This guide gives you information about using your machine as a fax machine.
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Before you send or receive a fax, you need to connect the supplied line cord to the wall jack. Refer to the optional fax kit Installation Guide how to make a connection. The method of making a telephone connection varies from one country to another.
You can send a fax from your computer without going to the machine. Make sure that your machine and the computer are connected to a network.
To send a fax from your computer, the
program must be installed. This program is installed when you install the printer driver.Open the document to be sent.
Select
from the menu.The
window will be displayed. It may look slightly different depending on your application.Select
from the windowClick
or .Enter the recipient’s fax number and set the options if necessary.
For more information about , click . |
Click
.You can check a sent fax list on your computer.
From the
menu, click or > > > . Then, the appears with the fax list you have sent.
For more information about , click . |
To send a fax from your computer, the
program must be installed. This program is installed when you install the printer driver.The following steps are based on the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6. Depending on the OS version, the following steps will be different.
Open the document to be sent.
Select
from the menu.The
window will be displayed. It may look slightly different depending on your application.Select
from the drop-down list in .Choose the number of copies and pages.
Choose your paper size, orientation, and scale.
Enter the recipients’ fax number into
’s input area. You can also use pressing button, if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.If necessary, enter the access code in
input area.If necessary, you can send the fax with cover page, check
.Enter the subject and message of the fax job.
You can set more detailed options for cover page option in . Select from the drop-down list under . |
Click
.The Fax Journal icon () appears on your Macintosh dock. Click the icon.
You can see the status of the fax job. You can also delete, hold, resume, and pause the fax job.
To use the fax feature, press
on the display screen.
If you want to use this feature, you need to install the optional fax kit on your machine. |
If a different screen is displayed, press () to go to the home display screen.
Fax number input area: Enter the recipient's fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel. If you configured the address book, press Setting up an address book using the control panel or Setting up an address book using SyncThru™ Web Service).
(see: Adds a entered fax number to .
Deletes the last digit entered.
Removes all digits of the selected entry.
: Select a fax line when your machine has multiple fax lines.
SyncThru™ Web Service (see Setting up an address book using the control panel or Setting up an address book using SyncThru™ Web Service).
: Inputs the recipient's fax number just by pressing stored numbers. You can save frequently used fax numbers using the control panel or: Inserts a pause into a fax number.
This button allows you to move to
, , , etc. Press this button and select the menu you want to move to.You can move to next or previous page using up/down arrows at the bottom left.
: Returns to the tab.
: Returns to the tab.
: Returns to the tab.
This part explains how to send a fax and the special methods of transmission.
When you place the originals, you can use either the DADF or the scanner glass. If the originals are placed on both the DADF and the scanner glass, the machine will read the originals on the DADF first, because it has higher priority in scanning. |
In some countries, you are required by law to indicate your fax number on any fax you send.
Press
> > > from the display screen.Press a fax line if your machine has multiple fax lines.
Press the
input area. The pop-up keyboard appears.Enter your name or the company name (see Understanding the pop-up keyboard). Press .
Press the
input area.Enter your fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel.
Press
to save the information.Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
This machine automatically reduces the original document to fit the paper size of the receipient’s fax. For example, the origianl document size is A3-sized paper and the paper loaded on receipient’s fax is A4-sized paper, the original paper get reduced to be fit to A4-sized paper. |
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.When the cursor is blinking in the input line, enter the fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel, or use
from the display screen, if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.
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Press
on the control panel. The machine starts to scan and send a fax to destinations.
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When you are prompted to enter a destination number while sending a fax, enter the speed dial number you set previously (see Setting up an address book).
Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.When the cursor is blinking in the input line:
For a one-digit (0-9) speed dial number, press and hold the corresponding digit button using the numeric keypad on the control panel.
For a two- or three-digit speed dial number, press the first digit button(s) and then hold down the last digit button using the numeric keypad on the control panel.
Press
on the control panel.The machine starts to scan and send a fax to the destination.
This method is sending a fax using
in the tab.
When you use and in the tab, you cannot send a fax using . |
Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.Press
on the display screen.When you hear the dial tone, enter a fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel.
Press
when you hear a high-pitched fax signal from the remote fax machine.This method is sending a fax using an extension telephone. Make sure that the extension telephone is connected to the
socket of the fax kit on the machine.
While you are talking over the telephone connected to the socket, copy and scan features are not available. |
Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.Pick up the receiver of the extension telephone.
