Patent ID: 6115543
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A data communication apparatus comprising:means for receiving image data representing images of a plurality of pages;means for storing the received image data;means for recording the stored image data on a recording sheet of a predetermined size; andcontrol means for controlling said recording means to record the received images of a plurality of pages on a single recording sheet,wherein said control means determines a number of pages of the stored image data to be recorded on said single recording sheet by comparing a data amount of a sum of a desired number of pages of the stored image data with a data amount recordable in said single recording sheet, and said control means controls said recording means to record the desired number of pages on said single recording sheet when the data amount of the sum of the desired number of pages is not more than the data amount recordable in said single recording sheet and a data amount of the sum of said desired number of pages plus one page exceeds the data amount recordable on said single recording sheet.