Patent ID: 7006241

Claim:
A communication apparatus that is capable of selectively attaching transmission information to image information and transmitting, via a communication line, the image information, with or without the transmission information attached to a part thereof, to a receiver, the communication apparatus comprising: an address inputting device for inputting address information of the receiver; a setting device for selectively setting one of an attaching transmission information setting or a not-attaching transmission information setting for the address information; a storage device that stores the address information and the selected one of the attaching transmission information setting or the not-attaching transmission information setting for the address information; a transmission information attaching device that attaches the transmission information to the image information if the attaching transmission information setting is stored for the address information; and a transmission device that transmits the image information without the transmission information attached thereto by the transmission information attaching device when the not-attaching transmission information setting for the address information is selected, wherein the transmission information includes information of at least one of a transmitter, date and time of transmission, and a number of transmitted pages.