Canon FAX-L290 Setting the Options for Fax/Tel Mode, What Happens When Fax/Tel Mode is Selected

Setting the Options for Fax/Tel Mode

If you set Fax/Tel Mode, you can control precisely how the FAX handles incoming calls by adjusting the following settings:

–RING START TIME setting: Adjust the time the FAX takes to check whether a call is

from a fax machine or from a telephone (default: 8 seconds).

–F/T RING TIME setting: Adjust the length of time the FAX rings when the call is from

a telephone (default: 22 seconds).

–DEFAULT ACTION setting: Set whether the FAX switches to receive mode or disconnects the call after the ring time set in F/T RING TIME has elapsed (default: switches to receive mode).

■What Happens When Fax/Tel Mode is Selected

When the FAX receives a call, it responds according to the type of call as follows:

Type of call

Telephone charges begin for the caller.

Telephone	Fax	Fax
	Sending document	Sending document
	manually	automatically

The FAX answers without ringing.

RING START TIME (Default setting

= 8 sec.)

F/T RING TIME (Default setting = 22 sec.)

The FAX listens for the fax tone.

(For 8 sec.)

The fax tone is detected.

The fax tone is not detected.

The FAX starts ringing.

If you do not pick up the handset

(within 22 sec.).

The document is

received automatically.

(The fax tone is detected and the FAX switches to receive mode.)

Pick up the handset to talk.

DEFAULT ACTION Choose between:

RECEIVE (default setting) and DISCONNECT.

RECEIVE

(Default setting)

DISCONNECT

The FAX disconnects the call.

Not all fax machines are capable of sending the fax tone. If this is the case, set the DEFAULT ACTION setting to RECEIVE so that the FAX switches to receive mode automatically and starts receiving the document. If no document comes in, it disconnects the call after approximately 40 seconds.

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