JP3343983B2 - Facsimile apparatus, facsimile server apparatus, and receiving method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, a facsimile server apparatus, and a method for receiving the same.
In particular, it receives image data sent over the line,
The present invention relates to a facsimile apparatus, a facsimile server apparatus, and a method for receiving the facsimile apparatus, which can efficiently store the data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there have been many cases in which a unique network such as a LAN is built in a company, and the tendency is expected to increase in the future. In many of such networks, a facsimile machine is arranged in the network, and a connection with another network is made possible by using a communication line such as a public line or a dedicated line.

As is well known, a facsimile apparatus has functions of a scanner, a printer, and communication control, and reads, receives, or receives data from a host computer (hereinafter, referred to as a host computer).
A document transferred from a host can be transferred to a remote facsimile machine (remote facsimile machine), which is very useful as a resource in a network.

An example of such a system is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-249560. In this system, a facsimile apparatus is connected to a personal computer, and the personal computer controls the facsimile apparatus.

[0005]

In the conventional system as described above, since one facsimile apparatus is controlled by one host, it is not possible to cope with an increase in the amount of information to be processed. Speed is not enough, or
There was a problem that it was not possible to respond to a plurality of hosts (terminals) in the network.

[0006] Therefore, a system using a facsimile server device which receives a processing request from a plurality of hosts, selects a facsimile device to be used from a plurality of facsimile devices, and executes the processing is conceivable. Also,
When a unique network such as a LAN is constructed in a company, the plurality of facsimile machines may be various types from existing facsimile machines, that is, high-end machines having a memory for storing original data to low-grade machines without the memory. It is conceivable that a simple facsimile machine is used.

For this reason, there is a problem in which memory the document data received from the plurality of facsimile apparatuses is temporarily stored. In general, it is considered convenient to store all received document data in the memory of the facsimile server device to simplify and conveniently manage the data. However, it is necessary to increase the capacity of the memory of the facsimile server device. There is a problem that the memory in each facsimile machine is not effectively used.

[0008] In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus and a facsimile server apparatus which can effectively receive received document data by using a memory of the entire system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a receiving method capable of efficiently managing received original data.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving means for receiving original data, and transmitting the original data received by the receiving means to a facsimile server. Manuscript data transmitting means, a memory for storing manuscript data, a memory remaining amount check request receiving means for receiving a memory remaining amount check request from the facsimile server device, When the confirmation request is accepted, the system further comprises a memory remaining amount responding means for confirming the remaining memory amount and transmitting the result to the facsimile server.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the facsimile server device includes a memory for storing the original data transmitted from the facsimile device, and a memory remaining amount confirming unit for confirming whether the remaining amount of the memory is equal to or more than a predetermined amount. If it is determined by the memory remaining amount checking means that there is a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount, the original data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus is stored as it is, and it is determined that there is no remaining amount of memory equal to or more than the predetermined amount. When the remaining facsimile apparatus has a memory remaining amount exceeding a predetermined amount, the remaining facsimile apparatus receives a request from the remaining facsimile apparatus. When there is a response indicating that the remaining memory capacity is greater than or equal to the fixed amount, the received and stored document data is returned with a response indicating that the remaining memory capacity is greater than or equal to the predetermined amount. It is characterized in that; and a document data transmission means for transmitting to the Kushimiri device.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of receiving a system including a facsimile server apparatus and one or more facsimile apparatuses controlled by the facsimile server apparatus, wherein original data received from an arbitrary facsimile apparatus is transmitted to the facsimile server apparatus. stored in the internal memory to transfer the
The remaining amount of internal memory of the facsimile server
When the document data falls, the original data is
Transfer to the spare memory of the facsimile machine
It is characterized in that the way.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when an arbitrary facsimile apparatus that has received original data stores the original data in its own memory and the remaining amount of the memory becomes equal to or less than a predetermined amount,
Transfer to facsimile server and store in internal memory
The remaining amount of the internal memory of the facsimile server
When the amount becomes equal to or less than a predetermined amount, the original data is
Is transferred to the spare memory of multiple facsimile machines
It is characterized to the point so as to get accumulated to accumulate.

