JPH08265546A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a facsimile equipment which can minimize the time loss caused between the incoming time and the time when a receiver receives the data without giving any burden to a transmitter. CONSTITUTION: An equipment 10 is provided with an auxiliary storage 13 which stores an estimated receiver telephone number list where the estimated receivers and their telephone numbers are registered corresponding to each other, and a character recognition device 12 which recognizes the characters based on the received facsimile data and identifies the receivers, i.e., the addressed persons. A main controller 17 reads the telephone number of the receiver who is identified by the device 12 out of the estimated receiver telephone number list. Then the controller 17 notifies the telephone set corresponding to the identified number of reception of the facsimile data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a facsimile machine used alone or in combination with a copying machine or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a facsimile machine of this type is often shared by a plurality of persons when it is used in a company or the like. In this case, generally, each sharing person often holds the desk at a position separated from the facsimile machine. Therefore, when these persons receive a facsimile call addressed to themselves, it is usually impossible to know the fact of the call immediately, and it is normal for the nearest person to know the fact only when he / she notices it. is there. Therefore, there is a problem that a time loss from receiving the data to obtaining the data is large.

In order to solve such a problem, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 1-261964 discloses a facsimile reception to a telephone based on the telephone number of the telephone closest to the recipient sent together with the facsimile data. There has been proposed a facsimile machine which automatically notifies the fact of the above.

[0004]

However, in this apparatus, the facsimile sender needs to also input and transmit the telephone number of the telephone nearest to the recipient when transmitting the facsimile data. Therefore, for example, when the recipient's facsimile number is known but the telephone number is not known, it cannot be dealt with. In addition, since the telephone number of the other party has to be entered for each transmission, the burden on the transmission side is heavy.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to place no burden on the sender.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus capable of reducing the time loss from the reception of facsimile data to the reception of data by the recipient as much as possible.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a facsimile machine according to claim 1, wherein the intended recipient telephone number storage means stores the intended recipient and the telephone number of the person in association with each other, and the received facsimile data. Character recognition means for performing character recognition to identify the called party as the recipient, reading means for reading out the telephone number of the identified called party from the expected callee telephone number storage means, and a telephone having the read telephone number The above object is achieved by providing an incoming call notification means for notifying an incoming call of facsimile data.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the facsimile number storage means for storing the prospective callee and the facsimile number of the callee in association with each other, and character recognition based on the received facsimile data, Character recognition means for identifying a person who is a recipient, reading means for reading the facsimile number of the identified recipient from the expected recipient facsimile number storage means, and matching of the read facsimile number with the facsimile number of the own machine. The above-mentioned object is achieved by providing a judging means for judging and a transferring means for transferring the received facsimile data to the facsimile apparatus of the read facsimile number when the both do not match as a result of the judgment. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect, the transfer means transmits the facsimile data and the facsimile data is transmitted to a facsimile apparatus having an incorrect facsimile number. The above-mentioned object is achieved by sending a comment notifying that there is.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the facsimile device according to claim 4 stores a prospective callee telephone number storage means for storing the prospective callee and the telephone number of the callee, and the address of the prospective callee and a printer connected to the network. Is stored in association with the intended recipient printer address storage means, character recognition means for performing character recognition based on the received facsimile data, and a character recognition means for identifying the recipient as the recipient, and the printer address of the identified recipient. With respect to the read-out recipient printer address storage means, the read-out means for reading out the telephone number of the callee from the callee telephone number storage means, and the printer of the read printer address,
The above object is achieved by providing a transfer means for transferring the received facsimile data via the network and an incoming call notification means for notifying the telephone of the read telephone number of the incoming of the facsimile data.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, a facsimile machine for storing a prospective recipient, which stores a prospective recipient scheduled as a transmission partner and a facsimile number of the person, is provided for transmitting. The reading means for reading the transmission data from the set original, the character recognition means for recognizing the character based on the read transmission data to identify the recipient as the transmission partner, and the facsimile number of the identified recipient are transmitted. The above-mentioned object is achieved by providing a reading means for reading from the pre-scheduled person's facsimile number storage means, and a transmitting means for transmitting the transmission data to the facsimile device having the read facsimile number.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the facsimile device according to claim 6 stores the prospective caller's telephone number in association with the prospective caller's telephone number storage means, and the transmission data is read from the document set for transmission. Reading means, character recognition means for performing character recognition based on the read data, and a character recognition means for identifying the sender, and when an error occurs during transmission, the character is recognized from the prospective caller telephone number storage means by the character recognition means. The above-mentioned object is achieved by providing a reading means for reading the telephone number of the caller and an error notifying means for notifying the telephone having the read telephone number of a transmission error.

