Facsimile machine having error correction mode

Claim 1

A facsimile machine having an error correction mode in conformance with CCITT recommendations comprising: modem means coupled to a transmission path for modulating an image information which is transmitted to the transmission path and for demodulating an image information which is received from the transmission path, said image information being transmitted and received in blocks respectively having a predetermined format and including a predetermined number of frames of image information with error correction codes for use in detecting an error in the image information; communication control means coupled to said modem means for controlling communications to and from the transmission path; scanning means for scanning a document image which is to be transmitted and for outputting the image information of the scanned document image as a transmitting image information; recording means for recording an image described by a received image information onto a recording sheet; first memory means for temporarily storing the transmitting image information and the received image information in blocks; second memory means; display means for displaying a message; and system control means for controlling operations of said communication control means, said scanning means, said recording means and said display means, said system control means including means for supplying the image information read out from said first memory means to said recording means when said recording means is in a recordable state and for temporarily storing the image information read out from said first memory means in said second memory means when said recording means is in a non-recordable state and said second memory means has an empty region, discontinuing means for discontinuing a reception process by disconnecting from the transmission path when said recording means is in the non-recordable state or when no empty region is available in said second memory means, means for displaying on said display means a message indicating that an image information is stored in said first memory means when said reception process is discontinued, and means for supplying the image information read out from said first memory means to said recording means to record an image when said recording means resumes the recordable state after said reception process is discontinued.