Patent ID: 7839544
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a receiver that receives facsimile data; a storage unit including a data memory region that stores therein the facsimile data; a printing unit that prints an image based on the facsimile data; and a printing controller that controls the printing unit, during receipt of the facsimile data, to execute a printing operation in which the printing unit alternately operates, as the printing operation, in a standby mode and in a continuous mode, wherein in the standby mode, a printing action is suspended and the facsimile data corresponding to a plurality of pages is stored in the storage unit, and in the continuous mode, the facsimile data corresponding to the plurality of pages stored in the storage unit is continuously printed out by the printing unit, wherein the printing controller switches the printing mode from the continuous mode to the standby mode when an amount of the facsimile data stored in the storage unit is equal to or less than a first threshold value which is more than zero, and the amount of the facsimile data stored in the storage unit is not zero.