A facsimile transceiver comprising a document/copy receiving drum, a motor for rotation of the drum about the drum axis and a read/write head mounted for linear movement in a direction parallel with the drum axis. When the transceiver is operating in the receive mode, the copy medium having adhesive along at least one edge circumscribes the drum in a closed loop so as to eliminate the necessity for transmitter-receiver angular synchronizing signals which would otherwise be required for locating the copy margin adjacent the edge of the copy paper. After completion of a transmission, the copy medium is severed along a line so as to provide an appropriate margin for the copied information content. The copy medium may comprise a magazine having a plurality of sheets of a copy medium which form individual closed loops where one edge of each sheet overlaps with and is attached to the opposite edge of the sheet. Tear strings may be provided for shearing the copy paper loop so as to provide an appropriate margin for the copy.