Advanced fax

Batch transmission

Batch transmission allows you to store multiple documents in an electronic “basket” throughout the day and then fax that entire basket to one location.

To do this, just tell the machine when and where the transmission should go. When that date and time arrives, your machine will transmit each document in the batch box to the remote fax machine. You can store up to 40 documents (each document

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Press [Enter] to save the number.

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Next, instruct your fax to send from this batch box in one of the following

 

ways:

can include one page or many pages) into your machine’s five electronic batch boxes.

Creating or modifying a batch box

Before sending a batch transmission, you have to create batch boxes in your fax machine. The steps below allow you to modify existing batch boxes.

Option 1: At a certain time on a certain day of the month (For example: “Do this at 5:05 PM on the 30th.”) — Use the numeric keypad to enter the date and time (24-hour for- mat) the machine should send the documents from the batch box:

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Enter Trnsmit Time30/17:05

123-4567 Tx Time :

Enter

To create or modify a batch box:

1 Press MENU, L, [Enter]. The LCD will show the batch box list.

2 Using the cursor key, select the batch box you want to create or modify.

L.Batch Send

Use cursor to selectbatch box.

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Document EraseBox SetBox

Option 2: At a certain time each day you press the key (For example: “Do this at 5:05 PM today.”) — Use the numeric keypad to enter 0, 0 (00), and then the time when the fax should send the documents from the batch box:

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Enter Trnsmit Time00/17:05

123-4567 Tx Time :

Enter

3 Press [Set Box]. The LCD will show (see right): 4 Use the numeric keypad to enter the fax num- ber exactly as your machine should dial it, including whatever access codes your phone system requires. (You may want to review

“Special dialing characters,” page 3.11.) The number can be up to 40 characters in length.

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Enter fax number.

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Tx Time :

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Clear

Enter

Note: To change a digit in the date or the time, move the cursor by using cur- sor key. Then enter the correct number.

7 When the date and time are set, press [Enter].

8 The LCD now displays:

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Location I.D. Upper case

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The machine now asks you to name this batch

123-4567

 

box.

Tx Time :30/17:05

 

 

If you do not want to enter or change this batch

 

 

Your display can show only 26 characters at a time. To view characters beyond those 26, scroll the cursor by using the cursor key.

Note: If you want to erase characters, press [Clear] to erase to the left.

If you want to change just one character in the number, move the cur- sor by using cursor key, and press [Clear] to erase it. Then re-enter the number correctly.

box’s name, skip to step 10.

Enter

Chara. Clear

9 Enter the name the same way you entered your fax name during EasyStart.

A batch box’s name may be up to 24 characters in length.

10 Press [Enter] to save the batch box information.

To create or modify another batch box, repeat steps 2–10. To finish, press RESET.

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Muratec Fax Machine installation manual Batch transmission, Creating or modifying a batch box