PABX-connected facsimile machine

Claim 1

A facsimile system comprising: facsimile means for transmitting and receiving facsimile data; an automatic calling and answering type net control unit means connected between said facsimile means and a private automatic branch exchange (PABX) which is operatively coupled to an outside transmission line and which is operable in a predetermined outside line access mode, said net control unit means being selectively operable in one of a plurality of outside line access modes, including said predetermined outside line access mode, in accordance with a particular type of said private automatic branch exchange; setting means for setting said net control unit means to operate in said predetermined outside line access mode of said PABX and an outside line call procedure when requested to transmit information through said outside transmission line; operator actuated input means for selecting an outside line, for inputting a destination number and for generating an initiation signal requesting transmission of facsimile data from said facsimile means to said outside line via said net control means and said PABX; and control means for controlling said net control unit means in response to said initiation signal to automatically operate in said predetermined outside line access mode to establish a connection to said outside transmission line through said private automatic branch exchange and to call said destination number when the initiation signal is generated by said input means.