The Fax Machine
Receiving a Fax
Reception Modes
Note
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Before you receive a fax, be sure to load one of the supported paper sizes for receiving faxes. For information on what paper types you can use, see “Paper Type and Sizes (for the ASF)” on page
Your fax machine has various reception modes; FAX, TEL, AUTO and TAM.
You can change the reception mode by pressing Rcv.Mode/ Contrast when no document is loaded. If you press Rcv.Mode/Contrast with a document, this button works as Contrast not Rcv.Mode.
The following chart describes how each reception mode works:
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| The machine answers an incoming call and | Receiving in | |
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| immediately goes into receive mode, expecting a | ||
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TEL |
| The automatic fax reception is turned off. You can | Receiving in | |
| receive a fax only by manually pressing Start/Enter. | TEL Mode | ||
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| Your fax machine will answer faxes automatically |
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| If the machine does not pick up a fax signal, it will |
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AUTO |
| give another ringing tone to tell you it is a phone | Receiving in | |
| call. You should lift the handset to answer the call. | AUTO Mode | ||
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| If you do not pick up the handset on your fax |
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| machine, it will switch to the automatic reception |
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| Your machine plays a greeting message to callers, | Receiving in | |
| and then the caller can leave an incoming message | TAM Mode | ||
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TAM |
| You have to have an answering machine attached to |
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| the EXT line socket on your fax machine. When the |
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| phone rings, the attached answering machine | Receiving in | |
| answers and stores the caller’s message if they leave | TAM Mode | ||
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| the call automatically switches over to fax receive |
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If you rarely use the fax line for voice conversation, set the machine to receive faxes automatically by selecting either FAX or AUTO Mode.