To simply and quickly transfer contents of a data file acquired via a computer network to other facsimile equipment.

A CPU 11 respectively receives address designation of a data file to be acquired and transfer destination designation to designate a facsimile equipment being a transfer destination of this data file. The CPU 11 downloads a data file with a designated address from the Internet connected to the CPU 11 via a LAN line C2 and uses an image expansion processing section 24 to generate image data of a picture denoting contents of the data file. Then the CPU 11 transmits the generated image data to a designated facsimile equipment, that is the designated transfer destination via the Internet or a public switched telephone network PSTN connected by a PSTN public line C1.