Patent ID: 7375865

Claim:
A facsimile apparatus that communicates color-file information, comprising: determination means for determining whether a received color file is color-file information in a first color space or color-file information in a second color space different from the first color space; and output means which is for, in a case where both a JPEG header including an X parameter and a Y parameter and a digital control signal (DCS) including resolution information and image-width information are received and where color-file information in the first color space is received, executing output processing using the resolution information and the image-width information included in the received DCS but without using information of the X parameter and the Y parameter in the received JPEG header, and in a case where both a JPEG header including an X parameter and a Y parameter and a DCS including resolution information and image-width information are received and where color-file information in the second color space is received, executing output processing using information of the X parameter and the Y parameter in the received JPEG header but without using the resolution information and the image-width information included in the received DCS, wherein the DCS includes at least one information bit indicative of color-file information in the second color space, and said determination means makes the determination based upon said information bit.