Controlling re-execution of facsimile tranmission

摘要

A facsimile apparatus having a first interface that connects to an IP network and a second interface that connects to an analog network control, in the case where facsimile transmission using the first interface has failed, to execute re-transmission using the second interface when a communication mode used in that facsimile transmission is an automatically-selected communication mode, and not to execute re-transmission using the second interface when the communication mode used in the facsimile transmission is a manually-selected communication mode.

主权项

1. A facsimile apparatus having a first interface that connects to an IP network and a second interface that connects to an analog network, the apparatus comprising:
a selection unit configured to automatically select a communication mode to be used from among a plurality of communication modes for transmission using the first interface; a transmission unit configured to execute facsimile transmission using the communication mode automatically selected by the selection unit in the case where an instruction has been made to automatically select the communication mode to be used and to execute facsimile transmission using a manually-selected communication mode in the case where one of the plurality of communication modes has been manually selected; and a control unit responsive to failure of facsimile transmission using the first interface, the control unit being configured to control execution or non-execution of re-transmission using the second interface such that (a) re-transmission using the second interface is executed in a case where the communication mode used in the facsimile transmission is the communication mode automatically selected by the selection unit and a fallback setting is valid, (b) re-transmission using the second interface is not executed in a case where the communication mode used in the facsimile transmission is the communication mode automatically selected by the selection unit and the fallback setting is invalid, and (c) re-transmission using the second interface is not executed, regardless of whether the fallback setting is valid or invalid, in a case where the communication mode used in the facsimile transmission is the manually-selected communication mode.