Patent ID: 8599441

Claim:
A fax machine having an accounting function, the machine comprising: a setting recorder for holding setting information on a fax transmission job which a user requests the fax machine to perform; a job processor for performing the transmission job based on the held setting information; a money inlet for receiving money; a remainder calculator for calculating a remainder by subtracting, from the amount of money inserted into the money inlet for the transmission job, the charge of the fax machine for the sheets faxed already for the job, the remainder calculator being adapted to also calculate, based on the remainder of the inserted amount and the charge of the fax machine for one sheet, the number of sheets which can be faxed further for the transmission job by the machine; determination device for determining, based on the calculated number of sheets which can be faxed further for the transmission job reaching zero, whether the transmission job is completed, when the job stops; and a recording controller for clearing the setting recorder if the determination device determines, when the transmission job stops, that the job is completed; the recording controller being adapted not to clear the setting recorder if the determination device determines, when the transmission job stops, that the job is not completed.