When you hear the dial tone, dial a fax number using the extension telephone.
Press
on the control panel when you hear a high-pitched fax signal from the extension telephone.When the line you have dialed is busy or there is no answer when you send a fax, the machine automatically redials the number.
To change the time interval between redials and/or the number of redial attempts, follow the steps below:
Press
> > > from the display screen.Press a fax line if your machine has multiple fax lines.
Set the
option using the up/down arrows.Set the
option using the up/down arrows.Press
to save the setting.Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.Press
.Press the fax number you want to redial. Then press
.
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Press
on the control panel. The machine starts to scan and send a fax to destinations.You can set your machine to send a fax at a later time when you will not be present.
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Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.When the cursor is blinking in the input line, enter the fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel. Or use
from the display screen, if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.Press the
tab > > .Press the
input area. Then the pop-up keyboard appears.Enter the job name you want. Press
.If you do not enter a job name, the machine assigns the job name as '
'.Set the delay sending time.
You can set the delay sending time to be 15 minutes later than the current time. For example, if it is 1:00, then you can set the time starting to be 1:15. If the set time is incorrect, a warning message will appear when the machine resets it to the current time. |
Press
to save the setting.Press
on the control panel. The machine starts to store the scanned original data into memory.
To cancel delaying a fax, press before sending is activated. |
This function is used when a high priority fax needs to be sent ahead of reserved operations. The original is scanned into memory and immediately transmitted when the current operation is finished. Priority transmission will interrupt a sending to multiple destinations between stations (example, when the transmission to station A ends, before transmission to station B begins) or between redial attempts.
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Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.When the cursor is blinking in the input line, enter the fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel or use
from the display screen, if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.Press the
tab > .Press
to activate this feature.Press
from the display screen.Press
on the control panel to start the urgent fax job.This part explains how to receive a fax, and the special receiving methods available.
Your machine is preset to the
mode at the factory. When you receive a fax, the machine answers the call on a specified number of rings and automatically receives the fax. But if you want to change the receive mode to another mode, follow the steps below:Press
> > > from the display screen.Press a fax line if your machine has multiple fax lines.
Press
.Press the appropriate option.
: Receives a fax by pressing and then .
: Answers an incoming fax call and immediately goes into the fax reception mode.
: Is for when an answering machine is attached to your machine. Your machine answers an incoming call, and the caller can leave a message on the answering machine. If the fax machine senses a fax tone on the line, the machine automatically switches to Fax mode to receive the fax.
Press
to save the information.You can receive a fax call by pressing
and then pressing when you hear a fax tone from the remote machine. The machine begins receiving a fax.To use this mode, you must attach an answering machine to the EXT socket on the back of your machine. For details, refer to the optional fax kit installation guide.
If the caller leaves a message, the answering machine records the message as it would normally. If your machine detects a fax tone on the line, it automatically starts to receive the fax.
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This feature works best when you are using an extension telephone connected to the EXT socket on the back of your machine.
When you receive a call on the extension phone and hear fax tones, press the keys *9* on the extension phone. The machine receives the fax.
Press the buttons slowly in sequence. If you still hear the fax tone from the remote machine, try pressing *9* once again.
To change the *9* to, for example, *3*, follow the steps below:
Press
> > > from the display screen.Press
to activate this feature.Enter number 3 using the numeric keypad on the control panel
Press
.You may need to prevent your received faxes from being accessed by unauthorized people. You can turn on secure receiving mode to restrict printing of received faxes when the machine is unattended. In secure receiving mode, all incoming faxes go into memory.
Press
> > > from the display screen.
The mode can only be configured by an authorized user who has registered an ID and a password on the machine. When the machine requests, enter the ID and password. |
Press a fax line if your machine has multiple fax lines.
Press
to active this feature.
When the machine receives a fax in this mode, will be activated. If you want to print the secured faxes, press . All secured faxes will be printed out. |
If you want incoming faxes to go into memory always, press
. Otherwise, go to next step.Press
, and set the specific start time using the up/down or left/right arrows. Press .Press
, and set the specific end time using the up/down or left/right arrows. Then press .Press
from the display screen.
To deactivate the feature, press . In this case, the received fax will be printed out. |
This option allows you to specify the tray where the fax will be printed.
Press
> > > > from the display screen.Press the appropriate tray.
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Press
.Set this duplex feature to save paper. When the machine prints the received fax data, it prints them on both sides of the paper.
Press
> > > > from the display screen.Press appropriate option.