[0012]

In the facsimile apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the called party, who is the recipient, is identified from the received facsimile data by character recognition, and the telephone number of the called party is read out from the intended recipient telephone number storage means. The fact of the incoming call is automatically notified to the telephone having that telephone number. Therefore, the called party, who is the addressee, can immediately recognize that there is a facsimile call to itself.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, the recipient, who is the recipient, is identified from the received facsimile data by character recognition, and the fax number of the recipient is read from the facsimile number storing means for the intended recipient. . Then, if the read facsimile number does not match the facsimile number of the own machine, it is determined that the transmission is to an erroneous facsimile device,
The incoming data is transferred to the facsimile machine having the correct facsimile number (read facsimile number). Therefore, the called party, who is the addressee, can receive, for example, the facsimile data addressed to himself / herself, which is sent to the facsimile machine installed in another department, by the facsimile machine installed in his department.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the second aspect of the facsimile apparatus, the incoming data is further transferred and the data is transmitted to the facsimile apparatus having an incorrect facsimile number. Informed that there is. Therefore, the called party, who is the addressee, can recognize that the data received from the facsimile machine of his / her department has been transferred from the facsimile machine of another department, for example.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention, the recipient, who is the recipient, is identified from the received facsimile data by character recognition, the printer address of the recipient is read from the intended recipient printer address storing means, and the recipient is also identified. Is read from the expected callee telephone number storage means. Then, the incoming data is transferred to the printer of the read printer address via the network, and the fact is notified to the telephone of the person. Therefore, the called party, who is the recipient, can know the fact of the incoming call by notifying the nearest telephone and can obtain the incoming call data from the nearest printer.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the destination person who is the transmission partner is identified by character recognition based on the transmission data read from the transmission document, and the facsimile number of the destination person is the destination recipient facsimile number storage means. Read from. Then, the facsimile device having the read facsimile number is automatically called and the transmission data is transmitted. Therefore, the sender does not need to enter the facsimile number of the other party.

In the facsimile apparatus according to the sixth aspect, the sender is identified by character recognition based on the transmission data read from the transmission original. Then, when a transmission error occurs, the telephone number of the caller is read from the prospective caller telephone number storage means, and the telephone having the telephone number is automatically called to notify the occurrence of the transmission error. . Therefore,
Even if the sender is not near the facsimile apparatus, the sender can recognize the abnormal transmission by notifying his / her telephone.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of essential parts of a facsimile apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Here, a multi-function copying machine having a copying function and a scanner function in addition to the facsimile function will be described as an example.

The facsimile apparatus 10 includes a scanner 11 capable of reading an original as a bit image, a character recognition apparatus 12 for performing character recognition based on the data read by the scanner 11 or the received facsimile data, and various types of machines described later. Auxiliary storage device 13 for storing a list (telephone number list, facsimile number list, etc.) in advance, a voice synthesizer 14 capable of synthesizing voice of a predetermined pattern, and various functions as a facsimile connected to a telephone line 18 A FAX controller 15 for controlling copying, a copying machine engine 16 for controlling a copying function, and a main controller 17 for controlling each of these devices.

