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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 23, 1995
SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a data transmission/reception device capable of transmitting/receiving data between a host computer and a remote facsimile or a remote computer through an electrophotographic printer, having a ring detector for detecting a ring signal indicative of a facsimile reception; a modulator/demodulator for demodulating the data transferred from the remote facsimile or the remote computer and modulating the data supplied from the host computer connected to the printer, a control part for controlling the modulator/demodulator to start the facsimile reception if the ring has been detected, and transmitting the data demodulated by the modulator/demodulator to an engine control part for direct printing or to the host computer and transmitting the data supplied from the host computer to the modulator/demodulator for modulation and transmission to the remote facsimile or the remote computer; and an interface part for interfacing with the engine control part for enabling direct printing either the data supplied from the host computer or the data transferred from the remote facsimile or the remote computer, when the printer is set in a print mode.