Fax Setting Value Retention During Preview Cancellation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional facsimile transmission systems lose set values such as destination addresses and paper sizes when a user cancels a fax transmission job, requiring users to repeat the same setting operations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus connected to a facsimile device displays a first setting screen for inputting settings, stores these values, and upon cancellation, displays a second setting screen with previously input values, allowing users to easily retrieve and reuse settings without re-entering them.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a preview screen is displayed to show transmission contents before fax transmission, then transmission accuracy is improved, but when cancellation is instructed on the preview screen, setting values are lost and users must repeat setting operations
Solution Approach 1:
The system stores the setting values in memory before the user views the preview screen. When cancellation occurs, these pre-stored values are automatically restored and displayed on the setting screen, eliminating the need for users to re-enter settings. This preliminary storage action prevents time loss while maintaining transmission accuracy.
2Ease of operation
If setting values are stored in memory before preview display, then user convenience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The memory component serves multiple functions: it stores setting values during normal operation, preserves them during cancellation events, and enables rapid restoration. This multi-functionality justifies the added complexity by providing broad benefits across different operational scenarios, not just cancellation recovery.
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AI summary
An information processing apparatus, to which a facsimile device is communicably connected, includes an input device to receive operation of a user, a memory, and a hardware processor controlling the facsimile device to fax print data. The hardware processor is configured to: cause a display device to display a first setting screen for making settings based on operation received by the input device; cause the display device to display a preview screen representing an output image of fax transmission based on the settings made on the first setting screen; store, in the memory, setting values being input via the first setting screen; and cause the display device to display, when a cancellation operation of fax transmission is performed on the preview screen, a second setting screen corresponding to the first setting screen on which at least part of the setting values stored in the memory have been displayed.