[0014]

SUMMARY OF] According to the facsimile apparatus according to claim 1, factory
In response to a request for confirmation of the remaining amount of memory from the
To answer the remaining memory. For this reason,
Data from the facsimile server to the facsimile
Data can be easily transferred.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when it is determined that the remaining amount of the memory in the facsimile server is equal to or more than the predetermined amount, the received original data is stored in the memory in the facsimile server as it is. ,
When it is determined that the remaining amount of the memory is smaller than a predetermined amount, a request is issued to confirm whether or not another facsimile apparatus has a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount. When another facsimile apparatus responds that there is a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount, the original data is transferred to this facsimile apparatus,
The document data in the facsimile server is deleted.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, the received document data can be stored in both the internal memory of the facsimile server and the memory of the facsimile, so that the system memory can be used effectively.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of a system including a facsimile server device to which the present invention is applied.
Although details of the facsimile server device 1 will be described later, the facsimile server device 1 is connected to the facsimile devices 2, 3, and 4 by individual connection lines 9, and is also connected to a network 5 such as a LAN. The facsimile apparatuses 2, 3, and 4 may be high-grade machines having a memory for storing original data, or low-grade machines without the memory.

The facsimile machines 2, 3, and 4 are connected by a line 8 to a switching network such as a telephone network or ISDN.
Also, the facsimile server device 1 is connected by an individual connection line 9.
Is connected to This connection line 9 is, for example, RS-23
2C, GPIB, SCSI, etc., and a facsimile server device 1 and a plurality of facsimile devices 2,
3 and 4 may be housed in one housing and connected by an internal bus.

The network 5 is, for example, Ethernet,
It is a digital data network based on a LAN such as FDDI or a switching network such as PBX. The hosts 6 and 7 are composed of general-purpose computers, workstations, personal computers, and the like, and include those that do not have a document data processing function.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an outline of a hardware configuration of the facsimile server device 1.

In FIG. 1, a CPU 10 controls the entire facsimile server 1 according to a control program stored in a ROM 11. The RAM 12 stores input or received image information, or stores various control data and tables.

The network connection unit 13 is an interface circuit of a digital data network using a LAN such as Ethernet or FDDI or a switching network such as PBX. The code conversion section 14 is a circuit for converting the code data into image data for facsimile when the original is transmitted as code data from the terminal.

The facsimile connection units 15 and 16 are connected to individual connection lines 9 with the facsimile machine, for example, RS-232.
An interface circuit such as C, GPIB, or SCSI. The keyboard control unit 17 and the CRT control unit 18
3 is an interface circuit of a keyboard and a CRT display constituting a console of the facsimile server device 1. The bus 19 connects each circuit in the device. In addition, an external storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk may be provided.

Next, an outline of the operation of the system shown in FIG. 8 will be described. In FIG. 8, for example, when the host 6 performs communication, first, an instruction is sent to the facsimile server device 1. The facsimile server device 1 selects, for example, a free facsimile device that can be transferred at the highest speed, and transfers the transmission data from the host to the selected facsimile device. The facsimile machine that has received the transfer executes a transmission process in accordance with an instruction from the facsimile server apparatus 1. The facsimile server device 1 always keeps track of the status of each facsimile device, such as busy, idle, or broken.

Next, the configuration and operation of the facsimile apparatuses 2 to 4 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions of main parts of the facsimile apparatus of the embodiment. In the figure, 21 is a receiving means for receiving an incoming call from a remote facsimile apparatus, 22 is a memory for storing document data, 23 is a memory remaining amount checking means for checking whether or not the remaining amount of memory is equal to or more than a predetermined amount, and 24 is a memory remaining amount checking means. When a transfer request is received from a facsimile server device,
Transfer means 25 for transferring the data of the facsimile apparatus;

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 shows the operation of the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 shows the facsimile server apparatus 1 corresponding to the operation of the facsimile apparatus.
The operation of FIG.

In step S1 of FIG. 2, when there is an incoming call from the remote facsimile apparatus, the facsimile apparatus proceeds to step S2 and notifies the facsimile server apparatus 1 that there is an incoming call. In step S3, it is determined whether or not there is a response from the facsimile server device 1. If there is a response, the process proceeds to step S4 to determine whether or not the response is to be received. If not, the operation ends. These operations are performed by the receiving means 21 and the control means 25.

When step S4 is affirmative, step S4
Proceeding to 5, the control means 25 executes the reception job, stores the received document data in the memory 22, and further creates and stores the management information. In step S6, it is determined whether or not there is a transfer request from the facsimile server device 1. If there is a transfer request, the control device 25 instructs the memory 22 to transfer and delete the received document and the management information. On the other hand, when there is no transfer request, the process proceeds to step S8, and the memory remaining amount checking unit 23 checks whether or not the memory 22 has a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount. And
If the remaining amount of memory is not equal to or more than the predetermined amount, the process proceeds to step S7, and the above processing is performed.
In step S9, only the management information is transferred to the facsimile server.

