Patent ID: 6882448

Claim:
A facsimile system including a facsimile terminal and a format converter operatively connected to each other, the facsimile system comprising: a printer provided in the facsimile terminal configured to print an image based on image data of a predetermined format; receiving means provided in the facsimile terminal for receiving image data transmitted via a computer network; requesting means provided in the facsimile terminal for transferring the image data to the format converter when the image data format differs from the predetermined format; converting means provided in the format converter for converting the format of the image data transferred from the facsimile terminal to the predetermined format; returning means provided in the format converter for transferring the image data after the format is converted by the converting means to the facsimile terminal which has originally transferred the image data; and controlling means provided in the facsimile terminal for controlling the printer to print an image based on the image data transferred from the format converter.