FIG. 2 shows a storage configuration of the auxiliary storage device 13 of FIG. As shown in this figure, the auxiliary storage device 13 has a callee telephone number in which a person who is scheduled to receive an incoming call by this facsimile device (hereinafter called a callee) and the telephone number of the person are registered in association with each other. A number list 21 and a prospective callee FAX number list 22 in which a prospective callee and a facsimile number of the person (hereinafter referred to as a FAX number) are registered in association with each other are provided.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus having the above-described structure when receiving a call will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. When the facsimile is received (step 101), the main controller 17 of the apparatus 10 performs the character recognition process on the data of the first page (FAX cover sheet) of the incoming data by the character recognition device 12, and receives the incoming call as the recipient. The person is identified (step 102). Next, the FAX number of the called party identified by the character recognition apparatus 12 is checked by referring to the recipient's FAX number list 22 of the auxiliary storage device 13 (step 103), and this FAX number and the F number of the own machine are checked.
Check for a match / mismatch with the AX number. As a result, when the two match, it is determined that the data has been transmitted to the correct fax number (that is, the callee who is the destination exists among the callees registered in the machine). (Step 104; Y).

Then, by referring to the telephone number list 21 of the intended callee of the auxiliary storage device 13, the telephone number of the callee identified by the character recognition device 12 is checked (step 105).
An automatic call is made to the telephone having the telephone number, and the arrival of facsimile data is notified by a message synthesized by the voice synthesizer 14 (step 106).

On the other hand, when the FAX number of the called party identified by the character recognition device 12 and the FAX number of the own machine do not match, it is the data transmitted to the wrong FAX number (that is, to the own machine). It is determined that there is no recipient as the destination among the registered prospective recipients (step 10).
4; N). Then, the correct fax number (that is, the fax that was checked by referring to the recipient's fax number list 22)
The received FAX data is transferred to the FAX device of (X number) (step 107). At this time, a comment notifying that the data has been sent to the wrong facsimile device is also sent.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the facsimile data is received by the facsimile apparatus, the incoming call notification is given to the telephone set of the called party or the telephone set near the called party. Even if a person has a desk away from the facsimile machine, as in the case where the facsimile machine is shared by a plurality of people, immediately recognizes that there is a FAX call to himself by receiving an incoming call notification to his telephone. can do. Therefore, after receiving the data,
It is possible to avoid the situation of not knowing the fact that data has arrived for a long time.

Further, when the FAX data is sent to the facsimile apparatus having an incorrect FAX number (that is, the FAX number before the change), which frequently occurs when the FAX number is changed due to, for example, a change in organization. Even if registered, the incoming data is automatically transferred to the facsimile device having the correct FAX number (that is, the FAX number after the change). It is not necessary for the person using the facsimile machine (of the number) or the person in the vicinity thereof to perform the data transfer operation again. In addition, the FAX machine after the change to the facsimile machine before the change
Only by registering the number, it is possible to receive it by the correct facsimile machine after the change, and it is not necessary to inform all the senders who have a business relationship of the changed FAX number.

Further, in this embodiment, at the time of data transfer,
Since the called party is notified that the data sent to the wrong facsimile machine is to be transferred, the called party who received this notices that the fax number of the facsimile machine has changed. Recognize that you must inform. Therefore, by notifying the sender of the fact of this change, the subsequent FAX communication becomes smoother.

In this embodiment, the multi-function copying machine having the facsimile function has been described, but it goes without saying that the above-mentioned configuration can be applied to a simple facsimile machine (a machine having only the facsimile function).

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a main part of a facsimile apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention and a network connected to the same. In this figure, the same components as those of the above embodiment (FIG. 1) are designated by the same reference numerals. As shown in this figure, the facsimile machine 10 ′ is connected to a network printer 32, 33 or the like via a LAN (Local Area Network) 31. The facsimile 10 'and the network printers 32 and 33 are assigned device addresses in advance. The facsimile machine 10 'is a scanner 1 similar to that shown in FIG.
1, a character recognition device 12, a voice synthesizing device 14, a FAX controller 15 and a main controller 17, as well as an auxiliary storage device 13 for previously storing various lists (telephone number list, printer address list, etc.) described later,
Network adapter 19 for connecting to LAN 31
It has.

