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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1995
Koji Okamura, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhide Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Imai, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Ikeda, Tokorozawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus that can be conveniently controlled from an external information processing terminal is disclosed. The facsimile apparatus comprises a line controller for effecting transmission and reception of image data through a telephone line, an interface for effecting transmission and reception of information with an information processing terminal, a first instruction accepting unit for accepting an instruction for transmission or reception from the information processing terminal, an operation panel for entering a manual instruction, a second instruction accepting unit for accepting the instruction for transmission or reception from the operation panel, a memory for storing communication management information relating to image communication, and a controller for at least controlling the first instruction accepting unit, the second instruction accepting unit and the memory, wherein the controller is adapted to separately store the instruction accepted by the first instruction accepting unit and that accepted by the second instruction accepting unit in the memory.