PICTURE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

摘要

PURPOSE:To save the recording cost while securing required recording picture quality by selecting automatically the recording mode of a recording means in response to picture information to be recorded. CONSTITUTION:When a recording control section 11 receives a print start request, the recording mode is set based on the communication mode noticed from a system control section 8. When a recording mode setting processing is finished, the recording control section 11 commands restart of the decoding processing to a CODEC 7 via the system control section 8 and decoded reception picture information is reduced by a reduction section 9 and transferred to a printer 10.