FIG. 5 shows the auxiliary storage device 1 in this embodiment.
3 shows a memory configuration of No. 3. In the present embodiment, the auxiliary storage device 13 is a printer in which the expected callee telephone number list 21 having the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 2, the expected callee and the address of the network printer owned by the callee are registered in association with each other. And an address list 24.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus having the above-described structure when receiving a call will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. When the facsimile is received (step 201), the main controller 17 of this apparatus performs character recognition processing on the data of the first page (FAX cover page) of the incoming data by the character recognition device 12, and the recipient called the recipient. Are identified (step 202). Next, the expected callee printer address list 24 of the auxiliary storage device 13
The address of the network printer of the callee identified by the character recognition device 12 is checked with reference to, and the telephone number of the callee is checked with reference to the expected callee telephone number list 21 (step 203). Then, the incoming data is transferred to the network printer of that address via the LAN 31 (step 204), and the telephone of the called party is automatically called to notify that the incoming data has been received (step). 205). The network printer that received the transfer of the incoming data prints it out.

For example, if the recipient called the recipient shares the network printer 32, the facsimile apparatus 10 'that receives the FAX data reads the address of the network printer 32 from the recipient address list 24. , And transfers the data to the network printer 32, and notifies the recipient's telephone via the telephone line. The recipient who receives this can see the incoming data output from the network printer 32. As described above, in this embodiment, the person who receives the incoming call notification does not need to go to the facsimile device to retrieve the incoming call data, and can easily receive the incoming call data from the printer installed on his desk or in the vicinity thereof. Can be obtained.

In this embodiment, network printing is used, but instead of this, the workstation of the prospective callee is connected to the LAN 31 and its address is stored in the auxiliary storage device 1 of the facsimile machine 10 '.
It is also possible to register the data in No. 3 and transfer the incoming data to the workstation of the person who is the destination. In this case, the called party can directly see the contents of the incoming data on the display device of his or her workstation.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 7 shows the storage configuration of the auxiliary storage device 13 in this embodiment. In this embodiment, the auxiliary storage device 1
Reference numeral 3 designates a prospective recipient FAX number list 26 in which the other party (hereinafter referred to as a prospective recipient) who is to be transmitted and the FAX number of that person are registered in association with each other, and there is a plan to transmit from the device. A telephone number list 27 of prospective callers in which a person (hereinafter referred to as a prospective caller) and a telephone number of the person are registered in association with each other is provided. The other structure is similar to that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

The transmission operation of the facsimile apparatus having the above-mentioned structure will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, when a predetermined operation for transmitting a facsimile is performed (step 301), the main controller 17 (see FIG. 1) causes the scanner 11 to read the data of the first page (FAX cover sheet) of the transmission original. Is read (step 302). Then, the character recognition device 12 performs character recognition processing on the read data to identify the sender and the recipient as the transmission partner (step 303).

Next, the prospective recipient F of the auxiliary storage device 13
The FAX number of the addressee identified by the character recognition device 12 is checked by referring to the AX number list 26, and the caller's telephone number is checked by referring to the prospective caller telephone number list 27 (step 304). Then, the FAX number obtained by the above-mentioned examination is automatically dialed to automatically make a call to the facsimile apparatus of the recipient, and the data of the original is transmitted (step 305).

During transmission, if no particular error occurs (step 306; N), the process is terminated as it is after the data transmission is completed. On the other hand, if some error occurs during the transmission (step 306; Y), after the data transmission is completed, the caller's telephone obtained through the above-mentioned investigation is automatically dialed to notify the fact that the transmission error has occurred. (Step 307).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, since the addressee described on the first page of the transmission document is character-recognized and the FAX number of the addressee is automatically dialed, the FAX number of the transmission partner is transmitted. It is possible to automatically perform FAX transmission to a desired partner without inputting into the apparatus or pressing a selection key indicating a partner whose FAX number has already been registered. Further, when an error occurs during transmission, the sender's telephone number described on the first page of the transmitted document is automatically dialed to notify the error. Even if you are away from the device and at your own desk, you can know the transmission abnormality. It should be noted that the functions and configurations in the above-described embodiments have been described as separate components, but it goes without saying that they may be configured to have all of them.

