Patent ID: 8456657

Claim:
A facsimile device, comprising: a communication unit configured to receive, as reception data, both print-scheduled data to be printed and transfer-scheduled data to be transferred to an external device; an analysis unit configured to analyze a target data portion of the reception data that requires an analysis in order to form an image; and a printing unit configured to print a printable part of the reception data subject to an occurrence of one of a first and second error, the first error indicating that the communication unit did not receive part of the transfer-scheduled data as the reception data and the second error indicating that the analysis unit has failed in analyzing part of the target data portion corresponding to the transfer-scheduled data, wherein: the printing unit is configured to refrain from printing, if the reception data includes the transfer-scheduled data, the reception data corresponding to the transfer-scheduled data responsive to the occurrence of one of the first and second error; the printing unit is configured to print, if the reception data does not include the transfer-scheduled data but does include the print-scheduled data, the reception data corresponding to the print-scheduled data successfully received responsive to the occurrence of the first error and print the reception data corresponding to analyzable data of the print-scheduled data successfully received responsive to the occurrence of the second error; and the analysis unit is configured to determine the occurrence of the first and second errors.