Patent ID: 6204929
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A transmission devices comprising:a frame defining an internal space;a storage member that stores and supplies recording material;a receiving unit that is connected to a remote transmission device and receives image data from the remote transmission device;a buffer memory that temporarily stores the image data;a print unit that prints an image based on the image data and an indication mark on a recording medium having a print region and an outside region, the print unit printing the image within the print region and further printing the indication mark at an indicator position in the outside region of the recording material supplied from the storage member;a backup memory;a first sensor mounted within the internal space that detects the indication mark printed on the recording medium and outputs a mark detection result;a second sensor co-mounted within the internal space that detects external light and outputs a light detection result;first control means for controlling the print unit to print the image when the receiving unit receives the image data;second control means for controlling the backup memory to store the image data in response to at least one of the mark detection result and the light detection result;a display unit that displays a first message when the image is stored in the backup memory, the first message asking a user whether the image should be printed based on the image data stored in the backup memory; andthird control means for controlling the print unit to print the image based on the image data stored in the backup memory when a user's response to the first message is that the image should be printed based on the image data stored in the backup memory.