JPH08116426A - Fax machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] In a facsimile machine, the caller can be identified reliably from the caller's column on the recording sheet or management report.
It also improves management convenience. [Structure] When an incoming call is received from the calling party, the calling party telephone number sent from the exchange is stored in RAM, the line is closed, and the line is opened after performing facsimile reception processing. . Then, it is judged whether or not the telephone number of the calling side is stored in the speed dial list of the RAM (S41),
When the telephone number of the calling side is stored (YES in S41)
S), determine whether there is a character string corresponding to the calling telephone number, and if there is a character string (YES in S43), communicate so that it can be output to the caller field of the recording paper or management report. The data is stored in the management data storage area (S45). Also,
If the telephone number of the calling side is not stored (S41: N
O), the character string of the TSI signal or the telephone number is stored in the communication management data storage area (S51, S53).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine capable of receiving a telephone number of a calling side sent from an exchange side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine provided with a dial list is composed of a storage section for storing the dial list, an input section for editing the dial list, and a facsimile main body for transmitting / receiving the facsimile. The dial list is a list in which telephone numbers and destination names are associated with each other, and is used when a call is made from the facsimile device. For example, a speed dial list or the like is applicable. Such a dial list is created by the user by inputting the telephone number and the destination name into the facsimile device owned by the user.

In the above-mentioned conventional facsimile apparatus, the dial list is not used when receiving a facsimile by an automatic call. Therefore, when the information included in the terminal identification signal such as the TSI signal and the CIG signal is a character string such as a name in the destination field of the output medium such as the paper on which the data is recorded, the communication management report, and the error report. The character string is output to, but if the information included in the terminal identification signal is the telephone number of the other party, that telephone number was output.

[0004]

However, when the information included in the terminal identification signal is the telephone number of the other party,
Even if you look at the destination field of the output medium, there is no choice but to judge from the telephone number, such as who the user was calling from and who made an error in the communication. Was forced to work to correspond with the name of the other party.

As a solution to this drawback, if the information contained in the terminal identification signal is a character string, the character string is output to the destination column of the output medium, while it is included in the terminal identification signal. If the information is a telephone number, the dial list of the called facsimile machine is searched based on that telephone number, and if there is a destination name corresponding to the telephone number, that name is entered in the destination field. It is also conceivable to have a device configuration for outputting to.

[0006] However, the terminal identification signal is an option signal transmitted by registering the telephone number of the facsimile terminal of its own in the facsimile apparatus. If the telephone number is not registered, the terminal identification signal is used to make a call. Since the information regarding the side cannot be obtained, the destination field of the output medium becomes blank, and there is a drawback that the convenience in management is impaired.

[0007] When the facsimile device in which the terminal identification information is registered is moved to another department or the like and is used with a different telephone number, the user can identify the terminal identification information (telephone number,
If you do not re-register the name, etc., you will still send the telephone number information before the change to the other party. For example, immediately after changing the telephone number, the telephone number information of the terminal identification signal is that of the telephone number before the change. In many cases, there is no telephone number before change in the dial list of the called facsimile machine. Even if there is any, the name and the like before change are output, so the sender cannot be specified accurately.

Further, if the above device configuration is adopted, the character string included in the terminal identification signal, that is, the character string registered in the calling side facsimile device is output in the destination column output upon reception. In the destination field output at the time of transmission, a character string representing the destination registered in the called facsimile machine is output. Therefore, while the other party is the same,
In some cases, the display of the other party's field differs between when receiving and when sending. This has a drawback that the user lacks convenience in managing communication.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of surely identifying a calling party from a calling party column output to an output medium. In addition, the invention according to claims 2 to 5,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus that improves the convenience of managing output media.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, a facsimile machine according to the invention of claim 1 is a facsimile machine capable of receiving a telephone number of a calling side sent from an exchange side, and the exchange. Output control means for outputting to the column of the caller of the output medium based on the telephone number of the calling side sent from the side.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a facsimile machine is a facsimile machine capable of receiving a telephone number of a calling side sent from an exchange side, and a dial list in which a telephone number and a predetermined character string are associated with each other. Based on the dial list storage means to be stored and the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side, a corresponding character string is retrieved from the dial list and the character string is output to the caller column of the output medium. And output control means.

