Abstract: A facsimile apparatus capable of recalling a destination for retransmission when the transmission ends with a transmission error, comprises a memory unit for storing image data page by page; a transmission unit for transmitting the image data stored in said memory unit page by page; a detection unit for detecting a transmission error during the transmission of the image data by said transmission unit; an error page memory unit for storing a transmission error page based on the detection result by said detection unit; a line control unit for terminating the transmission with error and recalling the error terminated destination based on the detection of the transmission error by said detection unit; and a retransmission unit for causing said transmission unit to retransmit the image data stored in said memory unit from the error page stored in said error page memory unit after the line connection by the recalling by said line control unit.

Abstract: A communication apparatus utilizes a distinctive ringing pattern service provided by a switching network for switching speech communication to and from data communication and for telling who is to answer an incoming call. In the apparatus, communication is switched between speech communication, including voice answering communication, and data communication, including facsimile data communication, according to an intermittent pattern of a call signal from a switching network. Data corresponding to the intermittent pattern of a call signal is transmitted, data from a calling party side is recorded and character information corresponding to the intermittent pattern of a call signal is displayed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a facsimile apparatus equipped with an automatic answering telephone function, as well as a communication method in this apparatus. When a tone signal from a line is detected after the start of storage of a voice message in response to an incoming call, the voice message presently being recorded is not counted as a received message and a voice message received next is stored in the area in which storage has just been performed. Further, when a DTMF signal, which is a control signal of the automatic answering telephone, is detected, a transition is made to facsimile communication in response to a CNG signal. Thus, erroneous operation in facsimile communication due to a CNG signal recorded in the automatic answering telephone is prevented.

Abstract: A facsimile apparatus sends a quasi-ring back tone to a destination in response to a call from the destination, and detects a CNG from the destination while the apparatus is periodically sending the quasi-ring back tone to the destination. When the apparatus detects a CNG for the first time, the apparatus stops sending the quasi-ring back tone and then performs facsimile communication in response to a second detection of a CNG from the destination, so as to certainly detect the CNG and to quickly shift to facsimile communication.