This chapter explains how to browse the current status of your machine, and the method of setting for the advanced machine setup. Read this chapter carefully in order to use your machine's diverse features.
This chapter includes:
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Some menus may not appear in the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine. |
Your machine provides you with various user-selectable options for setting up the fax system. You can change the default settings for your preferences and needs.
To change the fax setup options:
Press (Fax) on
the control panel.
Press
on the control panel.Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until the fax setup item you want appears and press
.Press the left/right arrow until the option you want appears and press
.Press the left/right arrow until the desired status appears or enter the value for the option you have selected, and press
.If necessary, repeat steps 4 through 6.
Press
to return to ready mode.
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You can specify the number of redial attempts. If you enter 0, the machine will not redial. |
Your machine can automatically redial a remote fax machine if it was busy. You can set an interval between attempts. |
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You can set a prefix of up to five digits. This number dials before any automatic dial number is started. It is useful for accessing a PABX exchange. |
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This mode helps with poor line quality and makes sure any faxes you send are sent smoothly to any other ECM-equipped fax machine. Sending a fax using ECM may take more time. |
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You can set your machine to print a confirmation report showing whether a transmission was successful, how many pages were sent, and more. The available options are , , and , which prints only when a transmission is not successful. |
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This function allows users to know what fax messages have been sent by showing sent messages in the transmission report. The first page of the message is turned into an image file than is printed on the transmission report so the users can see what messages have been sent. However, you can not use this function when sending fax without saving the data in the memory. |
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This setting may not be available depending on your country. If you cannot reach this option, your machine does not support this feature. You can set the dial mode for your machine to either tone dialling or pulse dialling. If you have a public telephone system or a private branch exchange (PBX) system, you may need to select . Contact your local telephone company if you are not sure which dial mode to use.If you select , some phone system features might not be available. It can also take longer to dial a fax or phone number. |
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You can select the default fax receiving mode. For details on receiving faxes in each mode, see Changing the receive modes. |
You can specify the number of times the machine rings before answering an incoming call. |
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This option allows the machine to automatically print the page number, and the date and time of reception at the bottom of each page of a received fax. |
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This code allows you to initiate fax reception from an extension phone plugged into the EXT socket on the back of the machine. If you pick up the extension phone and hear fax tones, enter the code. It is preset to *9* at the factory. |
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When receiving a fax containing pages as long as or longer than the paper loaded in the paper tray, the machine can reduce the size of the original to fit the size of the paper loaded in the machine. Turn on this feature if you want to automatically reduce an incoming page. With this feature set to , the machine cannot reduce the original to fit onto one page. The original will be divided and printed in actual size on two or more pages. |
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When receiving a fax containing pages as long as or longer than the paper in your machine, you can set the machine to discard a specific length from the end of the received fax. The machine will print the received fax on one or more sheets of paper, minus the data that would have been on the specified discard segment. When the received fax contains pages larger than the paper in your machine, and has been turned on, the machine will reduce the fax to fit on the existing paper, and nothing will be discarded. |
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This setting may not be available depending on your country. Using this feature, the system will not accept faxes sent from remote stations whose numbers are stored in the memory as junk fax numbers. This feature is useful for blocking any unwanted faxes. When you turn on this feature, you can access the following options to set junk fax numbers.
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This mode enables a user to use a single telephone line to answer several different telephone numbers. In this menu, you can set the machine to recognize which ring patterns to answer. For details about this feature, see Receiving faxes using DRPD mode. |
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Changing the resolution setting affects the appearance of the received document.
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You can select the default contrast mode to fax your originals lighter or darker. |
You can set the machine to print a report with detailed information about the previous 50 communication operations, including time and dates.
For further details, see Printing sent fax report automatically.
For copy output, you can set up several options in advance.
Press (Copy) on
the control panel.
Press
on the control panel.Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until the copy setup item you want appears and press
.Press the left/right arrow until the setup option you want appears and press
.Press the left/right arrow until the setting you want appears and press
.Repeat steps 4 through 6, as needed.
Press
to return to ready mode.
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Description |
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You can enter the number of copies using the number keypad. |
You can set the machine to sort the copy job. For further details, see Deciding the form of copy output . |
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Reduces or enlarges the size of a copied image. |
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Adjusts the brightness level to make a copy that is easier to read, when the original contains faint markings and dark images. |
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Improves the copy quality by selecting the document type for the current copy job. |
You can print a report on the machine's configuration or font list, etc.
Press
on the control panel.Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until the report or list you want to print appears and press
.To print all reports and lists, select
.Press
when appears to confirm printing.The selected information prints out.
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This list shows the status of the user-selectable options. You may print this list to confirm your changes after changing settings. |
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This list shows all of the fax numbers currently stored in the machine’s memory. |
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This report shows the fax number, the number of pages, the elapsed time of the job, the communication mode, and the communication results for a particular fax job. You can set up your machine to automatically print a transmission confirmation report after each fax job (See Sending). |
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This report shows information on the faxes you have recently sent. You can set the machine to automatically print this report every 50 communications (See Sending). |
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This report shows information on the faxes you have recently received. |
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This list shows the documents currently stored for delayed faxes along with the starting time and type of each operation. |
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This list shows the fax numbers specified as junk fax numbers. To add or delete numbers to or from this list, access the Junk Fax Setup menu (See Receiving). |
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This list shows information on your machine’s network connection and configuration. |
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You can also print the machine's status information and browse status with SyncThru™ Web Service. Open the Web browser on your networked computer and type the IP address of your machine. When SyncThru™ Web Service opens, click > . |
You can selectively clear information stored in your machine’s memory.
Press
on the control panel.Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until the item you want to clear appears and press
.Press
when appears to confirm clearing.Repeat steps 4 through 5 to clear another item.
Press
to return to ready mode.
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Some menus may not appear in the display depending on options or models. If so, it is not applicable to your machine. |
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Description |
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Clears all of the data stored in memory and resets all of your settings to the factory default. |
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Restores all of the fax options to the factory default. |
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Restores all of the copy options to the factory default. |
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Restores all of the scan options to the factory default. |
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Restores all of the system options to the factory default. |
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Restores all of the network options to the factory default. |
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Clears all of the fax numbers entries stored in memory. |
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Clears all records of sent faxes. |
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Clears all records of received faxes. |
You may set up the network with the machine's display screen. Before doing that, you must have the relevant information concerning the type of network protocols and computer system you use. If you are not sure which setting to use, contact your network administrator to configure this machine to the network.
Press
on the control panel.Press the left/right arrow until
appears and press .Press the left/right arrow until the setup option you want appears and press
.Press the left/right arrow until the setting you want appears and press
.Repeat steps 3 through 4, as needed.
Press
to return to ready mode.
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Select appropriate protocol and configure parameters to use the network environment.
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Selects this option to use the network environment through IPv6 (See IPv6 Configuration). |
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Configure the network transmission speed. |
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Reverts the network settings to the default values. |
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This list shows information on your machine’s network connection and configuration. |