Setting up

Pick an installation spot

Where should you install your fax machine? The location should be:

Clean — Dust buildup can damage your machine. (However, do not use a cover!)

In the open — Allow at least 12 inches of clearance around your machine. Be sure that you never cover the machine. Its vents must be able to “breathe.”

Away from direct sunlight — This helps avoid overheating.

Dry — Avoid any location where splatters or sprays (such as from a water foun- tain) could reach your fax machine.

Level, and vibration-free.

Near a phone jack — Your fax machine uses a standard (modular) telephone jack, also known as an RJ-11.

Near an ac power outlet — The ac power cord is about 5 feet long when stretched to its limit, and the power cord should never be stretched to its limit.

Power tips

Use a standard three-pronged 120 VAC outlet.

Make sure the outlet isn’t controlled by a wall switch.

If it is, you’ll risk occasional shutoffs to the machine, causing you to lose fax messages.

Don’t use an outlet which also is supplying power to a large appliance, such as a refrigerator or air conditioner. Such high-consumption appliances can cause “draw-downs” (temporary drops in the power available for other equipment on the circuit) which could damage your fax machine.

Use an electrical surge suppressor, preferably one which guards both tele- phone and electrical lines. This device helps to shield your fax machine from damaging high-voltage electrical surges.

Voltage requirements:

120 VAC ± 10%, 50–60% Hz.

 

 

 

Power consumption:

Standby

Transmission

Reception

Copying

Maximum*

 

19 W

51 W

830 W

840 W

1180 W

* ; simultaneous copying, communicating and scanning

Getting started

Removing the transport screws

Your fax machine is shipped with transport screws for protecting your fax machine’s mirror carriage during shipping.

Important: Be sure that you do not turn the power on until after you have removed the transport screws. Otherwise, damage could result.

1 Remove the four transport screws, as shown.

2

Get the protection seals from your manual kit, and attach one protection seal

 

on each transport screw’s now-open hole. This shields the hole while you are

using the machine.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE YOU USE THE MACHINE, YOU MUST TURN OFF THE TRANSPORT MODE (see page 1.12).

Note: Be sure to save the screws for reshipment. If you must ship your machine for some reason, turn on the transport mode, turn the power off and then undo the above procedure as follows:

Remove the seals (reversing step 2);

Reinstall the screws (reversing step 1).

1.7

Page 19
Image 19
Muratec MFX-1500E, Series 41500E Setting up, Pick an installation spot, Power tips, Removing the transport screws