Facsimile machines and methods for operating facsimile machines

A method of operating a facsimile machine, comprising:

• executing a first printing job that includes image data to be printed;
• receiving a communications message having second printing job associated therewith that includes other image data, wherein the communications message includes designated information indicating that the second printing job is higher in a printing priority order than printing of the image data associated with the first printing job, wherein the printing priority order is specified in a printing job priority order table by type of designated information, and each type of designated information is associated in the table with a detection section in the communication message where the designated information is found;
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• interrupting execution of the first printing job;
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• executing the second printing job.

A facsimile machine, wherein a first printing job that includes image data to be printed is being executed, comprising:

• a receiving unit configured to receive a communication message having second printing job associated therewith that includes other image data, wherein the communication message includes designated information indicating that the second printing job is higher in a printing priority order than printing of the image data associated with the first printing job;
• a printing job priority order table that sets the printing priority order by type of designated information and associates each type of designated information with a detection section in the communication message where the designated information is found;
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• a controller for interrupting execution of the first printing job, and executing the second printing job.

A method of operating a facsimile machine, comprising:

• storing a priority table that specifies printing priorities for different types of designated information and that associates a detecting section with each type of designated information in the priority table;
• receiving a message along with associated image data and first designated information and other messages having other associated image data and other designated information;
• detecting the first designated information and other designated information from a section of the message determined by reference to the detecting section within the priority table;
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• controlling printing of the associated image data based on relative priority of the first designated information with respect to other designated information that have been detected.

A facsimile machine comprising:

• storing means for storing a priority table that specifies printing priorities for different types of designated information and that associates a detecting section with each type of designated information in the priority table;
• receiving means for receiving a message along with associated image data and first designated information and other messages having other associated image data and other designated information;
• detecting means for detecting the first designated information and other designated information from a section of the message determined by reference to the detecting section within the priority table;
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• control means for controlling printing of the associated image data based on relative priority of the first designated information with respect to other designated information that have been detected.

A method of operating a facsimile machine, comprising:

• receiving a plurality of messages with image data, wherein each of said messages includes associated priority information;
• detecting the priority information associated with each of the received messages;
• storing a priority order table set with a printing priority order and that associates a detecting section with each type of priority information, wherein a section of each received message where the priority information should be detected is determined by referring to the detecting section within the priority order table;
• setting a printing priority order for printing each image data, wherein the printing priority order is determined by ordering priority information associated with each of the received messages based on the priority order table;
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• printing each image data, based on the priority order, when the image data of the printing job is received by the receiving means.

A facsimile machine, comprising:

• means for receiving plurality of messages with image data, wherein each of said messages includes associated priority information;
• means for detecting the priority information associated with each of the received messages;
• means for storing a priority order table set with a printing priority order and that associates a detecting section with each type of priority information, wherein a section of each received message where the priority information should be detected is determined by referring to the detecting section within the priority order table;
• means for setting a printing priority order for printing each image data, wherein the printing priority order is determined by ordering priority information associated with each of the received messages based on the priority order table;
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• means for printing each image data, based on the priority order, when the image data of the printing job is received by the receiving means.

A facsimile machine comprising:

• a receiving unit configured to receive a plurality of communications, at least some of said communications including image data and priority information;
• a detecting unit adapted to detect the priority information for each communication including priority information;
• a storage unit adapted to store a priority order table, the priority order table defining printing priority of various types of priority information and associating a detecting section with each type of priority information, wherein the detecting unit refers to the detecting section within the priority order table to determine a section of the message where the priority information should be detected;
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• a controller unit that sets the priority order responsive to the detected priority information for each communication including priority information, wherein the priority order is based on the priority order table, and prints each image data according to the priority order that is set.