Patent ID: 6437873
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
An Internet facsimile apparatus comprising:means for reading an image; means for converting the read image into an image file; means for transmitting the converted image file by an SMTP protocol; means for receiving an image file by the SMTP protocol; means for converting the received image file into an image; means for printing the converted image; means for inquiring another apparatus of a receiving capability thereof by the SMTP protocol; and means for informing another apparatus of a receiving capability of said Internet facsimile apparatus by the SMTP protocol, wherein said receiving capability inquiring means inquires a receiving apparatus of a receiving capability thereof before transmission of an image file, a response of the receiving capability from said receiving apparatus is received, and an image is transmitted after being converted into an image file corresponding to the receiving capability of said receiving apparatus.