Patent ID: 6163384
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A transmission device, comprising:a frame defining an internal space;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 storage member that stores and supplies recording material;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 outside the print region, 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 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;a second sensor co-mounted in the internal space that detects external light in the internal space;first control means for controlling the print unit to print the image;second control means for controlling the print unit and the backup memory, wherein when the first sensor detects that the indication mark is unacceptable while the print unit is printing under the aegis of the first control means, the second control means controls the print unit to stop printing and the backup memory to start storing the image data; andthird control means for controlling the print unit and the backup memory, wherein when the second sensor detects external light while the print unit is printing under the aegis of the first control means, the third control means controls the print unit to stop printing, and the backup memory to start storing the image data.