Patent ID: 6208427
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A printer for a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) containing a display capable of displaying characters and graphic data, a fax modem capable of transmitting and receiving fax data, and a memory capable of storing data, said printer comprising:a user interface through said display that allows a user to select a fax note which is stored in said memory, insert/remove a selected fax note header, set margins, and provide fax transmission instructions;a fax note storage for storing said fax note selected by the user;a header information flag for storing the fax header insertion/removal information selected by user;a margin information storage for storing the fax note margin information selected by said user;a fax connection setter for initializing the fax modem for fax transmission and setting an environment for fax transmission to a receiving fax machine upon input of said fax transmission instructions;a fax header information controller for inserting/removing a fax header based on information stored in said header information flag when fax transmission is ready;a bit map image generator for reading fax header data inserted by said fax header information controller, and said fax note and margin information from said fax note storage and said margin information storage, and generating bit map image data;a data format converter for converting said bit map image data into a data format for fax transmission;a data transmitter for transmitting said data converted by said data format converter; anda fax connection releaser for terminating fax connection when data is completely transmitted by said data transmitter.