Patent ID: 8284429

Claim:
A facsimile machine comprising: a first reading unit configured to read an image of an original placed on a platen; a conveyance unit configured to convey an original placed on a placing portion; a detection sensor configured to detect whether the original is placed on the placing portion; a second reading unit configured to read an image of an original being conveyed by the conveyance unit; a notifying unit configured to output a notification; a mode setting unit configured to set an operation mode from among a plurality of operation modes including an inhibiting mode and a permitting mode; a transmitting unit configured to execute a first transmission operation to transmit the image of the original read by the first reading unit as facsimile data and a second transmission operation to transmit the image of the original read by the second reading unit as facsimile data; and a controller which, in response to an input of a start signal, is configured to control the transmitting unit to execute the second transmission operation if the detection sensor detects that the original is placed on the placing portion and one of the inhibiting mode and the permitting mode is set; if the detection sensor detects that the original is not placed on the placing portion and the inhibiting mode is set, control the transmitting unit to inhibit the first transmission operation and the second transmission operation and control the notifying unit to output a notification prompting a user to place an original on the placing portion, and if the detection sensor detects that the original is not placed on the placing portion and the permitting mode is set, control the notifying unit to output a notification prompting selection of one of the first transmission operation and the second transmitting operation for the transmitting unit to execute, and control the transmitting unit to execute the first transmission operation in response to selection of the first transmission operation.