Abstract: An image processing machine functions both as a facsimile machine and as an ordinary copying machine. The image processing machine is provided with a document scanning system and image-forming system. The document scanning system comprises a first scanning zone, a second scanning zone an image-receiving system, an optical system for optically connecting the first scanning zone and the second scanning zone to the image-receiving system, a first document scan moving system for moving a document across the first scanning zone and a second document scan moving system for moving a document across the second scanning zone. The image-forming system comprises printing system with a print output zone and a system for conveying a printing substrate through the printing output zone. An ink ribbon cartridge in the image forming system has a detector for detecting a broken ink ribbon.