To shorten the time occupied by operator's facsimile operation by transmitting documents different by contents to different destinations respectively with a single operation.

After transmission documents are set, the number of pages of the document to be transmitted to each destination and the telephone number are inputted from an operation part 4. Inputted data is stored in a memory 3. When a start button is depressed, documents are read as picture information by a document read part 1. Destinations and picture information of transmission pages of read documents are stored in a storage device 5. A control part 2 performs such control that temporarily set transmission documents may be sent to plural destinations in the unit of pages, and transmission is started.