Oki 5900 manual Sending a Fax to Multiple Locations Broadcasting, Sending a Fax to a Group

Sending a Fax to Multiple Locations (Broadcasting)

You can send the same fax to several locations—either locations you have programmed into your machines dial directories or numbers you enter on the numeric keypad. This is called a broadcast.

1Load the document.

2Enter the programmed location (One-Touch key, 2- 3Digit Speed Dial, Group Directory, or enter a number on the numeric keypad).

3Press Enter.

4Repeat Steps 2-3 until all locations for the broadcast are input.

!If Auto Start) is set to ON (default setting) you will have 2 seconds between steps 2-3 to input the next

location before machine begins dialing. To change this, set Auto Start (User Function #42) to OFF.

5Press the Start key to begin faxing.

6To confirm the location input, press the Enter key instead of the start key at Step 5. You can select to have the locations displayed or to print a list

!To delete an entry, simply press ßto back up.

Sending a Fax to a Group

If you often send a fax to the same set of locations, setting up these locations as a group will save time. Simply group speed dial numbers together to create a group directory (see Programming Speed Dial Numbers). You can create up to 20 different groups of telephone numbers, each group having a maximum of 140 (5700), or 230 (5900) locations. Each group is listed by a group dial number, and can also be assigned a name for alphabetic search.

Follow these instructions to fax your document:

1Load your documents.

2Press the Speed Dial/ Search key.

3Input the first character of the Group ID. The group name will appear on the display.

4Press the Start key.

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