Patent ID: 6137586
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
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 in the internal space 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 outside the print region, the print unit having a print portion and being formed with a passage connecting the storage member and the print portion so that the recording material is supplied from the storing member to the print portion through the passage, the print unit printing the image within the print region and the indication mark at a first predetermined position in the outside region using the recording material, the print unit being set to select one of a first mode in which the print unit prints the indication mark and a second mode in which the print unit does not print the indication mark;a first sensor mounted within the internal space that detects the indication mark printed on the recording medium;a second sensor co-mounted within the internal space that detects external light;a backup memory;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 when the receiving unit receives the image data and the print unit is in the second mode;a display unit that displays a first message after the backup memory completes storing the image data, the message inquiring a user whether a print result is good or poor;an operation unit through which the user selectively indicates that the print result is good and that the print result is poor; anderasure means for erasing the image data from the backup memory when the user indicates that print result is good through the operation unit.