Facsimile machine and facsimile transmission system

A facsimile transmission system comprising:

• a network;
• a plurality of facsimile machines coupled to said network;
• and
• a center facsimile machine coupled to said network,
• said center facsimile machine including:
• scanning means for scanning a document to generate image data;
• recording means for recording an image on a recording medium;
• communicating means, coupled to said scanning means and said recording means, for exchanging image data with said network;
• first storage means for storing said image data supplied from said scanning means and supplied, through said communicating means, from a source facsimile machine which is one of said facsimile machines;
• second storage means for storing a plurality of programs each defining a procedure for relaying said image data supplied from said source facsimile machine to at least one destination facsimile machine which is one of said facsimile machines;
• inputting means, coupled to said second storage means, for inputting said plurality of programs into said second storage means;
• decision means, coupled to said communicating means, for determining which one of said plurality of programs is designated by said source facsimile machine by referring to a select signal supplied from said source facsimile machine through said communicating means;
• and
• relay transmission executing means, coupled to said communicating means, said first and second storage means and said decision means, for relaying said image data supplied from said source facsimile machine and stored in said second storage means to said destination facsimile machine in accordance with one of said plurality of programs which is selected by said source facsimile machine.