Epson Stylus CX5800F

To send a color fax, press the x Start Color button. (If the receiving fax machine cannot print in color, the fax prints in black-and-white.)

You see this display during

 

Scanning 001 98%

faxing:

 

Selecting the Answer Mode

The Epson Stylus CX5800F

 

 

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Y

tells you whether Auto Answer

 

 

is turned on or not on the first

Y: Auto Answer is turned on

screen:

 

 

Note:

If you need to cancel faxing at any time, press the y Cancel/Back button.

6. After your original is scanned,

Send another pag

you see this screen:

 

If you do not need to fax another page, press the 2 key (for No). The Epson Stylus CX5800F dials the fax number and faxes your document.

To change the answer mode, press the Answer Mode button. The Y or N changes on the first screen. Press Answer Mode again to change it back.

Note:

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N

N: Auto Answer is turned off

Note:

If the fax number is busy or there is some other connection problem, you see an error message and the Epson Stylus CX5800F returns to the first fax mode screen. The Epson Stylus CX5800F redials the number after one minute. Wait for the redial, or check your connection and settings and try faxing again.

If you need to fax another page, press the 1 key (for Yes). Open the document cover, remove your first original, place your next original, and close the document cover. Then press the OK button to fax the next page. Repeat this step to fax all the necessary pages.

Note:

If you’re sending a color fax, or a large document that fills up the memory area, the Epson Stylus CX5800F scans and faxes one page at a time. It then asks if you want to send another page.

Receiving Faxes

The Epson Stylus CX5800F automatically receives and prints faxes in Auto Answer mode. However, you may want to receive faxes manually if you connected the Epson Stylus CX5800F and a phone or answering machine to a phone line that also receives voice calls. Then you can check for a fax tone from the sending fax machine and press a button on the Epson Stylus CX5800F to receive the fax, or allow your answering machine to determine if the call is an incoming fax.

Note:

Make sure you selected the Paper Size setting that matches the size

You can select the number of rings that must occur before the Epson Stylus CX5800F receives a fax using the Rings to Answer setting. See page 14 for details.

Receiving a Fax

When the Epson Stylus CX5800F receives a fax with Auto Answer mode turned on, the message Receiving appears on the display.

When the Epson Stylus CX5800F receives a fax in manual answer mode, the connected phone begins ringing. Once you answer the phone to confirm that the call is a fax, press the

xStart B&W or x Start Color button to receive the fax. The message Receiving appears on the display.

After the Epson Stylus CX5800F receives all the pages, it begins printing the fax. When it’s finished, you see the message Complete.

Note:

If you run out of paper during printing, you see the error message Paper out. Load more paper and press the OK button so printing can continue. If you see any other error messages, see page 22.

Checking the Print Head Nozzles

If your printouts are faint or have gaps in them, some of the nozzles in the print head may be clogged. Follow the steps below to check the print head nozzles using the control panel.

1. Load letter-size paper in the sheet feeder.

of paper you’ve loaded. If the incoming fax pages are larger than the paper size you loaded, the fax size is reduced to fit or printed on multiple pages, depending on the Automatic Reduction setting you select. See page 14 for details.

2.Press the P On button to turn on the Epson Stylus CX5800F, or press the y Cancel/Back button until you see a screen like this:

3.Press the Setup button. You see this display:

4.Press the u or d button, or press the 3 key on the numeric keypad, to display this option:

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Y

 

 

1.Load/Eject

3.Nozzle Check

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