To provide the facsimile equipment where information to specify as to whether or not an original is a both-sides original whose information is read by one reading or to which side of surface/back sides image information belongs is added to transmission image information and that sends the resulting transmission image information.

The facsimile equipment checks whether or not both side read specified information for specifying of double side reading or double side simultaneous reading is to be added to transmission image information. In the case of adding the specified information to the transmission image information, a surface side close contact sensor section and a backside close contact sensor section read an original simultaneously and the image is stored in an image information storage memory while being sorted for each page, double side read explicit information such as 'double side document' is added to image information for each page and the resulting image information is sent to an opposite facsimile equipment (steps S1-S5). In the case that the mode is not the double side reading mode or in the case that addition of double side read explicit information is not selected, the double side read explicit information is not added to the rear original image information and the resulting image information is transmitted (steps S6, S7, S5).