Muratec M860, M840, M880 manual What’s inside in this section, Quick Introduction to Fax in General

Getting Started

What’s inside in this section

Unpacking	1.2
Machine Layout	1.2
Control Panel (M840 / M860 Model)	1.4
Control Panel (M880 Model)	1.6
Setting Up	1.10
EasyStart	1.14
Sending Faxes	1.15
Receiving Faxes	1.18
Telephone Features	1.22
Making Copies	1.23

A Quick Introduction to Fax in General

What is a “fax document”?

Simply put, a “fax document” is anything a fax user wants to fax to someone else. It can be just one page or as many pages as you need. It can be text, a photograph or even your child’s latest drawing!

What is a “fax number”?

Because your fax operates on standard phone lines, a “fax number” is just a regular phone number and, because your fax is also a high-quality, full-featured telephone, your fax number can be your regular phone number. You can ---- but

this isn’t necessary ---- dedicate a phone number to your fax machine, letting you

use one number for ordinary voice calls and one just for fax.

What are resolution and greyscale?

Just as cars are measured by engine size and stereo systems are measured by watts per channel, so fax machines are measured by resolution and greyscale. So let’s talk about these for a moment. Resolution refers to the sharpness of a fax transmission. It’s expressed in lines per inch (lpi). An international agency has defined three specific levels of resolution:

•Normal (203 horizontal ⋅ 98 vertical lpi)

•Fine (203 ⋅ 196 lpi)

•Superfine (203 ⋅ 392 lpi).

Similarly, one can judge a fax transmission by its number of greyscale levels, or shades of grey ---- really, halftones such as you might see in a newspaper photo.

It’s likely most of your fax documents will be dark text on white paper. However, when you want to send photographs and other shaded items, you can set your fax machine to transmit in 64-scale greyscale.

So why not always set your fax machine for superfine, or for greyscale?

Because these settings make your machine send more information, making transmissions last longer and (on long-distance calls) driving up your phone bills. That’s why, as you’ll see, we’ve made it easy for you to set your fax machine for the most efficient, and truest, transmission of the types of documents you send!

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