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Basic operation

Tel/Fax Ready mode

The Tel/Fax Ready mode is a combination of the Tel Ready and Fax Ready modes.

Use it if:

 An optional handset is installed on your fax machine

and

 You re using the machine as both a telephone and a fax machine

In this mode: Your fax machine rings the number of times you ve identified in the

user settings (the default setting is two times). If you don t use the
optional handset to answer the call, your fax machine answers the
call. If a caller sends a fax, your machine begins receiving it. If a
voice call comes in, your machine detects it and sounds a special
ring, telling you to answer using the optional handset.

Ans/Fax Ready mode

Use it if:

You re using an answering machine that s connected directly to your
fax machine.

In this mode: An answering machine connected to your fax machine answers each

call. If a voice call comes in, the answering machine begins to record
the incoming message. If your fax machine hears a fax tone, it
begins receiving the fax message.

Using an answering machine with your fax machine

To connect your answering machine to your fax machine:

1

Set the fax machine for Ans/Fax Ready, as described on right column.

2

Set your answering machine to answer calls after no more than two rings.
(See the answering machine s instructions if necessary.)

3

Create a new outgoing message on your answering machine.
Here s a suggested message:

Hello! You ve reached [your name or telephone number]. To leave a voice
message, please wait for the beep. To send a fax, press 

START

on your fax 

machine. Thanks for calling!

Important: Your answering machine s outgoing message must be no longer

than 10 seconds.

Detection of  silent fax machines

Some older fax machines don t send fax tones when transmitting, which can cause
problems when using an answering machine with your fax.
But your fax machine can accommodate these  silent machines without disrupting
your answering machine operation.

How to select the fax reception mode:

1

Press Program key,

I

, and then press 

ENTER

seven times. The 

LCD

shows your

current fax reception mode:

2

Press 

or 

until your desired reception mode is appeared.

3

Press 

ENTER

to save the setting.

If the paper runs out while fax reception

When your machine runs out of paper, it beeps, the red light
of the printer status lights glows and the

LCD

shows which

source has run out of paper   the 1st cassette, 2nd cassette
(optional) or the bypass tray.
In this example, the machine runs out of paper in 1st cassette:

Helpful Tip: If the letter, legal or half-letter sized paper has been set in the bypass

tray, your machine uses it when running out of paper in the paper 
cassette(s) during fax reception. Your machine s bypass tray can hold
up to 50 sheets of the paper.

Your fax machine cannot print fax messages without paper. But it can still receive
documents into its memory, as described in the section below.

Out-of-paper reception

If your machine runs out of paper, it stores up to 250 fax receptions in its memory.
This is called out-of-paper reception. Once you refill the paper supply, the fax
machine prints the stored messages automatically.

Note: The number of pages (not receptions) your fax machine can store for

out-of-paper reception will vary. It depends on:

Your machine s memory capacity
Types of documents being sent to your machine
Resolution of documents being sent to your machine

1st Cassette
Please Supply Paper

Fax/Tel Ready

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