A facsimile machine according to a third aspect of the present invention is the facsimile machine according to the second aspect, wherein the output control means is a character string corresponding to the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side. If it is not in the dial list, the character string included in the terminal identification signal obtained by a predetermined communication control procedure is output to the calling party field of the output medium.

A facsimile machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the facsimile machine according to the third aspect, wherein the output control means includes a character string corresponding to the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side. If the character string is not included in the terminal identification signal obtained by the predetermined communication control procedure and is not in the dial list, the calling side telephone number is output to the calling party column of the output medium. Is.

A facsimile machine according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the facsimile machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the output control means sends the telephone number of the calling side from the exchange side. If not, it is output to the calling party field of the output medium based on the terminal identification signal obtained by the predetermined communication control procedure.

[0015]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention having the above structure, the output control means is based on the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side, the recording paper, the communication management report, the error report and the display display. It is output to the caller column of the output medium such as. The telephone number of the calling side is sent from the exchange side, and when the telephone number of the facsimile device is changed, it is always changed to the changed telephone number. Therefore, for example, TSI
Compared with the case where the caller field is output based on the terminal identification signal such as a signal, the caller field output to the output medium is more reliable and the caller can be identified reliably. It will be possible.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the dial list storage means stores a telephone number and a predetermined character string (for example, name or address) in association with each other, and the output control means. Thus, the corresponding character string is retrieved from the dial list based on the telephone number on the calling side sent from the exchange side, and the character string is output to the calling party field of the output medium.

Further, in the facsimile machine according to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the function of the facsimile machine according to the second aspect of the invention, when the character string corresponding to the calling telephone number is not in the dial list. The output control means outputs the character string included in the terminal identification signal obtained by the predetermined communication control procedure to the calling party field of the output medium. Here, the reason why the character string of the dial list corresponding to the calling telephone number is output with priority over the character string included in the terminal identification signal is as follows. That is, the character string of the dial list is usually output at the time of transmission, and the character string of the terminal identification signal is usually output at the time of reception. There was a management inconvenience that it was output as a character string. Therefore, in order to eliminate this point and further improve the management convenience of the output medium, the character string of the dial list is preferentially output at the time of reception as well as at the time of transmission.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the function of the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 3, there is no character string corresponding to the telephone number of the calling side in the dial list, If the terminal identification signal also does not include a character string, the output control means outputs the calling telephone number to the caller column of the output medium, and the caller column of the output medium is blank. Is less likely to become.

Further, in the facsimile apparatus according to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the operation of the facsimile apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, the telephone number of the calling side is sent from the exchange side. If it does not come, the output control means outputs the caller column of the output medium based on the terminal identification signal, thereby making it extremely unlikely that the caller column of the output medium becomes blank. .

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus of this embodiment, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a predetermined communication control procedure.

In FIG. 1, a facsimile machine 1 (herein called "callee" for convenience) is connected to a telephone line 16a via a network control unit (NCU) 2 for controlling the line. The telephone line 16a is connected to a called side exchange 17, the exchange 17 is connected to a calling side exchange 18 via a telephone line 16b, and the exchange 18 is connected to a facsimile machine 19 (here Is called for convenience sake).

A call signal comes into the called facsimile machine 1 through the exchanges 17 and 18 in response to the dialing operation of the caller. At this time, if the called party has registered in the called exchange 17 as a subscriber of the telephone number receiving service on the calling side, there is no sound between the first calling signal and the next calling signal. In the section, the caller side telephone number is sent to the called side facsimile machine 1 via the exchanges 17 and 18, and in the United States, it has already been put to practical use in an analog exchange system. The present invention relates to a terminal device for such a switching system.

