Minolta Company, Ltd.

Naoya Misawa

Yoshinori Tanaka

Hajime Takei

Nobuhiro Aihara

Yukihiko Ichikawa

Junichi Nishiyama

Toru Maegawa

In an image processor for a character image included in an image data to be processed, character codes are recognized, and character sizes of the characters in the character image are recognized. A font data is selected in a plurality of font data of different sizes stored in a storage device, so as to match with the recognized character codes, the recognized font sizes and a magnification of the image data. The selected font data are outputted. Thus, the character image is reproduced by using the recognized character codes. Alternatively, in a saving mode where image data of N pages are outputted in M sheets of recording medium, wherein N is not equal to M, character codes are recognized in a character image included in N pages of image data to be processed. Then, a font data is selected in a plurality of font data, so as to match with the recognized character codes. Then, an output image data in a layout of M sheets is generated by using the selected font data, and the generated output image data is outputted.

Image processing with recognized character codes

A composite communication apparatus of the present invention is provided with a facsimile transmission unit and an electronic mail transmission unit, when the size of an image data attached to an electronic mail is larger than a predetermined reference value, the image data is transmitted by use of the facsimile transmission unit instead of the electronic mail transmission unit. As the result, the data amount fed on a network is reduced and the efficiency reduction of the network system is prevented.

Composite communication apparatus having facsimile transmission unit and electronic mail transmission unit

The printer having the mail-bin feature, at a time when the output for all the print jobs addressed to the same user, an output completion notice is transmitted to the particular user. When, in such a state that the previously discharged printed matter for a certain user (user D) still remains in any bin (bin ), an attempt is made to process a print job for another user (user A) which designates the same bin as the discharge destination, an output completion notice is transmitted to the user (user D) the printed matter for whom still remains in the same bin before the print job is processed and the output completion notice is transmitted to the other user (user A).

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Kawasaki, Japan

Naoya Misawa