Abstract: A videotex terminal capable of receiving telecopies is disclosed, comprising a printing device at the output of its modem for printing fixed images in response to graphic data from a source connected to the telephone network, and the procedure for communicating the graphic data comprises protocol phases, during which the terminal and the source exchange questions and answers in the form of data transmitted at a first speed via the modem used alternately in one direction and in the other, and transfer phases, during which a flow of graphic data is transmitted by the modem, at this first speed, from the source to the terminal and data for regulating said flow are transmitted by the modem, at a second speed, from the terminal to the source.