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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1993
Takehiro Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus comprises discriminating means for discriminating whether a sending image is a color information or not. The apparatus transmits a color information in the transmitting mode corresponding to the discrimination provided by the foregoing discriminating means subsequent to sending to a receiver at a destination in advance the page information determined by the foregoing discriminating means as having a color information when the receiver at the destination has a color receiving function, and transmits all the page information as monochromic information when the receiver at the destination does not have any color receiving function.