A method for controlling the sending of a response from a telematic reception terminal (teletex, G4 facsimile, and mixed mode) is provided. The receiver includes a PAMB counter whose count indicates the remaining number of page attribute management function blocks (PAMBs), each including predetermined various attribute data relating to each page, such as line density, coding mode, page size, page number and document number. When one of predetermined commands, such as a page boundary command or a document end command, has been received, the receiver checks to see whether or not the count of the PAMB counter is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. And if it has been found to be equal to or larger than the predetermined value, a response is sent to the transmitter. Thus, the transmitter is permitted to send the information of the following page. On the other hand, if the remaining number has been found to be smaller, then the sending of a response is suspended until the condition of the remaining number being equal to or larger than the predetermined number has been established. The remaining number of PAMBs is incremented every time when recording of a single page has been completed at the receiver.