Abstract: A first facsimile apparatus effects a paper saving printing on the basis of the received video data for saving consumption of a recording paper by the contraction-printing in the longitudinal direction of the recording paper and it stores the video data in paper saving mode. The user can obtain a non-contracted copy using the stored video data. A second facsimile apparatus, in the paper saving mode, only prints a message information portion and a file number generated in response to the call on the recording paper in response to every facsimile call to form a list of reception of facsimile calls and stores the received video data in a memory in associated with the file number. The user can selectively print out the stored video data with reference to the list of facsimile calls.