Sending faxes on an MX300

Article ID: ART102418 | Date published: 05/11/2015 | Date last updated: 08/15/2015
 

Description

Use these instructions to send a fax from your printer.

Solution

Sending Faxes

The operation flow of sending faxes is as follows.

  1. Load the original on the platen glass.

    1. Lift the document cover (1).
    2. Load the original with the side to be copied, scanned, or faxed facing down on the platen glass.


    3. Place the original in landscape orientation and align the upper corner of it with the alignment mark (2) as shown in the figure above.
    4. Gently close the document cover.

  2. Press the <FAX> button.

  3. Adjust fax settings as necessary.

  4. Start faxing.

    1. Dial the recipient's number using the numeric buttons or coded speed dialing.

    2. Press the <Color> button for color sending, or the <Black> button for black & white sending.

      Note: Color sending is available only when the recipient's fax machine supports color faxing.

    3. When the following message is displayed, load the next page on the platen glass.



    4. If you have only one page of document to scan, go to step 5.

    5. Press the same button as you pressed in step 4b.

    6. Repeat steps 4c through 4e until all pages of the document have been scanned in and then go to step 5.

  5. Press the <OK> button.

  6. To cancel sending a fax, press the <Stop/Reset> button. To cancel sending a fax while it is being sent, press the <Stop/Reset> button, then follow the instructions on the LCD.

Adjusting the Scan Contrast or the Image Quality (Fax Resolution)

Adjusting the Scan Contrast

Contrast is the degree of difference between light and dark. Increasing the scan contrast setting further blackens dark areas and whitens bright areas, whereas decreasing the contrast setting reduces the difference between bright and dark areas. You can adjust the contrast among three contrast levels.

  1. Press the <FAX> button.

  2. Press the <FAX Quality> button.

  3. Press the (left) or (right) button to select the contrast.



  4. Pressing the (left) button decreases the contrast, and pressing the (right) button increases the contrast.

  5. Press the <OK> button.

Adjusting the Image Quality (Fax Resolution)

You can adjust the image quality (fax resolution) of the document you send. The higher you set the image quality setting, the better the output quality will be at the other end, but the longer it will take for the transmission. Adjust the image quality according to the type of document you are sending.

  1. Press the <FAX> button.

  2. Press the <FAX Quality> button two times.

  3. Press the (left) or (right) button to select the resolution.

STANDARD:

Suitable for text-only documents.

FINE:

Suitable for fine-print documents.

PHOTO:

Suitable for photographs.

  1. Press the <OK> button.

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Dialing the Coded Speed Dial

  1. Press the <Coded Dial> button.

  2. Press the numeric buttons to enter the two-digit code (00 - 19) assigned to the number you want to dial.

  3. Press the <Color> button for color sending, or the <Black> button for black & white sending.


    Note:
    *
    Color sending is available only when the recipient's fax machine supports color faxing.
    * To cancel sending a fax, press the Stop/Reset button. To cancel sending a fax while it is being sent, press the Stop/Reset button, then follow the instructions on the LCD.

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