Muratec F-120 Basket cases batch transmission, Creating or modifying a batch box, Select Batch

Beyond the basics

Basket cases: batch transmission

Broadcasting (see pages 2.18–2.20) gets the same document to multiple locations, but what about the reverse? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just stack several docu- ments into an electronic “basket” and then fling the entire contents of that basket via fax to one location? Well, you can: it’s called batch transmission.

If there are several documents you want to transmit to the same location, you can store up to 40 documents (not pages) into your machine’s electronic batch boxes. The machine can use up to five of these batch boxes, in which you designate in advance when the transmission is to occur and to what remote number it should go. When that date and time arrives, your machine will transmit each document in the batch box to the remote fax machine.

Creating or modifying a batch box

The first step to using the batch transmission feature is to create batch boxes in your fax machine. This procedure also lets you modify existing batch boxes.

Important: To erase a batch box, see page 2.25.

To create or modify a batch box:

1	Press /PROGRAM, N, 1, ENTER. Depending on whether you already have a
	number entered for batch box 1, the LCD shows:
		Select Batch Box	or	Select Batch Box
		1:No Number Stored		1:9-1-555-345-6789

If this is the batch box you want to set, skip to step 3. (However, our sample displays from here on will refer to batch box 3 rather than batch box 1.)

2 Use the numeric keypad to enter the number (1–5) of the batch box you wish to create or modify. Here, we’ve pressed 3 and see either:

Select Batch Box	or	Select Batch	Box
3:No Number Stored		3:9-555-2110

3 If you change your mind and wish to select a different batch box, just use the numeric keypad to enter the correct batch box number before going on step 4.

4 Press ENTER. The LCD now shows either:

3:Fax Number	or	3:Fax Number
_		9-555-2110_

5 Use the numeric keypad to enter the fax number exactly as your machine should dial it, including whatever access codes your phone system may require. (You may want to review “Special dialing characters,” page 2.8.) The number can be up to 40 characters in length:

3:Fax Number

9-1-555-871-9052_

Your display can show only 20 characters at a time. To view characters beyond those 20 (such as with an international long-distance number), press to scroll leftward or /PROGRAM to scroll rightward.

Note: To erase previously entered characters, press CANCEL to erase leftward. Or, to change just one character in the number, press to move the cursor leftward, or /PROGRAM to move it rightward, to that character. Then re-enter until the number is just as you want it.

6 When the fax number is as you want it, press ENTER. The LCD now displays:

3:Transmit Time

7 Instruct your fax to send from this batch box in one of the following ways: Option 1: Once at a certain time on a certain day of the month (e. g., “Do

this at 5:05 PM on the 30th.”) — Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time when the fax should perform the command:

3:Transmit Time

Option 2: At a certain time each day you press the key (e. g. “Do this at 5:05 PM today.”) — Use the numeric keypad to enter 0, 0 (i. e., 00), and then the time when the fax should perform the com- mand:

3:Transmit Time

Note: To change a digit in the date or the time, press to move the cursor leftward, or /PROGRAM to move it rightward, to that character. Then re-enter until the number is just as you want it.

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