Abstract: A process for transmitting mixed data, composed of character code data and bit image data in blocks and an apparatus therefor. Efficient transmission can be achieved by selecting the size of blocks suitably according to the quantity of data in each block or the number of blocks.

Abstract: In a code converting device for converting first code data of scattered code form into second code data of consecutive data form, the first code data are divided at least into a first bit group and a second bit group, and the first bit group is supplied to a first memory to obtain first output data and second output data. The first output data and the second bit group are supplied to a second memory to obtain third output data. The second output data and the third output data are processed in a data processing unit to obtain the second code data.

Abstract: There is disclosed a collator which can access a desired one of a plurality of recording medium bins at any timing and which allows a maximum utilization of the plurality of bins. The collator includes a transporter for transferring recording medium to bins, a deflector for guiding the recording medium to the selected bin, an empty detector for detecting an empty state of the recording medium in the bins, and a controller for controlling the operation of the deflector such that when a predetermined amount of recording media have been stored in the bin during the recording medium storage operation, the recording media are transferred to other storage, and when said empty detector detects that the recording media have been removed from the bin having the predetermined amount of recording media stored therein, the transport of the recording media to the emptied bin is permitted.