: Prints only one side of the paper.
: Prints both sides of the paper; however, the binding will be the long edge.
: Prints both sides of the paper; however, the binding will be the short edge.
Press
.Since your machine is a multi-tasking device, it can receive faxes while you are making copies or printing. If you receive a fax while you are copying or printing, your machine stores incoming faxes in its memory. Then, as soon as you finish copying or printing, the machine automatically prints the fax.
Before sending a fax, you can adjust the document settings, such as resolution, darkness, color, duplex and so on. Refer to explanation of this section.
The document setting herein is for the current job only. If you want to change the default settings on document settings, refer to > > > . |
A fax can be sent after specifying the original document size if the original document size cannot be detected automatically or if you wish to specify a certain document size.
Press the
tab > from the display screen..Press the appropriate option.
You can change the paper list on the display screen pressing or . The paper list is divided into the available A/B size type and letter size type paper in this machine. |
: Automatically detects the size of originals, but this option supports only when originals are Letter, Ledger, Legal, Statement, A3, A4, A5, B4, or JIS B5-sized.
Other preset values: Allows you to easily select values commonly used.
Press
from the display screen.This function is especially intended for two-sided originals. You can select whether the machine sends the fax on one side or both sides of the paper.
Press the
tab > , then set the original orientation.Press the appropriate option.
: For originals that are printed on one side only.
: For originals that are printed on both sides.
: For originals that are printed on both sides, but the back is rotated 180 degrees.
To use and , load the originals on the DADF. If the machine cannot detect the original on the DADF, it automatically changes the option to . |
Press
from the display screen.When faxing double-sided documents, specify the document orientation. Otherwise the faxes may not be printed in the correct page order or correct front and back page arrangement.
Press the
tab > , then set the original orientation.Press the appropriate option.
: Select this setting for an original document loaded with the top toward the back of the machine.
Using the DADF |
Using the scanner glass |
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: Select this setting for an original document loaded into the DADF with the top of the original document toward the left side of the machine, or an original document placed on the scan glass with the top of the original document toward the right side of the machine.
Using the DADF |
Using the scanner glass |
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Press
from the display screen.The default document settings produce good results when using typical text-based originals. However, if you send originals that are of poor quality, or contain photographs, you can adjust the resolution to produce a higher quality fax.
Press left/right arrow to toggle the values.
: Usually recommended for originals with text. This option will reduce the transmission time.
: Recommended for the originals containing small characters, thin lines, or text that was printed using a dot-matrix machine.
: Recommended for originals containing with fine detail. This option is enabled only if the receiving machine also supports a resolution.
: Recommended for originals containing with extremely fine detail. This option is enabled only if the receiving machine also supports a resolution.
When your machine is set to the or resolution and the fax machine with which you are communicating does not support the or resolution, the machine transmits using the highest resolution mode supported by the other fax machine. |
You can set the original document type to enhance the quality of a document being scanned.
Press the
tab > from the display screen.Press the appropriate option.
: For originals with text or line art.
: For originals with both text and photographs together.
: For originals that are continuous tone photograph.
Press
from the display screen.You can transmit a fax in color using this feature.
Press the
tab > from the display screen.Press the appropriate option.
: Transmits a fax in black and white.
: Transmits a fax in color.
Press
from the display screen.You can select the degree of darkness of the original document.
Press the
tab > from the display screen.Press left/right arrow to change the level of light and dark.
Press
from the display screen.You can lighten, reduce, or delete the dark backgrounds from scanned colored paper or newspaper originals. If an original background is colored, the background of the transmission data becomes black when it is scanned. In that case, the original document can be sent after adjusting the background color of the transmission data.
Press the
tab > .Press the appropriate option.
: Disables this feature.
: Optimizes the background.
: The higher the number is, the more vivid the background is.
: The higher the number is, the lighter the background is.
Press
.
When you use this option, in the tab is inactivated. |
This feature prevents faxing the original’s image being shown through on the backside.
Press the
tab > from the display screen.Press the appropriate option.
: Disables this feature.
: Optimizes the backside.
: The higher the number is, the lighter the backside image is.
Press
from the display screen.
When you use this option, in the tab is inactivated. |
You can set your machine to forward a sent or received fax to other destinations via fax, email, SMB, FTP, etc. If you are out of office but have to receive the fax, this feature may be useful.
Press
> > > from the display screen.
