Patent ID: 7990570

Claim:
A multiple function peripheral apparatus having an operation panel operable by a user, comprising: a scanner unit having a monochrome scanner function and a color scanner function; a facsimile transmission unit having a monochrome facsimile transmission function and no color facsimile transmission function; a color scan start key on the operation panel to instruct said scanner unit to execute the color scanner function; a monochrome scan start key on the operation panel to instruct said scanner unit to execute the monochrome scanner function; a mode selection unit on the operation panel to indicate whether monochrome facsimile transmission of a color image is valid or invalid; and a facsimile transmission control unit to control operation of said facsimile transmission unit to perform the monochrome facsimile transmission function when said color scan start key is pressed, wherein if monochrome facsimile transmission is indicated as valid by operation of said mode selection unit, said facsimile transmission control unit permits the operation of said facsimile transmission unit, and if monochrome facsimile transmission is indicated as invalid by operation of said mode selection unit, said facsimile transmission control unit inhibits the operation of said facsimile transmission unit, thereby controlling the operation regardless of whether a receiver has color reception performance.