1. A multifunctional document processing system comprising: a host computer including a control module disposed therein; a multifunctional local peripheral device physically separate from but electrically connected to said host computer, said multifunctional local peripheral device including scanning means for optically scanning document information and for converting the scanned document information into first document signals, transmitting means for transmitting the first document signals to the host computer, receiving means for receiving second document signals from the control module, and recording means for producing a recorded form of document information based on the received second document signals; the control module being interfaced between the host computer and the multifunctional local peripheral device, the control module for receiving the first document signals from the multifunctional local peripheral device and third document signals from a remote device and for sending the received first and third document signals to the host computer, the control module also for receiving the second document signals and fourth document signals from the host computer, for sending the received second document signals to the multifunctional local peripheral device and for sending the received fourth document signals to the remote device, the control module functioning to require that the first document signals from the multifunctional local peripheral device and the third document signals from the remote device be transmitted to the host computer, that the second document signals from the host computer be transmitted to the multifunctional local peripheral device, and that the fourth document signals from the host computer be transmitted to the remote device, the control module further functioning to generate and transmit control signals to the multifunctional local peripheral device, storing means for storing the first document signals received from said multifunctional local peripheral device and the third document signals received from said remote device in a memory within said host computer; determining means within the host computer for determining a destination for the stored first and third document signals based on the first and third document signals; and retrieving means for retrieving stored first and third document signals from the memory and transmitting the retrieved first and third document signals as the second document signals to the multifunctional local peripheral device or the fourth document signals to the remote device, according to the determining means.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the recording means is a printer which produces printed documents.