Digital copying machine
US5719685A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/3288
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital copying machine of this invention provides a facsimile apparatus, a memory for storing data received by the facsimile apparatus having a capacity for storing a plurality of items of data, and a printer apparatus for selectively printing the data corresponding to only a cover page, contained in all the data items stored in the memory. The printer apparatus includes setting means for automatically setting a scale factor and performing synthetic printing when the data corresponding to only a cover page is output. The setting means includes calculating means for deriving an output scale factor based on the number of stored data items, and the size of paper. And the printer apparatus includes printing means for printing the data corresponding to only a cover page on two or more sheets of paper if a reducing factor of said data is smaller than a predetermined value.
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