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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2007
Tomoyuki Okamoto, Suita, JP;
Tomoyuki Okamoto, Suita, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An Internet facsimile apparatus includes a network communication unit for communicating with an external apparatus in direct SMTP via a network; a printing unit for printing image data received through the network communication unit from the external apparatus; and a response mode selecting unit for selecting between setting a first response mode to send a response right after image data reception acknowledging reception of the image data and setting a second mode to send a response after image data printing is completed when image data sent by direct SMTP communication is received through said network communication unit.