Next, the operation of the facsimile server device 1 corresponding to the operation of the facsimile device will be described. FIG.
In step S11, when there is a notification of an incoming call from the facsimile machine, the process proceeds to step S12, and it is determined whether or not to receive the notification. If so, the flow advances to step S13 to instruct reception execution; otherwise, the flow advances to step S17 to instruct reception rejection.

In step S14, it is determined whether or not a notification of reception completion has been received from the facsimile apparatus. When the notification has been received, in step S15, it is determined whether or not a transfer of the original data is requested. When the transfer of the document data is requested, the process proceeds to step S16, where the transferred received document and the management information are received and stored. On the other hand, if the transfer is not requested, the process proceeds to step S18, where the management information is received and stored.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of the document data and the management information, where 30 indicates received data, 30a indicates header information corresponding to the management information, and 30b indicates received document data. As described above, according to this embodiment, when the facsimile apparatus does not receive an instruction to transfer the document information from the facsimile server apparatus, if the remaining amount is equal to or more than the predetermined amount, the facsimile apparatus stores the information in its own memory and stores only the management information. Transfer to facsimile server. Also, when the facsimile server device instructs to transfer the document information or when the remaining amount is smaller than a predetermined amount, the document information and the management information are sent to the facsimile server device and stored in the memory of the facsimile server device. Become. Therefore, the received document data can be distributed and stored in the facsimile apparatus and the facsimile server apparatus, so that the memory of the system can be used effectively and the management can be performed centrally by the facsimile server apparatus.

In this embodiment, in the case of a system in which the facsimile server always manages the received documents collectively, step S8 in FIG. 2 is deleted, and if there is a transfer request from the facsimile server, the transfer is performed. Do not forward unless requested.

In the above embodiment, all the received originals are temporarily stored in the memory of the facsimile apparatus and then transferred to the memory of the facsimile server apparatus.
When the facsimile apparatus is a low-priced one such as a personal facsimile apparatus, there are many cases where a memory having a capacity capable of storing all received documents is not mounted.
In the case of such a facsimile apparatus, a received document is stored in a memory in the facsimile apparatus in a certain unit (for example, page unit), and then transferred to the facsimile server apparatus. The management information is updated for each unit in the facsimile machine, and the last unit is transferred after the transfer is completed. When a received document is sent for each unit, the facsimile server device also performs an operation of accumulating the received document, and finally stores the management information in the receiving memory.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, when the remaining capacity of the memory of the facsimile server device becomes equal to or less than a predetermined amount, data is transferred to a facsimile device having a spare memory, and FIG. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a main part of the device.

In the figure, 31 is a receiving means, 32 is a memory, 33 is a memory remaining amount confirming means, and 34 is a control means for controlling the operation of the facsimile server. Also, 35
Is a memory remaining amount checking unit, and 36 is a document data transmitting unit.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile server device, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile device operating correspondingly.

If the determination in step S15 in FIG. 3 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S21 in FIG. 5, and the memory remaining amount checking means 33 determines whether the remaining amount of memory in the facsimile server is equal to or more than a predetermined amount. Judgment is made. If this determination is affirmative, the aforementioned step S16 (see FIG. 3)
The control device 34 instructs the received document and the management information to be stored in the memory of the facsimile server device.

However, if the determination in step S21 is negative, the memory remaining amount check requesting means 35 searches for a facsimile apparatus having a sufficient memory. That is, n = 1 is set in step S22, and step S23 is set.
Then, a transfer instruction is issued to the n-th facsimile machine. In step S24, it is determined whether or not a response indicating that there is a memory remaining amount is received from the facsimile apparatus that has issued the transfer instruction.
If this determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S25, where the document data transmitting unit 36 transfers the document and the management information. Then, the control unit 34 deletes the document information from the memory 32.

In step S26, it is determined whether or not there is document data to be transferred. Step S
When 24 is negative or when step S26 is positive,
Proceeding to step S27, it is determined whether a transfer instruction has been issued to all facsimile machines. If this determination is negative, the process proceeds to step S28, where 1 is added to n. Then, in step S23, a transfer instruction is issued to the next facsimile machine. The above processing is continuously performed, and if the determination in step S27 is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S29, where reception is stopped until the memory becomes empty.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus having received the transfer instruction will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In step S31, it is determined whether or not a transfer instruction has been received. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S32, where the remaining memory is checked. Step S33
If it is determined that the remaining memory is larger than the predetermined amount, the process proceeds to step S34, and the facsimile server device is notified of the remaining memory. Then, the process proceeds to step S35, where the original and the management information sent from the facsimile server are received and stored. On the other hand, if the determination in step S33 is negative, the process advances to step S36 to notify the facsimile server apparatus that there is no remaining memory.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the remaining memory of the facsimile server becomes smaller than a predetermined amount, it is distributed to the memories of a plurality of facsimile machines managed by the facsimile server. The load on the internal memory of the server device can be reduced, and the memory of the facsimile device can be used effectively. In addition, the memory can be used efficiently in the entire system.