The CPU 3 which is the core of the facsimile apparatus 1
Is connected to the following respective parts of the device via the signal bus line 4 and controls each part of the device according to a predetermined communication control procedure to execute a facsimile operation, that is, data communication. The modem 5 transmits and receives various procedure signals for transmission control while modulating and demodulating and transmitting image information, and the buffer 6 is encoded to be transmitted and received to and from the facsimile device 19 on the calling side. The data including the image information is temporarily stored.

The ROM 7 is a memory that stores a control program, the EEPROM 8 is a memory that stores various setting information, and the RAM 9 is a memory that temporarily stores various data when an operation is executed. A storage area, a communication management data storage area, etc. are provided. The image memory 10 is a memory for storing image data and a bit image for recording.
AM (DRAM) or the like is used.

The operation unit 11 is used for displaying the operation state of the facsimile apparatus 1 on the display and for the operator to perform various operations. The numeric keypad, function keys, character keys, report output key, speed dial registration key (any (Not shown), etc.

The encoder 12 encodes the image information to be transmitted, and the scanner 13 reads the image of the transmission original. The decoding unit 14 reads the received image data stored / written in the image memory 10 for recording and performs decoding, and the printer 15 records the received image data on a sheet, for example, a laser beam. An electrostatic electrophotographic recording method is used in which a latent image is formed on a photoconductor by light, the latent image is developed with toner, and then transferred to a sheet. The image data is compressed and encoded by the run length method, for example, and is transmitted and received.

The general receiving operation (recording in real time at the time of reception) in the facsimile device 1 will be briefly described. The facsimile device 1 includes the facsimile device 19 on the calling side, the telephone lines 16a, 16b, 16c and the exchange. After connecting to NCU2 via 17, 18, CPU3
Under the control of (1), the transmission / reception image information is received after transmitting and receiving a signal between the facsimile apparatuses 1 and 19 according to a predetermined communication control procedure. The received image information is encoded (compressed), is decoded (decompressed) by the decoding unit 14, and is expanded and written into a bit image in the image memory 10 for recording in page units. Then, bits are developed at a predetermined resolution, and this is sent to the printer 15 for printing in page units.

Further, at the time of proxy reception, compressed data is stored in a part of the image memory 10, and at the time of recording, the resolution is selected and bit-expanded in the remaining area of the image memory 10 in the same manner as described above. Further, during normal transmission, the transmission original is read by the scanner 13, encoded by the encoding unit 12, and then transmitted. At the time of memory transmission, the read and encoded image data is stored in the image memory 10, and the transmission operation is performed at a designated time.

Note that a signal according to a predetermined communication control procedure means, as shown in FIG. 2, a message before identifying each function of the terminal, instructing a selected state, and confirming a receivable state. It means performing a procedure (transmission / reception of a DIS signal, a TSI signal, etc.), an original procedure for transmitting a message, a post-message procedure, and a call recovery procedure.

Further, the TSI signal is a transmitting terminal identification signal, and a facsimile machine capable of storing the telephone number of its own facsimile terminal stores the telephone number set therein in the TSI signal and outputs the TSI signal. Send. TS
The I signal is an optional signal and is not always necessary, but since its format is standardized, this signal can be understood by any facsimile machine.

Next, the registration processing of the speed dial in the facsimile apparatus 1 thus constructed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is started by turning on a speed dial key arranged on the operation unit 11. First, the abbreviated number (for example, 001-2
It is judged whether or not (00) is input by the ten keys (S
11) If the abbreviated number is entered (YES in S11)
S), it is judged whether or not the telephone number to be registered is input by the ten keys (S13), and if the telephone number to be registered is input (YES in S13), the destination name is further input by the character keys. It is determined whether or not (S15).
If the destination name is entered (YES in S15), E
A telephone number and a destination name are stored in a speed dial list provided in a predetermined area of the EPROM 8 in a form corresponding to the speed number (S17). Table 1 shows an example of the speed dial list created in this way. In this embodiment, this speed dial list is used as the dial list.

