Patent ID: 6904051
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A communication apparatus for performing a ring type multi-address transmission by transferring received data to a next station, comprising: a receiving unit, adapted to receive data sent by a multi-address transmission; a storing unit, adapted to store the received data; a printing unit, adapted to print the stored data; a transferring unit, adapted to transfer the received data to the next station; and an instruction unit, adapted to issue an instruction to execute a ring type multi-address transmission, wherein, when the instruction is issued by said instruction unit, said transferring unit transfers the received data to the next station, after the received data is stored into said storing unit and is printed by said printing unit according to a manual instruction of an operator, and before the received data is transferred to the next station without having been printed, information, which indicates a recommendation of printing of the received data before the received data is transferred to the next station, is notified to the operator.