In the above-described embodiment, the receiving operation is stopped when the destination facsimile apparatus is not found. However, the oldest stored document existing in the facsimile server apparatus is output to the printer of the facsimile apparatus. May be deleted from the memory in the facsimile server device. In this case, the storage date and time of the document stored in the memory of the facsimile server device is also managed.

Alternatively, the received document may not be stored until the memory in the facsimile server becomes empty, and may be printed simultaneously with the reception using the printer of the facsimile.

Next, the operation of the receiving method using the facsimile apparatus and the facsimile server apparatus having the above-described configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this receiving method, a received facsimile apparatus first stores received original data in its own memory, and transfers the received original data to an internal memory of the facsimile server apparatus when the remaining amount of the memory becomes equal to or less than a prescribed value. .

In step S41, when the facsimile server apparatus receives the notification of the incoming call from the facsimile apparatus, it accepts the reception job, and notifies the facsimile apparatus of execution of the reception operation in step S42. Upon receiving this notification, the facsimile apparatus stores the received document in the internal memory in step S43. In step S44, it is determined whether or not there is a transfer request from the facsimile server device,
When the result is affirmative, the received document data and document management information are transferred to the facsimile server device. Then, in step S46, the data is stored in the memory of the facsimile server.

On the other hand, when the determination in step S44 is negative,
That is, if there is no transfer request from the facsimile server device, the process proceeds to step S47, and it is determined whether or not the memory of its own has a remaining amount equal to or greater than a specified amount. If the determination in step S47 is affirmative, the flow advances to step S48 to transfer the document management information to the facsimile server.
In step S49, the received document data is stored in the memory of the facsimile apparatus itself.

On the other hand, if the determination in step S47 is negative, the flow advances to step S45 to transfer the received document data and document management information to the facsimile server. In step S46, the facsimile server stores the information in the internal memory.

Note that the facsimile server device may search for a destination facsimile device and transfer it when the internal memory becomes less than the prescribed amount.

According to this embodiment, the load on the internal memory of the facsimile server can be reduced, and the memory of the facsimile can be used effectively. In addition, the memory can be used efficiently in the entire system.

Next, the operation of another embodiment of the receiving method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When an arbitrary facsimile machine receives an incoming call from a remote facsimile machine, the facsimile machine notifies the facsimile server apparatus of this. Upon receiving the notification of the incoming call, the facsimile server device activates a reception job in step S51, and notifies the facsimile device of execution of the reception operation in step S52. When the facsimile apparatus receives this notification, it executes reception.

In step S53, the facsimile machine transfers the received manuscript data and management information of the manuscript, for example, information such as the address of the manuscript data and the number of pages to the facsimile server.

In step S54, a determination is made as to whether or not the internal memory of the facsimile server has a remaining capacity equal to or greater than a specified value. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to step S55, where the facsimile server is transferred. The document data and the management information are stored in the internal memory. However, if the determination in step S54 is negative, the process proceeds to steps S56 and S57 to determine whether or not there is a free memory in another facsimile apparatus, in other words, whether or not there is a transfer destination facsimile apparatus. If it is determined that there is a transfer destination, the flow advances to step S58 to transfer the received document data to the facsimile apparatus. At this time, the facsimile server device creates management information so that it is possible to know to which facsimile device the document data has been transferred. If it is determined in step S57 that there is no transfer destination, the process proceeds to step S59, and reception is stopped until there is free space in the facsimile server device or the memory of the facsimile device.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, received original data is first stored in the internal memory of the facsimile server device, and when the internal memory has run out of room, it is stored in the memory of each facsimile device. , It is possible to effectively use the memory of the system,
There is an effect that management of received original data can be facilitated.

In the above-described embodiment, the receiving operation is stopped when the destination facsimile apparatus is not found. However, the oldest stored document existing in the facsimile server apparatus is output to the printer of the facsimile apparatus. May be deleted from the memory in the facsimile server device. Alternatively, until the memory in the facsimile server device becomes empty, the received document is not stored,
Printing may be performed simultaneously with reception using a printer of a facsimile machine.

