Sharp AR-FX12 Receiving Faxes, Receiving a FAX, If received data cannot be printed

RECEIVING FAXES

When another fax machine sends a fax to your machine, your machine will ring*, automatically receive the fax, and begin printing (this is called automatic reception).

NOTES

You can store a transmission job while fax reception is in progress. (See "Storing transmission jobs (memory transmission)" on page 2-8.)

To receive faxes, sufficient paper must be loaded in the paper tray. Refer to pages 2-2 to 2-11 of "Operation manual (for general information and copier operation)" to load appropriate paper. Incoming faxes will be automatically adjusted to the orientation of the printing paper, so there is no need to load both horizontally ( ) and vertically ( ) oriented paper.

However, if you receive a fax that is smaller than A4 or B5 (8-1/2"x11") size, the paper size used to print the fax will depend on how the original was oriented (vertically or horizontally) in the sending fax machine.

RECEIVING A FAX

1 The machine will ring* and reception will automatically begin.

*Number of rings

The machine has been set to ring twice before beginning automatic reception. You can use the key operator program to change the number of rings to any number from 0 to 15. (See "Number of calls in auto reception" on page 8-9.)

If the number of rings is set to 0, the machine will receive faxes without ringing.

2 Reception ends.

When reception ends, the machine makes a "beep" sound.

The received fax is delivered to the top tray.

NOTE

If the machine has multiple output trays, the key operator program can be used to change the output tray for fax reception. (See "Fax output tray setting" on page 8-9.)

If received data cannot be printed

If the machine is out of paper or toner, or if a paper jam occurs or the machine is busy printing a copy or print job, received faxes will be stored in memory until printing is possible. When printing is possible, the faxes will print automatically (however, if the machine has run out of paper, touch the [OK] key in the touch panel after adding paper). When a received fax is stored in memory, the "DATA" light to the right of the [IMAGE SEND] key will blink.

You can also use the transfer function to have another fax machine print the received data (See "USING THE TRANSFER FUNCTION" on page 3-18.).

NOTE

If a double beep sounds during or after reception and an error message appears in the touch panel, clear the error as explained in "WHEN AN ALARM SOUNDS AND A WARNING MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED" on page 7-3.

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