Patent ID: 6057939
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A process for the automatic printing of a facsimile document by a multi-functional image reading and recording device, comprising the steps of:detecting a ring signal indicating transmission of data representing a facsimile of images borne by a document to a local multi-functional image reading and recording device dedicated to printing said images in response to reception of said data and to generating said data by scanning said images from documents;generating a detection signal when said ring signal is detected;transmitting said ring signal to a computer connected to said multi-functional image reading and recording device;determining whether said response has been generated by said computer;making a determination during an interval established by transmission of a predetermined number of ring signals, of whether said computer has generated a response to acknowledge reception of said ring signal during said interval;initiating said device to receive said data and store said data in a memory of said device on the basis of said determination when said computer fails to generate said response during said interval without printing images corresponding to said data onto a printable medium conveyed through multi-functional image reading and recording device; andtransmitting said data to said computer when said response has been generated by said computer during said interval.