PURPOSE: To control the time and priority of a recording output at a receiver side by a command from a sender side.

CONSTITUTION: A sender side facsimile equipment 12 is provided with a means setting optionally the priority or recording output time of recording of a sender original and the setting value is sent as information to control the recording priority or the recording output time of the receiver side facsimile equipment 13. Moreover, when there is any setting information as to the priority and the time, the time is taken precedence over the recording output.