[0032]

[Table 1]

Next, the main routine of facsimile reception control will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This processing is started when the power is turned on and the facsimile apparatus 1 is ready to receive. When this process is started, first, it is judged whether or not a ringing signal is received (S21), and if a ringing signal is received (YES in S21), the telephone number of the calling side is sent from the exchange 17 of the called side. Is sent (S23), and if the calling side telephone number is sent (YES in S23), the calling side telephone number is received and the calling side telephone number storage area of the RAM 9 is received. (S25), and this telephone number is temporarily stored in the operation unit 11
Is displayed on the display (S27), and the line is closed (S29). On the other hand, if the telephone number of the calling side is not sent in S23 (NO in S23), the line is immediately closed (S29). Here, as the case where the telephone number of the calling side is not sent, for example, there is a case where the calling side refuses to disclose its own telephone number.

After the line is closed in S29, a facsimile reception process is performed (S31), and then the line is opened (S33). Here, the facsimile reception process refers to the normal reception operation described above. After the line is released in S33, a caller identification process described later is performed (S35), and then the state returns to the state where the call can be received (S21).

Next, the caller identification process (S35) will be specifically described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When this process is started, first the calling telephone number is R
It is judged whether or not it is stored in the calling side telephone number storage area of AM9 (S41), and if the calling side telephone number is stored (YES in S41), the other party corresponding to the calling side telephone number It is determined whether or not the destination name (character string) is in the speed dial list of the EEPROM 8 (S43), and if there is the destination name (YES in S43), the destination name is used as the caller to receive the communication time and reception. It is stored in the communication management data storage area of the RAM 9 together with the communication management information such as the number of pages (S45).

If there is no destination name in S43 (S43
No in step S4), and it is determined whether the TSI signal is received (S4).
7) If the TSI signal is received (YES in S47)
S), it is determined whether the TSI signal includes a character string (S49), and if the TSI signal includes a character string (S49).
If YES in 49), the character string is stored as a caller in the communication management data storage area of the RAM 9 together with communication management information such as communication time and the number of received pages (S51). When the TSI signal is not received in S47 (NO in S47) or when the TSI signal does not include a character string in S49 (NO in S49), the communication time is set with the calling telephone number as the calling party. And the communication management information such as the number of received pages are stored in the communication management data storage area of the RAM 9 (S53).

On the other hand, the telephone number of the calling side is stored in the RAM in S41.
If it is not stored in the calling side telephone number storage area of 9, that is, if the calling side telephone number is not sent from the exchange 17 side (NO in S41), it is judged whether or not the TSI signal is received ( S55), if the TSI signal is received (YES in S55), it is determined whether or not the TSI signal includes the character string (S57), and if the TSI signal includes the character string (YES in S57). ), The character string is stored in the communication management data storage area of the RAM 9 together with other communication management information as a caller (S59). If the character string is not included in S57 (NO in S57), the TSI signal includes a number (numerical value). Therefore, this number (telephone number) is used as a calling party together with other communication management information. RAM
It is stored in the communication management data storage area 9 (S61).
If the TSI signal is not received in S55 (S55
No in 55), the space (blank) is stored in the communication management data storage area of the RAM 9 together with other communication management information as a caller (S63).

When it is determined in S21 of the main routine of FIG. 4 that the ringing signal is not received (S21
Then, it is determined whether the report output key (not shown) of the operation unit 11 is turned on (operated) (S3).
7) If the report output key is not turned on (NO in S37), the process returns to S31 to enter the incoming call waiting state. on the other hand,
If the report output key is turned on in S37 (S3
7), based on the communication management information stored in the calling side telephone number storage area of the RAM 9, the communication management report including the communication start time, the communication time, the destination, the number of sheets, the transmission / reception status, etc. is printed by the printer. Output from 15 (S
39). For the other party, the character string or the like stored as the caller is read and printed by the caller identification processing of FIG. It should be noted that this communication management report prints a predetermined amount of communication collectively on one page. Table 2 shows an example of the communication management report.

