4 If your pager requires a PIN, enter the

PIN#:

PIN, press #, press Redial/Pause, enter

 

your FAX/MFC telephone number

 

followed by # #, and then press Menu/Set.

For example, 1 2 3 4 5 # Redial/Pause 1 8 0 0 5 2 1 2 8 4 6 # #

OR

If you do not need a PIN, press Redial/Pause, enter the fax number of your FAX/MFC followed by # #, and then press Menu/Set.

For example, Redial/Pause 1 8 0 0 5 2 1 2 8 4 6 # #

5Press Stop/Exit.

You cannot change a Paging number or PIN remotely.

Note Press Redial/Pause for each 3.5 second delay, as needed.

Setting Fax Storage

If you set Fax Storage to ON, you will be able to retrieve fax messages from another location using Fax Forwarding, Paging, or Remote Retrieval.

The LCD will indicate when you have a fax stored in memory.

1

Press Menu/Set, 2, 5, 2. The LCD

2.FAX STORAGE

 

prompts you to choose a fax setting.

 

2

Press or to select ON (or OFF), and then press Menu/Set.

3Press Stop/Exit.

If there are faxes in memory when you

ERASE ALL FAX?

turn the Fax Storage OFF, the LCD

1.YES 2.NO

prompts you to erase any faxes in

 

memory.

 

If you press 1, all fax data is erased and Fax Storage is turned off. If you press 2, data is not erased and Fax Storage remains on.

(See Printing a Fax in Memory, page 5-6.)

Backup Print

If you have set FAX STORAGE to ON, your MFC automatically prints faxes as they are received into memory, This is a safety feature in ease the power goes out so you won’t lose your messages.

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FAX-2900, FAX-3800 specifications

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