PURPOSE: To quickly record stored unrecorded facsimile image information at a prescribed transfer destination when abnormality of reception recording occurs.

CONSTITUTION: When the abnormality of reception recording of the paper jamming of reception recording paper, etc., occurs while the reception recording of image information from a terminal A is being performed, a reception operation can be completed normally in a state where the unrecorded image information is stored at a terminal B equipped with an image storage function, however, when the recording is performed after the completion of communication i.e., automatic transmission to a terminal C is performed based on a transfer destination telephone number set in advance and the stored unrecorded image information is transferred to the terminal C, it is possible to prevent the unrecorded image information from being lost and to secure reliability for information transmission.