[0039]

[Table 2]

In Table 2, "No. 05" (reception) indicates that the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange 17 is "111112222".
2 ”, and the destination name“ SUZUKI ”is output in light of the speed dial list in Table 1. Also, "No. 02"
For (Receive), the calling party's telephone number is "3333344444", and the destination name is "NAKAMU" according to the speed dial list in Table 1.
"RA" is output. Further, “No. 04” (reception) has the calling party telephone number “5555566666”, and outputs the destination name “SATO” in light of the speed dial list in Table 1.

On the other hand, for "No. 07" (reception), the telephone number of the calling side was "7777788888", but since it was not registered in the speed dial list in Table 1, the character string "TSI signal" Yamamoto "is being output. In addition, "No. 0
For "3" (reception), the calling party telephone number is "012345678"
However, since it was not registered in the speed dial list of Table 1 and the TSI signal did not contain a character string, the calling party telephone number is output in the destination field. For "No. 01" (send) and "No. 06" (send), enter the speed-dial number or the telephone number of the recipient directly, and enter the other party based on the speed-dial list in Table 1. The destination name is output.

As described above, most of the destination columns of the communication management report shown in Table 2 are occupied by character strings such as the destination name, and the telephone numbers are scarcely printed, and can be left blank. There is little sex. As described above, according to this embodiment, the printing of the destination field is based on the calling party telephone number that can reliably identify the calling party rather than based on the TSI signal. The reliability of the other party's field is high, and the other party, that is, the calling party can be reliably identified.

In the destination field, the character string such as the destination name is printed with priority, so that the user of the communication management report easily recognizes the destination, as compared with the case where the telephone number is printed. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the effect that the convenience of management of the report is improved. Also, enter the destination name (character string) of the speed dial list corresponding to the calling telephone number,
Since the character string included in the terminal identification signal is printed with priority, the following effects can be obtained. That is, the name of the destination on the speed dial list is usually printed when sending,
Since a character string of the TSI signal or the like is normally printed at the time of reception, different character strings are printed at the time of reception and at the time of transmission even when the other party is the same. However, in the present embodiment, such an inconvenience occurs. And the convenience of management of the communication management report is further improved. Specifically, the recipient of the transmission of "No. 01" in Table 2 and "No.
The recipient of "05" is "SUZUKI", which is searched from the speed dial list, and there is no mixture of names displaying the same person, which is highly convenient for management.

Further, when the destination name corresponding to the calling telephone number is not in the dial list and the character string is not included in the terminal identification signal, the calling telephone number is set in the destination column. Since printing is performed, the ratio of the other party's column being blank becomes extremely small, and the convenience of management of the communication management report is further improved. In particular,
The column of "No. 03" in Table 2 is applicable.

Furthermore, if the telephone number of the calling side is not sent from the exchange side, the column of the destination is printed based on the terminal identification signal, so that the probability that the column of the destination is blank is extremely small. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the effect of further improving the convenience of management of the communication management report.

It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments and can be carried out in various modes without departing from the technical scope of the present invention. For example, in the case of polling transmission, the calling side receives it. In this case, if the CIG signal is used instead of the TSI signal in the above embodiment, the same effect as in the above embodiment is obtained. Can be obtained. Here, the CIG signal is a calling terminal identification signal, and in the case of polling transmission,
This is an optional signal inserted in the block including the DTC signal sent from the receiving side (calling side).

In the above embodiment, the character string corresponding to the telephone number of the calling side is searched using the speed dial list, but a one-touch dial list, a telephone directory list or the like may be used instead of the speed dial list. Further, as the format for outputting to the output medium, in addition to the format for printing in the destination field of the communication management report as in the above embodiment, for example, a format for displaying on a display (not shown) provided in the operation unit 11 is available. Alternatively, the destination may be printed on the header portion of the recording paper at the time of reception (for example, the destination may be printed along the upper side of the printing paper). In the latter case, for example, the main routine shown in FIG. 4 is modified as follows. That is, after the line is closed (S2
9) As a part of the process in the facsimile reception process (S31), the same caller identification process as in S35 is performed, and when the printer 15 prints page by page, the caller prints on the header portion of the recording sheet. After that, the line is released (S33), and the process returns to S21 and the incoming call waiting state is set.