[0038]

According to the facsimile apparatus of the present invention, the called party, who is the recipient, is identified by character recognition from the received facsimile data, and the telephone number of the called party is read out from the intended recipient telephone number storage means. Since the fact of the incoming call is dynamically notified to the telephone having that telephone number, the called party, who is the recipient, can recognize that there is a facsimile incoming call to himself. That is, even if a person is located far from the facsimile machine, as in the case where one facsimile machine is shared by a plurality of persons, the incoming call notification to the nearest telephone will cause a facsimile call to be received by the person. You can immediately know that. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a situation where the user does not know the fact that the data has arrived for a long time after the data has arrived, and it is possible to reduce the time loss until the data is obtained.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the second aspect, the called party, who is the addressee, is identified from the received facsimile data by character recognition, and the facsimile number of the called party is read out from the intended recipient facsimile number storage means. If the read fax number does not match the fax number of the machine, it is determined that the fax was sent to the wrong fax machine, and the received data is sent to the fax machine with the correct fax number (read fax number). Since the recipient is the recipient, the recipient, for example, can receive the facsimile data addressed to himself / herself, which has been sent to the facsimile machine installed in another department, by the facsimile machine installed in his / her department. it can. Therefore, for example, when the facsimile number is changed due to a change in organization, the facsimile data is often sent to the facsimile device having the wrong (before change) facsimile number. Even in such a case, the incoming data is automatically transferred to the facsimile device having the correct (changed) FAX number as long as the facsimile device is registered in the facsimile device. There is an effect that it is not necessary to bother the person who uses the or those who are in the vicinity thereof. Also, in this case, all you have to do is to register the new fax number in the old fax machine to ensure that the new fax machine receives the new fax number. On the other hand, there is no need to inform the new facsimile number after the change one by one.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the transfer of the incoming data, the facsimile apparatus according to the second aspect notifies that the data has been transmitted to a facsimile apparatus having an incorrect facsimile number. By doing so, the called party, who is the recipient, can know that the data received from the facsimile machine of his / her department has been transferred from the facsimile machine of another department. in this case,
The callee recognizes that such a situation has occurred due to a change in the fax number of the facsimile machine, and recognizes that the caller must be notified of the changed fax number. That is, the callee can be prompted to notify the caller of the fact that the facsimile number has been changed.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the recipient is identified from the received facsimile data by character recognition, the printer address of the recipient is read from the intended recipient printer address storage means, and The telephone number of the person who has received the call is read from the telephone number storage means of the intended callee, the received data is transferred to the printer having the read printer address via the network, and the fact is notified to the telephone of the person. There is. Therefore, the called party, who is the recipient, can know the fact of the incoming call by notifying the nearest telephone and can obtain the incoming call data from the nearest printer. Therefore, the person who receives the incoming call notification does not need to bother to go to the position of the facsimile device to retrieve the incoming call data, and the time loss until the incoming call data is obtained can be further reduced.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the recipient is identified by character recognition based on the transmission data read from the transmission original, and the recipient's facsimile number is used as the recipient's facsimile number. While reading out from the storage means, data is transmitted by automatically making a call to the facsimile device having the read out facsimile number. Therefore, the sender can automatically perform the FAX transmission to the desired partner without inputting the facsimile number of the partner or pressing the partner selection key in which the FAX number is already registered. Therefore, it is not necessary to check the facsimile number of the other party. Of course, it is possible to send even if the other party's facsimile number is unknown.

