摘要 |
<p>PURPOSE:To easily perform operation for an optional stage of storage, in a picture recorder and plural paper storage devices respectively provided with controllers, by supervising the self status and the status of the following paper storage devices through the controllers. CONSTITUTION:Each controller 11-14 for a picture recorder 1 and paper storage devices 2-4 performs a self check, if normal, the status (1) is set to normal, if the following device is normal, the status (2) is set. Then the controller 11, if receiving storage place information, decides the information whether for itself or not, and decides a content of the following status (2), if OK, transmits the information to the controller 12. Though the information is transmitted to the controller 13 further to 14 in a similar manner, if the status (2) of the controller 13 is NG, for instance, an assigned storage stage of the following storage device is assumed full, and paper is stored in a self assigned storage stage by the control information. In this way, the paper can be supplied by an easy process to decrease a load of control for the picture recorder.</p> |