In a facsimile system having a carrier movable linearly in both directions with a read-head and a write head for scanning an original paper and/or a printing paper, the movement of the carrier of the facsimile system in a receiving mode is initiated by the synchronization signal sent from another facsimile system in a transmission mode, thus the operation of the facsimile system in the receiving mode is synchronized with that in the transmission mode, on a start-stop basis. Said synchronization signal is sent from the transmission station to the receiving station for every both way trip of the carrier.
A simple graphic engine in which a document reading array and an array of marking elements are supported on the same support member. The support member is scanned in a direction orthogonal to the direction of relative movement between the support member and the document to be read and/or the record-receiving member. The support member is oscillated axially during scanning to reduce the number of elements required in both the scanning and marking elements.