According to the facsimile apparatus of the sixth aspect, the caller is identified by character recognition based on the transmission data read from the transmission original, and when a transmission error occurs, the telephone number of the caller is set to the caller's telephone number. Since it is read from the number storage means and a telephone with the telephone number is automatically called to notify the occurrence of a transmission error,
Even if the sender is not near the facsimile apparatus, the sender can immediately notice the transmission abnormality by notifying his / her telephone. Therefore, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience of waiting for a long time at the facsimile device until the end of transmission, such as when a long original is transmitted or when the other party is in a call and automatically retransmits. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a facsimile apparatus according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing stored contents of an auxiliary storage device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the facsimile device when an incoming call is received.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main part of a facsimile apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention and a configuration of a network to which the facsimile apparatus is connected.

5 is an explanatory diagram showing stored contents of an auxiliary storage device of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus when receiving an incoming call.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing stored contents of an auxiliary storage device in a facsimile apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the facsimile apparatus during transmission.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Facsimile device 11 Scanner 12 Character recognition device 13 Auxiliary storage device 14 Voice synthesizer 15 FAX controller 16 Copier engine 17 Main controller 18 Telephone line 19 Network adapter 21 Incoming callee telephone number list 22 Incoming caller FAX number list 23 Outgoing call Caller's phone number list 24 Incoming callee's printer address list 26 Sendee's FAX number list 27 Expected caller's phone number list

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An incoming callee telephone number storage means for storing the incoming call recipient and the telephone number of the person in association with each other, and character recognition is performed based on the received facsimile data to identify the called party as the recipient. Character reading means, reading means for reading the telephone number of the identified called party from the expected callee telephone number storage means, and incoming call notification means for notifying the telephone of the read telephone number of the incoming of the facsimile data. A facsimile machine characterized by being provided. 2. An incoming call recipient facsimile number storage means for storing the incoming call recipient and the facsimile number of the person in association with each other, and character recognition based on the received facsimile data to identify the called party as the recipient. A character recognizing means, a reading means for reading the facsimile number of the identified called party from the expected recipient facsimile number storing means, a judging means for judging whether the read facsimile number and the own facsimile number match, As a result, when the two do not match, a facsimile device comprising a transfer means for transferring the received facsimile data to the facsimile device of the read facsimile number. 3. The transfer means, together with the transfer of the facsimile data, also transmits a comment notifying that the facsimile data has been transmitted to a facsimile apparatus having an incorrect facsimile number. The facsimile apparatus according to Item 2. 4. An incoming callee telephone number storage means for storing the expected callee and the telephone number of the person in association with each other, and an incoming call in which the expected callee and the address of a printer connected to the network are stored in association with each other. Expected party printer address storage means, character recognition means for performing character recognition based on the received facsimile data to identify the called party who is the recipient, and printer address of the identified called party Reading means for reading the telephone number of the called party from the means for storing the telephone number of the intended recipient, and transfer means for transferring the received facsimile data to the printer having the read printer address via the network; Incoming call notification means for notifying the telephone with the specified telephone number of incoming fax data Facsimile apparatus characterized by comprising. 5. A transmission destination prospective facsimile number storing means for storing a prospective transmission destination scheduled to be a transmission partner and the facsimile number of the person, and transmission data from an original set for transmission. And a character recognition unit for performing character recognition based on the read transmission data to identify a destination person who is a transmission partner, and a facsimile number of the identified destination person, the destination recipient facsimile number storage unit. A facsimile machine comprising: a reading means for reading from the facsimile machine; and a transmitting means for transmitting transmission data to the facsimile machine having the read facsimile number. 6. A prospective caller telephone number storage means for storing a prospective caller and the telephone number of the person in association with each other, a reading means for reading transmission data from a manuscript set for transmission, and the read data. Character recognition means for recognizing the caller based on the character recognition means, and when an error occurs during transmission, the telephone number of the caller identified by the character recognition means is stored from the prospective caller telephone number storage means. A facsimile apparatus comprising: a reading unit for reading out; and an error notifying unit for notifying a transmission error to the telephone having the read out telephone number.