Fax Settings Help
Use this page to configure the printer fax default settings.
- The first time you set up the fax settings, under
Country, specify the country where the printer is located.
- Click Save Changes. Once the printer restarts,
select the remaining options as needed.
- Configure Fax Line Settings:
- To specify the telephone number to appear at the
top of each page sent from the printer, type a fax number.
- Update the country name where the printer is located
as needed.
- Type the name of your company as needed.
- To specify the line type, select an option.
- For Line Monitor, specify the volume for the external
telephone.
- To specify a distinctive ring pattern, for Distinctive
Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD), select an option. Your telephone company specifies
the DRPD Patterns.
- To specify the threshold value for the external
telephone, for Extel Hook Threshold, select an option.
- In the Incoming Defaults section, enter information.
- To specify the Receive Mode, select an option.
- To specify the Ring Tone Volume, select an option.
- To specify how long the printer waits before answering
an incoming call, for Auto Answer receive mode, select an option.
- TEL Mode: Automatic fax reception is turned Off.
You can receive a fax by picking up the handset of the external phone, then
pressing the remote receive code. You can also set OnHook to On to start
the Fax after you hear fax tones from the remote device.
- FAX Mode: This mode sets the printer to receive
faxes automatically.
- TEL/FAX Mode: When the printer receives an incoming
fax, the external telephone rings for the time specified by Auto Ans, then
the printer automatically receives the fax. If the incoming data is not a
fax, the printer beeps.
- Ans/FAX Mode: The printer can share one telephone
line with an answering machine. In this mode, the printer monitors the fax
signal and picks up the line if there are fax tones. If the phone communication
in your country is serial, this mode is not available.
- DRPD Mode: Before using the Distinctive Ring Pattern
Detection (DRPD) option, distinctive ring service must be installed on your
telephone line by the telephone company. After the telephone company provides
a separate number with a distinctive ring pattern, configure the fax setup
to monitor for that specific ring pattern.
- To set the printer to accept incoming faxes only
from numbers registered in the Address Book, for Junk Fax Filter, select
On.
- To enable 2-sided printing, select On.
- To set the printer to receive a fax when you enter
the remote receive code using the external telephone keypad, for Remote Receive,
select On.
- To specify the tone when the printer receives a
remote fax, for Remote Receive Tone, type a number.
- To set the printer to discard any excess data at
the bottom of the page, for Discard Size, select an option.
- In the Forward Settings section, for Forward Settings,
select an option.
- To disable fax forwarding, select Off.
- To direct all incoming faxes to the forwarding
number, select Forward.
- To print incoming faxes and forward them to the
forwarding number, select Print and Forward.
- To forward faxes to an email address, select Forward
to Email.
- To print incoming faxes and forward them to an
email address, select Print and Email.
Note: For the Forward to Email and Print and Email functions to operate, configure
the Email Settings with a valid SMTP server.
- To forward incoming faxes to a server, select Forward to Server.
- To print incoming faxes and forward them to a server,
select Print and Forward to Server.
- To enter a forwarding fax number, under Forward
to Fax, enter a number in the Forwarding number field.
- To enter up to five email addresses, under Forward
to Email, in each of the Forwarding Email Address fields, enter a valid email
address.
- To enter server information, under Forward to Server:
- For Server Type, from the list, select the server
type.
- For Host Address, type the IP address or DNS name
for the server.
- For Port Number, type a valid port number for the
selected server type.
- For Login Name, type the user name to log in to
the server as needed.
- Under Password, type and confirm a password.
- For Name of Shared Directory, type the name of
the destination folder on the FTP server.
- For Subdirectory Path, type the path to the folder
to save files within the shared directory as needed.
- In the Transmission Defaults section, enter information.
- Specify the number of attempts the printer makes
to redial a fax number.
- Specify the interval between redial attempts, interval
timer, and dialing type.
- To specify when to add the prefix number when you
send a fax, for Prefix Dial, select On.
- To specify the prefix dial number up to five digits,
for Prefix Dial Number, type the number. This number dials before any auto
dial number starts.
- To have the printer print a fax cover page automatically,
select On.
- To have the printer attempt to correct errors in
the fax transmission, for Error Correction Mode (ECM), set the ECM to On.
- To specify the fax modem speed, for Modem Speed,
select an option.
- To display the number of the recipient on the Sending
Fax screen, for Display Manual Fax Recipients, select On.
- In the Fax Reports section, from each list, select
the condition when the printer prints a fax report.
- To print a fax activity report after every 50 fax
communication attempts, for Fax Activity, select Auto Print.
- To print a report of the transmission results after
sending a fax, for Fax Transmit, select an option.
- To print a report of the transmission results after
sending a fax to multiple destinations, for Fax Broadcast, select an option.
- To print a fax protocol report to help troubleshoot
fax problems, for Fax Protocol, select an option.
- Click Save Changes.
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