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Facsimile machine equipped with appendant information adding unit

US5414528A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 18, 1994
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 18, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3278
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A facsimile machine including an appendant information adding unit for automatically preparing appendant information such as a cover page information and a call-back-message information and transmitting the information to the reception side together with the original images, whereby the appendant information is printed on a sheet to automatically prepare a cover page and/or a call-back-message page together with the original image sheets at the reception side. The appendant information adding unit comprises a memory unit for storing the appendant information, a transmission indicating unit for indicating a start of a transmitting operation, an addition indicating unit for indicating addition of the appendant information to the original images, and a control unit for reading out the appendant information stored in the memory unit and transmitting the read-out appendant information to the reception side together with the original images when the start of the transmitting operation and the addition of the appendant information are indicated.

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