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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1997
Masataka Yasuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image transfer method and an image transfer system use a system having a personal computer (PC) and a facsimile apparatus and another system having another facsimile apparatus and a plurality of photocopiers which are connected by a local area network (LAN). Both systems are connected to a public circuit. The two facsimile apparatuses are connected by the public circuit. One photocopier to which image data generated by the PC is outputted is designated. The page-description language capable of being processed by the designated photocopier is automatically selected, and the image data is generated based on the selected page-description language, and is transferred to the designated photocopier. In addition, in accordance with a communication load of the LAN, connection to the public circuit is broken or restored. The optimum page-description language selected based on the function of each photocopier is transferred to the photocopier capable of processing the selected optimum page-description language, and subsequently, the connection to the public circuit is broken.