; and

display means for displaying an image corresponding to the converted image data,

wherein said designating means can designate the image displayed on said display means.

11. A communication apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data via a predetermined line;

display means for displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

instructing means for giving an instruction such that the image displayed on said display means is printed;

printing means for printing the image by using a printhead on the basis of the received data, when given a printing instruction from said instructing means;

determining means for determining whether cleaning of said printhead is necessary; and

control means for controlling said printing means to print the image after the line is disconnected, if said determining means determines that cleaning of said printhead is necessary.

12. A communication apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data via a predetermined line;

display means for displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

instructing means for giving an instruction such that the image displayed on said display means is printed;

printing means for printing the image by using a printhead on the basis of the received data, when given a printing instruction from said instructing means;

determining means for determining whether cleaning of said printhead is necessary; and

selecting means for selecting, if said determining means determines that cleaning of said printhead is necessary, whether to print the image while the line is kept connected or after the connection to the line is terminated; and

control means for controlling said printing means to print the image while the line is connected or after the line is disconnected, in accordance with the selection by said selecting means.

13. A communication apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data via a predetermined line;

display means for displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

instructing means for giving an instruction such that the image displayed on said display means is printed;

printing means for printing the image on a printing medium on the basis of the received data, when given a printing instruction from said instructing means;

determining means for determining the presence/absence of the printing medium; and

control means for controlling said printing means to print the image after the line is disconnected, if said determining means determines that the printing medium is absent.

14. A communication apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data via a predetermined line;

display means for displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

instructing means for giving an instruction such that the image displayed on said display means is printed;

printing means for printing the image on a printing medium on the basis of the received data, when given a printing instruction from said instructing means;

determining means for determining the presence/absence of the printing medium;

selecting means for selecting, if said determining means determines that the printing medium is absent, whether to print the image while the line is kept connected or after the connection to the line is terminated; and

control means for controlling said printing means to print the image while the line is connected or after the line is disconnected, in accordance with the selection by said selecting means.

16. A facsimile apparatus comprising:

receiving means for receiving data described in markup language via a predetermined line;

generating means for generating printing data by converting the received data;

a memory for storing the generated printing data;

printing means for printing an image on the basis of the printing data stored in said memory; and

control means for controlling said printing means to read out the printing data stored in said memory and print the readout data, after detecting that the line is disconnected.

17. A communication method comprising:

a reception step of receiving data via a predetermined line;

a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

an acquisition step of acquiring designation of the displayed image as an object to be printed after the line is disconnected; and

a control step of performing control such that the image whose designation is acquired in the acquisition step is printed after the line is disconnected.

18. A communication method comprising:

a reception step of receiving data described in markup language via a predetermined line;

a generation step of generating printing data by converting the received data;

a storage step of storing the generated printing data; and

a control step of performing control such that the stored printing data is automatically read out and printed, when detecting that the line is disconnected.

19. A method of controlling a communication apparatus for printing an image by using a printhead, comprising:

a reception step of receiving data via a predetermined line;

a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

an acquisition step of acquiring a printing instruction which indicates printing of the displayed image;

a determination step of determining whether cleaning of the printhead is necessary, if the acquisition step acquires the printing instruction;

a cleaning step of cleaning the printhead after disconnecting the line, if the determination step determines that cleaning of the printhead is necessary; and

a printing step of printing the image after the cleaning step is completed.

20. A method of controlling a communication apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium, comprising:

a reception step of receiving data via a predetermined line;

a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

an acquisition step of acquiring a printing instruction which indicates printing of the displayed image;

a determination step of determining the presence/absence of the printing medium, if the acquisition step acquires the printing instruction;

a waiting step of waiting for replenishment of the printing medium after disconnecting the line, if the determination step determines that the printing medium is absent; and

a printing step of printing the image when detecting replenishment of the printing medium.

21. A program for allowing a computer to execute:

a reception step of receiving data via a predetermined line;

a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

an acquisition step of acquiring designation of the displayed image as an object to be printed after the line is disconnected; and

a control step of performing control such that the image whose designation is acquired in the acquisition step is printed after the line is disconnected.

22. A program for allowing a computer to execute:

a reception step of receiving data described in markup language via a predetermined line;

a generation step of generating printing data by converting the received data;

a storage step of storing the generated printing data; and

a control step of performing control such that the stored printing data is automatically read out and printed, when detecting that the line is disconnected.

23. A program for controlling a communication apparatus for printing an image by using a printhead, wherein said program allows a processor installed in said communication apparatus to execute:

a reception step of receiving data via a predetermined line;

a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

an acquisition step of acquiring a printing instruction which indicates printing of the displayed image;

a determination step of determining whether cleaning of the printhead is necessary, if the acquisition step acquires the printing instruction;

a cleaning step of cleaning the printhead after disconnecting the line, if the determination step determines that cleaning of the printhead is necessary; and

a printing step of printing the image after the cleaning step is completed.

24. A program for controlling a communication apparatus for printing an image by using a printhead, wherein said program allows a processor installed in said communication apparatus to execute:

a reception step of receiving data via a predetermined line;

a display step of displaying an image corresponding to the received data;

an acquisition step of acquiring a printing instruction which indicates printing of the displayed image;

a determination step of determining the presence/absence of the printing medium, if the acquisition step acquires the printing instruction;

a waiting step of waiting for replenishment of the printing medium after disconnecting the line, if the determination step determines that the printing medium is absent; and

a printing step of printing the image when detecting replenishment of the printing medium.