Multi-function facsimile apparatus connectible to computers and

Abstract

Print data received from a computer (1) is converted into first image data in a dot format by a printer emulator (2). The first image data, a second image data from document read circuits (3, 4), and a third image data received through a facsimile communication control circuit (12) are encoded through an encoding circuit (6) according to an identical coding scheme into first through third encoded image data, respectively, which are stored in an image data memory (8). Control circuits (7, 13) control storage in and reading from the image data memory (8). The control circuit (13) stores first through third destination information designating a transfer destination of each of the first through third encoded image data, and controls the system so that each of the first through third encoded image data is outputted to the output circuit designated by the respective destination information based on the first through third destination information. The output circuit is a printer engine (10) or the facsimile communication control circuit (12) connected to a facsimile apparatus at the other end.