Patent ID: 6335797
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
A facsimile apparatus that has a print section for printing an image, comprising:a document plate that receives a document to be at least one of transmitted and printed; a read section that reads the document positioned on said document plate; a transmission section that transmits the document to a designated destination; a heater provided in said print section, electrical power to said heater being selectively turned ON and OFF; a detection section that detects a presence of the document on said document plate; a key operation section that inputs at least one of a transmission instruction and a print instruction; a heater control section that turns the electrical power to said heater ON when said detection section detects the presence of the document on said document plate, before said print instruction is input; and a print control section that executes a printing operation when said print instruction is input after the electrical power to said heater is turned ON, wherein, when said transmission instruction is input after electrical power to said heater is turned ON, based on a detection of the presence of the document on said document plate, said heater control section turns said electric power to said heater OFF.