Patent ID: 7310169

Claim:
An image communication apparatus comprising: an edge sensor for detecting a position of an original or a recording paper when a reading operation or a recording operation is performed; original/recording paper detection means for detecting, based on an output signal from said edge sensor, whether or not the original or the recording paper exists in an original/recording paper transportation mechanism; a non-volatile memory; operation state storage control means for causing said non-volatile memory to store an operation state of said image communication apparatus; and control means for, in a case where the operation state stored in said non-volatile memory is not “in-reading” when a power supply is turned on, performing control to discharge the recording paper if the recording paper is detected by said original/recording paper detection means, and, in a case where the operation state stored in said non-volatile memory is “in-reading” when the power supply is turned on, performing control not to discharge the original even if the original is detected by said original/recording paper detection means.