IMAGE COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT

PURPOSE: To prevent the pressure on memory capacity in a job generation and to improve line utilizing efficiency in a multi-address communication operation. CONSTITUTION: In the image communication equipment having plural communication modules, a line resource control part 62 controls each communication module and stores the using state in a resource information preservation part 64. A resource information judgment part 66 secures the line resource which is possible to be used based on the using state of each communication module stored in the resource information preservation part 64. A job generation part 68 generates the job to be assigned to the secured line resource. When the job is assigned to the line resource, a job control part 70 controls a communication module based on the job and performs a communication operation. Thus, because the jobs are successively generated and are assigned to free lines, the utilizing efficiency of the line in a multi-address communication operation is improved and the pressure of memory capacity is prevented.