The option can only be configured by an authorized user who has registered an ID and a password on the machine. When the machine requests, enter the ID and password. |
: Enter the sender’s emil address, title of email and message of email. Unless you change the settings, fax is forwarded with the information via email.
: Selects all fax forward settings for deleting all.
: Displays detailed information of a selected fax forward setting. You can edit the setting pressing . You can also delete the setting pressing .
: Edits a selected fax forward setting. You can change the settings you have set.
: Removes a selected fax forward setting.
Press
> > > from the display screen.Press
.Set the appropriate options.
: Select a fax type using the left/right arrows.
or : When both fax kit and fax multiline kit are installed on the machine, select a fax line you want using the left/right arrows. The fax which is sent or received via selected line is forwarded to designated destinations.
: Select an address type which will be used for forwading the fax.
: Enter or select the receipient’s address.
and : You can enter the address directly pressing the input area. When the pop-up keyboard appears, enter the address and press . You can also enter the address easily using .
, , and : You can enter the address using or .
is inactvated when you select . |
: Enter the document pressing the input area. When the pop-up keyboard appears, enter the document name and press .
is inactvated when you select . |
: Select a file format which the forwading fax will be saved as using the left/right arrows.
The type of you can select is different depending on . |
: This option allows to print the forwarded fax after forwarding. If you want to use this option, press the button.
Press
from the display screen.This machine does not accept faxes sent from remote stations if their numbers are stored in the memory as spam or junk fax numbers. You can enter up to 10 junk fax numbers.
Press
> > > from the display screen.Press
to activate this feature.Press
. The window appears.Press
. The window appears.Enter the junk fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel and press
.
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You can set the machine to print a report whether a fax transmission and reception is successfully completed or not.
If a report contains characters or fonts that the machine do not support, could be printed instead of the characters/fonts in the report. |
Press
> > > from the display screen.Press the appropriate option.
: Prints a confirmation report when you send a fax to multiple locations.
: Disables this feature.
: Activates this feature.
On-Error: Prints a report only when a transmission fails.
: Prints a confirmation report showing whether a transmission was successful, how many pages were sent, and other information.
: Disables this feature.
: Activates this feature.
On-Error: Prints a report only when a transmission fails.
: Prints a confirmation report whether a transmission was successful, how many pages were sent, and other information.
: Disables this feature.
: Activates this feature.
: Prints a confirmation report whether a reception was successful, how many pages were received, and other information.
: Disables this feature.
: Activates this feature.
Press
from the display screen.This option allows you to save the current settings for future use. You can also use the previous settings from the previous jobs.
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.Press
.Press
input area. The pop-up keyboard appears.Enter the program name you want. Then press
.
You can see the values of set by scrolling up or down and check the values using the up/down arrows. |
Press
. When the confirmation window appears, the settings you set are saved. Click or .Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.When the cursor is blinking in the input line, enter the fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel, or use
from the display screen, if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.Press
> .Press a program name on the list that you want to use.
Press
.Press
when the confirmation window appears.The machine is now set to fax according to the selected setting.
Press
on the control panel. The machine starts scanning and sending a fax to destinations.
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Press
from the display screen.Press
> .Press the appropriate option.
: Selects all programs.
: Displays detailed information of selected program.
: Changes a name of selected program.
: Removes the selected programs.
Press
for return to the tab.Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.When the cursor is blinking in the input line, enter the fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel, or use
from the display screen if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.Press
.Press a previous setting you want to use.
For example, if you want to use the settings from the last job, press
.Press
.Press
when the confirmation window appears.The machine is now set to fax according to the setting you selected.
Press
on the control panel. The machine starts to scan and send a fax to destinations.
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You can save the scanned originals to
(the machine's HDD) in your machine. The documents saved in can be printed if necessary.
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Place the originals face up in the DADF or place a single original face down on the scanner glass and close the DADF (see Loading originals).
Press
from the display screen.Adjust the document settings in the Adjusting the document settings).
or tab (seePress the
tab.When the cursor is blinking in the input line, enter the fax number using the numeric keypad on the control panel, or use
from the display screen, if you have stored frequently used fax numbers.Press
.Press
or .: Disables this option.
: Faxes and stores scanned originals.
: Stores scanned originals only.
Press
input area. The pop-up keyboard appears.Enter the file name you want. Press
.Select a destination box and press
.Press
from the control panel to begin scanning and sending a fax and storing, or storing only.If an original is placed on the scanner glass, the machine shows the window asking if you want to place another page. Load another original and press
. When you finish, press on this window.