Patent ID: 7019869

Claim:
A paperless image fax-scanning apparatus, comprising: an image scanning unit for scanning a document to generate image data; a faxing unit connected to a telephone line for transmitting the image data generated from the image scanning unit or receiving fax image data via the telephone line; a data storage unit, which is connected to a portable data storage medium, for storing the fax image data received by the faxing unit in the portable data storage medium; an input interface, which comprises an operation keyboard for inputting operation signals into the paperless image fax-scanning apparatus; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the paperless image fax-scanning apparatus, wherein the control unit transfers the fax image data received by the faxing unit to the data storage unit and stores the fax image data in the portable data storage medium; wherein the paperless image fax-scanning apparatus excludes printing facilities that directly produce printout and is operable independently without control of a personal computer so as to save paper with the operation of the paperless image fax-scanning apparatus.