Digital Composite Machine

A digital composite machine connectable to a server through a network, comprising:

• a scanner, operable to read first data;
• a FAX communicator, operable to transmit the first data and to receive second data transmitted from a public line;
• a printer, operable to print the second data;
• an operation panel;
• and
• a controller, operable to accept a first processing request from the operation panel and to control the scanner, the FAX communicator and the printer to execute a first processing based on the first processing request, and operable to accept a second processing request from the server and to control the scanner, the FAX communicator and the printer to execute a second processing based on the second processing request, wherein
• the controller decides whether or not the first processing is being executed when accepting the second processing request from the server,
• when the first processing is being executed, the second processing request from the server is rejected, and
• when the first processing is not being executed, after a lapse of a predetermined time period in which any processing is not executed, the second processing is executed.