Patent ID: 7072080

Claim:
A facsimile apparatus, comprising: an image reading unit that reads from an original document an image to be sent; a printing unit that reproduces a received image onto recording paper; a control device that calculates various kinds of data and controls the image reading unit and the printing unit; an operating device that works separately of the control device; an operational condition switching device that switches the control device to a sleep condition or an active condition, according to predetermined conditions, wherein the operational condition switching device is a part of the operating device; an adjustment device that adjusts an operational condition related to the operating device, at a predetermined adjustment time, wherein the adjustment device is a part of the control device; and a condition input device that inputs a recovery condition to the operational condition switching device, so as to switch the control device from the sleep condition to the active condition, at the predetermined adjustment time when the control device executes the adjustment or at a predetermined time before the predetermined adjustment time, wherein the condition input device is a part of the operating device, wherein: the operating device includes a clock device that counts a current time separately of the control device; the adjustment device adjusts the current time counted by the clock device, at the predetermined adjustment time; and the condition input device inputs the recovery condition to the operational condition switching device, so as to switch the control device from the sleep condition to the active condition, when the current time counted by the clock device measures the predetermined adjustment time or at a predetermined time before the predetermined adjustment time.