To constitute a cut paper feeding/thermal transfer type facsimile equipment so that the equipment is made compact and at low cost.

A casing is composed of the upper and lower three stages of a lower casing 1, an intermediate casing 2 and an upper casing 3. In the lower casing 1, a recording paper carrier route is formed and a paper feeding roller 5 and a platen roller 8 for record, etc., are arranged. On the upper part, an ink ribbon cassette is assembled. On the lower part of the intermediate casing 2, a transfer head 9 is arranged. The space between the upper part of the intermediate casing 2 and the upper casing 3 is made the carrier route of an original and a contact sensor 14, etc., is arranged.