Image communication apparatus

A method of storing, in a transmitting apparatus, a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by respectively stored identification data for each transmission block, said method sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said method comprising the steps of:

• discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed, and
• conducting a control to selectively perform disconnection of the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively to the same destination station after the first transmission block without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result in the discrimination step, said second transmission block being different from the first transmission block and having the same destination station.

An image communication apparatus for storing a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by identification data respectively stored in said apparatus for each transmission block, said apparatus sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said apparatus comprising:

• discrimination means for discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed;
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• control means for selectively performing disconnection of the line regardless of success of transmission of the first transmission block when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively after the first transmission block to the same destination station without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination means.

A method for storing, in a transmitting apparatus, a plurality of transmission blocks of image data in advance, each transmission block having a respective destination station identified by respectively stored identification data for each transmission block, said method sequentially transmitting the stored transmission blocks to the respective destination stations, said method comprising the steps of:

• discriminating whether or not a communication speed used at an end of transmission of a first transmission block over a line connected to the respective destination station is less than a set speed;
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• conducting a control to selectively disconnect the line regardless of success of transmission of the first transmission block when the communication speed is less than the set speed or transmission of a second transmission block successively after the first transmission block to the same destination station without disconnecting the line when the communication speed is not less than the set speed, in accordance with a discrimination result of said discrimination step.