[0048]

As described above in detail, according to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the output control means has the caller of the output medium based on the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side. Since it is output to the column of No., the reliability of the column of the caller output to the output medium is high, and the effect that the caller can be surely specified can be obtained. That is, the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange is always changed to the telephone number after the change even if the telephone number of the facsimile machine is changed. Therefore, for example, the telephone number based on the telephone number information included in the TSI signal is used. The effect that the calling party can be surely specified can be obtained as compared with the case where the calling is performed.

According to the facsimile machine of the second aspect of the present invention, the output control means searches the dial list for a corresponding character string based on the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side. Since the character string is output to the calling party field of the output medium, the character string representing the destination name or the like is output to the calling party field. Therefore, as compared with the case where the telephone number is output in the caller field, the user can easily recognize the caller, and the convenience of managing the output medium is improved. can get.

Further, according to the facsimile machine of the third aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the facsimile machine of the second aspect of the invention, there is no character string corresponding to the calling telephone number in the dial list. In this case, since the output control means outputs the character string included in the terminal identification signal obtained by the predetermined communication control procedure to the calling party field of the output medium, the character string is output to the calling party field. The probability is higher, and the convenience of managing the output medium is further improved. Further, since the character string of the dial list corresponding to the calling telephone number is printed with priority over the character string included in the terminal identification signal, the following effects can be obtained. That is, conventionally, the character string of the dial list is printed at the time of transmission and the character string of the TSI signal is printed at the time of reception. Therefore, even if the partner is the same at the time of reception and at the time of transmission, different character strings are used. Although it was printed, such an inconvenience can be eliminated, and the convenience of managing the output medium can be further improved.

According to the facsimile machine of the fourth aspect of the invention, in addition to the effect of the facsimile machine of the third aspect of the invention, there is no character string corresponding to the calling telephone number in the dial list. If the character string is not included in the terminal identification signal, the output control means outputs the calling party telephone number to the calling party field, so the calling party field may be blank. As a result, the output medium becomes smaller and the convenience of the output medium is further improved.

According to the facsimile machine of the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the facsimile machine of any one of the first to fourth aspects, the calling telephone number is transmitted from the exchange side. If not, since the output control means outputs the caller column of the output medium based on the terminal identification signal, the possibility that the caller column of the output medium becomes blank becomes extremely small. The effect that the convenience of the output medium is further improved is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a predetermined communication control procedure.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of speed dial registration processing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a main routine.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a caller identification process.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Facsimile device, 2 ... NCU, 3
... CPU, 4 ... Signal bus line, 5 ... Modem, 6 ... Buffer, 7 ... ROM,
8 ... EEPROM, 9 ... RAM, 11 ...
..Operation parts, 17, 18 ... Exchanges

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A facsimile device capable of receiving a telephone number of a calling side sent from an exchange side, and an output to be output to a column of a caller of an output medium based on the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side. A facsimile machine comprising control means. 2. A facsimile device capable of receiving a telephone number of a calling side sent from an exchange side, and dial list storage means for storing a dial list in which a telephone number and a predetermined character string are associated with each other, and from the exchange side. Output control means for retrieving a corresponding character string from the dial list based on the sent telephone number of the calling side and outputting the character string to the caller column of the output medium. Facsimile machine. 3. The output control means includes in a terminal identification signal obtained by a predetermined communication control procedure when a character string corresponding to a telephone number of a calling side sent from the exchange side is not in the dial list. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the character string to be output is output to the calling party field of the output medium. 4. The output control means includes a character string corresponding to the telephone number of the calling side sent from the exchange side in the dial list, and when the terminal identification signal obtained by a predetermined communication control procedure is present. Also does not contain a string,
4. The facsimile apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the calling party telephone number is output to the calling party column of the output medium. 5. The output control means, when the telephone number of the calling side is not sent from the exchange side, displays the caller column of the output medium on the basis of a terminal identification signal obtained by a predetermined communication control procedure. The facsimile machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which outputs the data.