PURPOSE: To report the state of a called transmission terminal in accordance with a preliminarily defined ship in the case that an objective function cannot be fulfilled because of capability, parameter noncoincidence, or the like in the facsimile equipment having the outgoing/incoming call conversion function.

CONSTITUTION: This facsimile equipment provided with a read part 4B which converts document information to an electric signal, a ship generating part 5B which generates the preliminarily defined ship, a switch part 6B which selects a picture signal to be transmitted, a transmission control part 3B which controls communication procedures, a modulating/demodulating part 2B which modulates and demodulates the picture signal of the ship and the procedure signal, a communication network control part 1B which controls outgoing/ incoming calls to the communication network, and a terminal control part 8B for general control of each part is characterized by providing a means which reports it to the terminal of the other party by the ship. that communication is impossible because of parameter noncoincidence.