Patent ID: 6967731

Claim:
A multifunction apparatus comprising: a facsimile communication section configured to conduct a facsimile communication; an interface configured to receive PDL data from a host apparatus; a controller configured to obtain image data based on the received PDL data; a compressor configured to compress the obtained image data by a compression method utilized for the facsimile communication; a memory configured to store the compressed image data; and a printer configured to print the image data stored in the memory: the controller being further configured to: predict an amount of the obtained image data compressed by the compression method utilized for the facsimile communication, based on at least a size of a recording paper and a predetermined compression rate utilized in the compression method, before storing the compressed image data in the memory; judge whether the predicted amount of the compressed image data can be stored in the memory; and store the compressed image data in the memory when the predicted amount of the compressed image data can be stored in the memory.