Patent ID: 6268926
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A mail reception device capable of receiving mail from a remote mail transmission device via a communication line, the mail reception device comprising:a printer capable of printing on a sheet of paper;mail receiving means capable of receiving mail, including print data, at an original state, from remote mail transmission devices via a communication line;sheet number determining means for determining a number of sheets required to print the print data at the original state, and for determining whether the determined number of the required sheets is equal to or greater than a predetermined number; andprint data processing means for, when the sheet number determining means determines that the required number of sheets is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, converting the print data from the original state into a reduced state, wherein the number of pages of the print data to be printed in each sheet of paper at the reduced state is greater than the number of pages of the print data to be printed in each sheet of paper at the original state, the print data processing means supplying the processed data to the printer, thereby allowing the printer to print the print data on the reduced number of sheets, the print data processing means supplying the print data to the printer without processing the print data when the sheet number determining means determines that the number of sheets is smaller than the predetermined number.