Facsimile apparatus and control method thereof
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1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:
- a communication section which performs image data communication utilizing a mail transmission system of a computer network;
a printer which prints an arbitrary image;
a determining section which, if a delivery confirmation mail has arrived, determines whether a delivery failure of the image data transmitted from the communication section is notified by the delivery confirmation mail; and
a control section which causes the printer to print an image based on the delivery confirmation mail, only if the determining section has determined that the delivery failure is notified.
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Abstract
If a delivery confirmation mail has arrived, it is determined whether a delivery failure of image data transmitted is notified by the delivery confirmation mail. Only if it has been determined that the delivery failure is notified, an image based on the delivery confirmation mail is printed by a printer.
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9 Claims
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1. A facsimile apparatus comprising:
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a communication section which performs image data communication utilizing a mail transmission system of a computer network;
a printer which prints an arbitrary image;
a determining section which, if a delivery confirmation mail has arrived, determines whether a delivery failure of the image data transmitted from the communication section is notified by the delivery confirmation mail; and
a control section which causes the printer to print an image based on the delivery confirmation mail, only if the determining section has determined that the delivery failure is notified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A facsimile apparatus comprising:
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a communication section which performs image data communication utilizing a mail transmission system of a computer network;
a storage which stores image data which has been transmitted by the communication section;
a determining section which, if a delivery confirmation mail has arrived, determines whether a delivery failure of the image data transmitted from the communication section is notified by the delivery confirmation mail; and
a control section which causes the communication section to retransmit, when the determining section has determined that the delivery failure is notified, that image data of said image data stored in the storage, which is notified by the delivery confirmation mail as having failed to be delivered. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus having a communication section which performs image data communication utilizing a mail transmission system of a computer network, and a printer which prints an arbitrary image, the method comprising:
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determining, if a delivery confirmation mail has arrived, whether a delivery failure of the image data transmitted from the communication section is notified by the delivery confirmation mail, and causing the printer to print an image based on the delivery confirmation mail, only if has been determined that the delivery failure is notified.
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9. A method of controlling a facsimile apparatus having a communication section which performs image data communication utilizing a mail transmission system of a computer network, and a storage which stores image data which has been transmitted by the communication section, the method comprising:
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determining, if a delivery confirmation mail has arrived, whether a delivery failure of the image data transmitted from the communication section is notified by the delivery confirmation mail, and causing the communication section to retransmit, when it has been determined that the delivery failure is notified, that image data of said image data stored in the storage, which is notified by the delivery confirmation mail as having failed to be delivered.
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