Patent ID: 6301018
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A communication apparatus comprising:first recognition means for recognizing an input size for each input page of a plurality of input pages of image data inputted by image input means, wherein the respective input sizes of at least two of the input pages are different from each other;second recognition means for recognizing a record sheet size of a record sheet at a transmission destination terminal; andtransmission means for combining a plural number of the input pages into one transmission page of image data for transmission in accordance with the respective input sizes recognized by said first recognition means and the record sheet size recognized by said second recognition means, wherein the number of input pages to be combined includes at least two input pages having different input sizes,said transmission means combining the number of input pages such that each of the number of input pages is recorded in a respective one of plural areas on a single record sheet, wherein an area size of each of the areas corresponds to a total record area determined by the record sheet size divided by the number of input pages to be combined.