Appeal No. 1998-0938
Application 08/377,532
ring signal has been detected, and transmitting the data demodulated by the
modulator/demodulator (26) to either an engine control part (20) for enabling direct printing
or to a host computer (400) depending upon whether the printer (100) is set in one of a
print mode or a facsimile mode, and transmitting the data supplied from the local computer
(400) to the modulator/demodulators (26) for modulation and transmission of either remote
facsimile machine (300) or the remote computer (200) in dependence upon whether the
printer (100) is set in one of the print modes or facsimile modes.
Independent claim 7 is reproduced as follows:
7. A method for transferring facsimile data in a printer between a host
computer and one of a remote computer and a remote facsimile machine,
said method comprising the steps of:
detecting a ring signal indicative of facsimile data being transmitted
from one of said remote computer and said remote facsimile machine;
receiving said facsimile data transmitted from one of said remote
computer and said remote facsimile machine;
determining whether said printer is set in one of a print mode and a
facsimile mode;
printing the received facsimile data, when said printer is set in said
print mode; and
transferring the received facsimile data to said host computer for a
visual display on a computer screen, when said printer is set in said
facsimile mode.
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