A facsimile apparatus is disclosed which, in a standby condition, displays the date and time, in a transmission mode displays the name of a receiving facsimile apparatus and the page number, prints out the name of the receiving apparatus, time of transmission, number of sheets transmitted, occurrence of failures on the facsimile and the like, and adds the time of transmission, name of the receiving apparatus and page number to video data to be transmitted, and in a reception mode displays the name of a transmitting apparatus and page number while printing out the name of the transmitting apparatus, time of reception, page number, occurrence of failures on the facsimile and the like. The size of extra data to be added to video data is varied at a transmitting apparatus depending on the type of a receiving apparatus: a comparatively large size for an analog (G II) type apparatus and a comparatively small size for a digital (G III) type apparatus. The positional relationship among extra data in the horizontal scan direction is automatically varied to match with a specific sheet width employed at a receiving apparatus. Only those portions of video data read from a document necessary for reproduction of extra data are occupied by the extra data on a copy sheet, thereby allowing a minimum of video data reproduced from a document to be lost.