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Abstract

A facsimile apparatus, including a printer for printing image data, a memory for storing image data, a reception unit for receiving image data from a sender facsimile machine, a setting unit for setting memory storage mode whereby reception image data from the sender facsimile machine is stored in the memory and is prohibited from being printed by the printer, an image data write unit for writing reception image data received during a setting of memory storage mode into the memory, a control unit for controlling a first operation and a second operation, wherein the first operation is performed with one of reception image data stored in the memory and reception image data which is being written into the memory, and wherein the second operation is performed with other image data, the other image data being different from the reception image data stored in the memory and the reception image data which is being written into the memory, and a prohibiting unit for prohibiting the first operation when the memory storage mode is set.

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