Patent ID: 6081347
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image transfer system formed by mutually connecting via a public circuit a first system including an image data generating apparatus and a second system including a plurality of image formation apparatuses capable of processing image data described in different page-description languages, said image transfer system comprising:designation means for designating either a first mode for transferring the image data generated by the image data generating apparatus at a low speed or a second mode for transferring the image data at a high speed;selecting means for selecting an optimum page-description language for transferring the image data;generating means for generating the image data described by the selected page-description language; andtransfer means for transferring the image data generated by said generating means to the second system,wherein, in the first mode, said designation means designates an image formation apparatus to which the image data is to be outputted as a need arises, andwherein, in the second mode, said designation means designates an image formation apparatus to which the image data is to be outputted regardless of a number of the image formation apparatus to be outputted to and breaks connection to the second system in the second mode after transferring the image data to an apparatus in the second system.