Darkness
You can select the default contrast mode to fax your originals lighter or darker.
1.Press Fax.
2.Press Menu, and then OK when Fax Feature appears on the bottom line of the display.
3.Press OK when Darkness appears.
4.Press the left/right arrow until the option you want appears and press OK.
5.Press Stop/Clear to return to ready mode.
The darkness setting is applied to the current fax job. To change the default setting, see "Changing the default document settings" on page 44.
Sending a fax automatically
1.Press Fax.
2.Load originals face up into the ADF, or place a single original face down on the scanner glass.
For details about loading an original. See "Loading originals" on page 23.
Ready to Fax appears on the top line of the display.
3.Adjust the resolution and the darkness to suit your fax needs. See "Adjusting the document settings" on page 38.
4.Enter the receiving fax machine’s number.
You can use speed dial numbers, or group dial numbers. For details about storing and searching for a number, see "Setting up Address Book" on page 44.
5.Press Color Start or Black Start.
If an original is placed on the scanner glass, select Yes to add another page. Load another original and press OK.
6.When you have finished, select No at the Another Page? prompt. After the number is dialed, the printer begins sending the fax when the receiving fax machine answers.
When you want to cancel a fax job, press Stop/Clear at any time while sending.
Sending a fax manually
1.Press Fax.
2.Load originals face up into the ADF, or place a single original face down on the scanner glass.
For details about loading an original. See "Loading originals" on page 23.
3.Adjust the resolution and the darkness to suit your fax needs. See "Adjusting the document settings" on page 38.
4.Press On Hook Dial. You hear a dial tone.
5.Enter the receiving fax machine’s number.
You can use speed dial numbers, or group dial numbers. For details about storing and searching for a number, see "Setting up Address Book" on page 44.
6.Press Color Start or Black Start when you hear a
When you want to cancel a fax job, press Stop/Clear at any time while sending.
Confirming a transmission
When the last page of your original has been sent successfully, the printer beeps and returns to ready mode.
When something goes wrong while sending your fax, an error message appears on the display. For a list of error messages and their meanings, see "Understanding display messages" on page 62. If you receive an error message, press Stop/Clear to clear the message and try to send the fax again.
You can set your printer to print a confirmation report automatically each time sending a fax is completed. For further details, see "Send Report" on page 43.
Automatic redialing
When the number you have dialed is busy or there is no answer when you send a fax, the printer automatically redials the number every three minutes, up to seven times according to the factory default settings.
When the display shows Retry Redial?, press OK to redial the number without waiting. To cancel the automatic redialing, press Stop/Clear.
To change the time interval between redials and the number of redial attempts. See "Sending options" on page 43.
Redialing the last number
To redial the number you called last:
1.Press Redial/Pause.
2.When an original is loaded in the ADF, the printer automatically begins to send.
If an original is placed on the scanner glass, select Yes to add another page. Load another original and press OK. When you have finished, select No at the Another Page? prompt.
Sending a fax to multiple destinations
You can use the Multiple Send feature, which allows you to send a fax to multiple locations. Originals are automatically stored in memory and sent to a remote station. After transmission, the originals are automatically erased from memory. You cannot send a color fax using this feature.
1.Press Fax.
2.Load originals face up into the ADF, or place a single original face down on the scanner glass.
For details about loading an original. See "Loading originals" on page 23.
3.Adjust the document resolution and darkness to suit your fax needs. See "Adjusting the document settings" on page 38.
4.Press Menu until Fax Feature appears on the bottom line of the display and press OK.
5.Press the left/right arrow until Multi Send appears and press OK.
6.Enter the number of the first receiving fax machine and press OK. You can press speed dial numbers or select Group Dial Number using Address Book Button. For details, see "Setting up Address Book" on page 44.
7.Enter the second fax number and press OK.
The display asks you to enter another fax number to send the document.
8.To enter more fax numbers, press OK when Yes appears and repeat steps 6 and 7. You can add up to 10 destinations.
Once you entered a group dial number, you cannot enter another group dial numbers anymore.
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