[0055]

[0056]

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, to the confirmation request for the remaining memory capacity of the facsimile server device, it is possible to answer the remaining memory capacity. For this reason, data can be easily transferred from the facsimile server device to the facsimile device. Further, the facsimile server device can easily and integrally manage the received document data.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, original data can be dispersedly stored, and the load on the facsimile server can be reduced. Further, data can be easily transferred from the facsimile server device to the facsimile device, and the facsimile server device can easily and integrally manage the received document data.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the facsimile server first stores the received document data in its own memory, and when the remaining memory is smaller than a predetermined amount, confirms the remaining memory with another facsimile machine. Since the original data is transferred to the facsimile apparatus which has answered that the remaining amount of the memory is equal to or more than the predetermined amount, the original data can be easily and smoothly dispersed and stored. Also, the received original data can be easily and centrally managed.

According to the fourth and fifth aspects of the present invention, the received document data can be stored in both the internal memory of the facsimile server device and the memory of the facsimile device, so that the system memory can be used effectively.

[0060]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions of main parts of a facsimile apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the facsimile server device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing functions of main parts of the facsimile server device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile machine.

FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of document data and management information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a hardware configuration of a facsimile server device.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a receiving method.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing another receiving method.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facsimile server apparatus, 2, 3, 4 ... Facsimile apparatus, 5 ... Network, 6, 7 ... Host computer, 21, 31 ... Receiving apparatus, 22, 32 ... Memory, 2
3, 33: memory remaining amount checking means, 24: transfer means, 2
5, 34 ... control means, 35 ... memory remaining amount confirmation request means,
36: Document data transmission means.

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A receiving unit for receiving the original data; an original data transmitting unit for transmitting the original data received by the receiving unit to a facsimile server; a memory for storing the original data; A memory remaining amount check request receiving means for receiving a memory remaining amount checking request, and when the memory remaining amount checking request receiving unit receives a memory remaining amount checking request, the memory remaining amount is checked and the result is sent to a facsimile server. A facsimile apparatus, comprising: a memory remaining amount reply unit for transmitting to the apparatus. 2. A receiving means for receiving manuscript data, a memory for storing manuscript data received by the receiving means, and a remaining memory for confirming whether the remaining capacity of the memory is equal to or more than a predetermined amount. Checking means, and when the memory remaining amount checking means determines that there is a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount, the memory is stored in the memory as it is,
Control means for transferring the document data to the facsimile server device when it is determined that there is no remaining memory amount equal to or more than a predetermined amount; memory remaining amount confirmation request receiving means for receiving a memory remaining amount confirmation request from the facsimile server device; When the memory remaining amount check request receiving unit receives a request for checking the remaining amount of memory, it checks whether the remaining amount of memory is equal to or more than a predetermined amount and transmits the result to the facsimile server. A facsimile machine comprising: 3. A memory for storing original data transmitted from a facsimile apparatus, a memory remaining amount checking unit for checking whether the remaining amount of the memory is equal to or more than a predetermined value, and a memory remaining amount checking unit. When it is determined that there is a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a fixed amount, the original data transmitted from the facsimile apparatus is stored as it is, and when it is determined that there is no remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount, the other facsimile apparatuses are A memory remaining amount checking request unit for checking whether there is a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount; and a notification that there is a remaining amount of memory equal to or more than a predetermined amount from another facsimile machine in response to the request by the memory remaining amount checking request unit. Document data transmitting means for transmitting the received and stored document data to a facsimile apparatus which has received a response indicating that the remaining memory capacity is equal to or greater than the predetermined amount when a response is received. A facsimile server device comprising: 4. A receiving method for a system comprising a facsimile server device and one or more facsimile devices controlled by the facsimile server device. so as to accumulate in the internal memory of the server device, the facsimile
When the remaining amount of the internal memory of the server device falls below the specified amount
And transmitting the original data to the one or more facsimile
A receiving method, wherein the data is transferred to and stored in a memory of a storage device. 5. A receiving method for a system comprising a facsimile server apparatus and one or more facsimile apparatuses controlled by the facsimile server apparatus, wherein any facsimile apparatus which has received original data has a memory remaining amount equal to or more than a predetermined amount. Sometimes, the original data is stored in its own memory, and when it is smaller than a predetermined amount, it is transferred to a facsimile server device and stored in an internal memory of the facsimile server device.
When the remaining amount of the internal memory falls below the predetermined amount,
Data can be stored in the one or more facsimile machines
A receiving method wherein the data is transferred to and stored in a memory having data .