| 摘要 |
A wireless, portable facsimile and printer device (1) comprising capabilities to access the Internet (4), such that electronic messages may be sent or retrieved. The portable device (1) includes a micro-processing unit (MPU 5) that stores pertinent information, such as user name and password, for the user. A cellular telephone (3) connects the device (1) to an Internet Service Provider (4), and pending electronic messages are downloaded to an internal memory (7) to be stored, or may be printed immediately. Sending an electronic message requires that a user scans an original document into the portable device (1) and enters the recipient's electronic address on a keyboard mounted on the housing of the device (1). The scanned image of an original document is automatically sent as an attachment. In a further embodiment, the portable device (1) connects to the Internet (4), via a telephone cable, connected to a wall jack (8). In another embodiment, the portable device comprises only a portable printer. |
