Patent ID: 7448711

Claim:
An image-forming apparatus comprising: a printing unit which prints an image on a paper medium or a computer-readable medium in accordance with image data; a paper-medium supplier which supplies the paper medium to the printing unit; a computer-readable medium supplier which supplies the computer-readable medium to the printing unit; a receiving unit which receives a facsimile image transmitted via a communication line; a storage unit which stores the facsimile image received by the receiving unit; a connecting unit which connects an external telephone to a main body of the image-forming apparatus; and a facsimile-switching unit which causes the receiving unit to receive the facsimile after the communication line is acquired by the telephone, wherein a controller does not allow a call from the communication line to be received if the computer-readable medium is supplied and the communication line is not acquired by the telephone, and the controller allows a call from the communication line to be received after the communication line is acquired by the telephone although the computer-readable medium is supplied, the controller controls the facsimile-switching unit such that the facsimile-switching unit causes the receiving unit to receive the facsimile image, the controller causes the printing unit to print the facsimile image received by the receiving unit in a case in which the paper-medium is supplied, and the controller causes the storage unit to store the facsimile image received by the receiving unit in a case in which the computer-readable medium is supplied.