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Internet facsimile apparatus and information terminal device

  • US 6,351,316 B2
  • Filed: 06/25/1998
  • Issued: 02/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An internet facsimile apparatus comprising:

  • a printer that prints received data;

    an interface that receives and transmits e-mail data, the e-mail data comprising image data and specific information, the specific information comprising at least a type of data; and

    a controller that is controllably connected to the printer and to the interface, the controller determining whether or not e-mail data received by the interface can be printed by the printer based on the type of data;

    said controller, in response to a determination that the e-mail data cannot be printed by the printer, extracting the specific information from the e-mail data, and transmitting the specific information to a recipient information terminal apparatus through the interface, said controller, in response to receipt of an instruction from the recipient information terminal apparatus to transfer the e-mail, transmits the e-mail data to the recipient information terminal apparatus.

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