About Receiving Modes

Receiving a Fax

•In Fax mode, the machine answers an incoming fax call and immediately goes into the fax reception mode.

•In Tel mode, you can receive a fax by pressing On Hook Dial (you can hear a fax tone from the sending machine) and then pressing Start on the control panel of your machine. You can also pick up the handset of the extension phone and then press the remote receive code (see “Receive Code” on page 7.2).

•In Ans/Fax mode, the answering machine answers an incoming call, and the caller can leave a message on the answering machine. If the fax machine senses a fax tone on the line, the call automatically switches to Fax mode.

•In DRPD mode, you can receive a call using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD) feature. “Distinctive Ring” is a telephone company service which enables a user to use a single telephone line to answer several different telephone numbers. For further details, see “Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD Mode” on page 7.7.

When your machine’s memory is full, the receiving mode automatically switches to Tel.

For details about changing the receiving mode, see “Receive Mode” on page 7.2.

NOTES:

•To use the Ans/Fax mode, attach an answering machine to the EXT. jack on the back of your machine.

•If you do not want other people to view your received documents, you can use Secure Receiving mode. In this mode, all of the received faxes are stored in memory. For further details, see “Using Secure Receiving Mode” on page 7.13.

Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes

The instructions for loading paper in the tray are the same whether you are printing, faxing, or copying, except that faxes can only be printed on Letter-, A4-, Legal-, Folio-, Executive-, or B5-sized paper. For details about loading paper and setting the paper size in the tray, see “Loading Paper” on page 2.3 and “Setting the Paper Size and Type” on page 2.11.

Receiving Automatically in Fax Mode

Your machine is preset to Fax mode at the factory.

When you receive a fax, the machine answers the call on a specified number of rings and automatically receives the fax.

To change the number of rings, see “Ring To Answer” on page 7.2.

If you want to adjust the ringer volume, see “Setting Sounds (Only for SCX-4521F)” on page 2.11.

Receiving Manually in Tel Mode

You can receive a fax call by Start key pressure like below,

1Press the On Hook Dial key or lift the external handset.

2Press Start, then the “1.Sending 2.Receiving” message appears on the display.

3Press 2 by using the numer keypad for receiving.

4Press Enter to start fax receiving.

Receiving Automatically in Ans/ Fax Mode

To use this mode, you must attach an answering machine to the EXT. jack on the back of your machine. See “Making Connections” on page 2.4.

If the caller leaves a message, the answering machine stores the message as it would normally. If your machine detects a fax tone on the line, it automatically starts to receive the fax.

NOTES:

•If you have set your machine to Ans/Fax mode and your answering machine is switched off, or no answering machine is connected to EXT. jack, your machine automatically goes into Fax mode after a predefined number of rings.

•If your answering machine has a ‘user-selectable ring counter’, set the machine to answer incoming calls within 1 ring.

•If you are in Tel mode (manual reception) when the answering machine is connected to your machine, you must switch off the answering machine, or the outgoing message from the answering machine will interrupt your phone conversation.

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Samsung SCX-4521FG manual About Receiving Modes, Loading Paper for Receiving Faxes

Receiving a Fax