IMAGE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a transmitting side terminal to reliably acquire the capability information of a destination terminal and allow an Internet facsimile machine to perform capability exchange equivalent to that of a G3 facsimile. SOLUTION: This image communication apparatus 11A inquires of a server 13A capability held by the opposite party 14B and inquires of a DNS server 14A the capability information to acquire the capability information when the server 13A does not hold the capability information of the opposite party 14B. Then, the device 11A transmits an image to the opposite party 14B via the Internet by adapting to the capability of the opposite party 14B.