Change the fax settings - MX340

Article ID: ART105511 | Date published: 05/11/2015 | Date last updated: 08/15/2015
 

Description

Instructions to change the settings on the machine.

Solution

Fax settings

The basic steps to access menus and setting items:

  1. Make sure that the machine is turned on.

  2. Press the Menu button repeatedly until Fax settings appears.

  3. Use the LEFTRIGHT button to select Fax user settings, Transmission settings or Reception settings, then press the OK button.

  4. Similarly, use the LEFTRIGHT button and the OK button to select and change items .

Fax settings

This section describes the setting items in FAX user settings, Transmission settings, and Reception settings in the Fax settings menu.

FAX user settings

Transmission settings

Reception settings

Note
  • Before changing the settings, you can confirm the current settings by printing the User's Data List.

FAX user settings

  • Auto print

    Sets whether the machine automatically prints the received fax. When this setting is set to OFF, received faxes are stored in memory.

    Note
    • When this setting is set to OFF, the following reports are also not printed automatically.

      Activity report
      TX (Transmission) report
      RX (Reception) report
      MULTI TX (Transmission) report

    • You can print the activity report manually even when OFF is selected for Auto print.
      To print the report other than the activity report, select ON for Auto print.

    • Print when out of ink:

      Sets whether to continue printing the received fax without storing it in memory when the ink has run out. When this setting is set to ON, the machine prints the received fax forcibly even if the ink has run out.

      However, part or all of the fax may not be printed since the ink has run out.

  • Unit TEL no. registr.

    Registers your fax/telephone number printed on sent faxes.

  • Unit name registr.

    Registers your name printed on sent faxes.

  • TX Terminal ID

    Selects the position of the sender information (outside or inside the image area). After selecting the position, select FAX or TEL to specify the mark to appear before the fax/telephone number printed on sent faxes.

  • Offhook alarm

    Enables/disables the alarm that alerts you if the handset of the telephone connected to the machine is not hung up properly.

  • Volume control

    RX ring volume: Selects the ring volume when the machine receives a fax.

    Line monitor volume: Selects the line monitor volume.

  • RX ring level

    Adjusts the level of the ringing sound the machine makes when it receives a fax. You can select either Standard or High.

  • Telephone line type

    Selects the telephone line type setting for the machine.

    Note
    • This setting may not be available depending on the country or region of purchase.

  • Activity report

    Sets whether to print the Activity report automatically after every 20 transactions.

Transmission settings

  • ECM TX

    This machine is set to send/receive faxes in Error Correction Mode (ECM) by default.

    When the recipient's fax machine is compatible with ECM, the machine resends the fax after correcting errors automatically. When the recipient's fax machine is not compatible with ECM, the fax will be sent/received without automatic error correction.

    ECM transmission can be disabled.

  • Pause time settings

    Sets the length of time paused for each press of the Redial/Pause button.

  • Auto redial

    Enables/disables automatic redialing.

    If you select ON, you can specify the maximum number of redial attempts and the length of time the machine waits between redial attempts.

  • TX start speed

    Selects the fax transmission speed.

    Ex:

    figure: LCD

    The following setting items are available.

    33600 bps/14400 bps/9600 bps/7200 bps/4800 bps/2400 bps

    The * (asterisk) on the LCD indicates the current setting.

    33600 bps is the maximum transmission speed. When the telephone line condition or connection is poor, selecting a lower transmission speed may solve transmission problems.

  • Color transmission

    When faxing color documents using the ADF, selects whether to convert them into black & white data if the recipient's fax machine does not support color faxing.

  • TX report

    Enables/disables automatic printing of a transmission report after a fax transmission.

    If you select Print error only or Print for each TX, you can enable/disable printing of the first page of the fax under the report.

  • Dial tone detect

    Avoids mistransmission when reception and transmission occur at the same time.

    If you select ON, the machine transmits the fax after confirming the dial tone.

    This setting may not be supported depending on the country or region of purchase.

  • Fax number re-entry

    If you select ON, you can set the machine to send faxes after using the Numeric buttons to dial the number twice. By using this setting, you can avoid the mistransmission of faxes.

  • Check RX fax info

    If you select ON, the machine checks whether the recipient's fax machine information matches the dialed number. If it matches the number, the machine starts to send faxes.

  • Hook key setting

    If you select Enable, you can use the Hook button.

Reception settings

  • ECM RX

    This machine is set to send/receive faxes in Error Correction Mode (ECM) by default.

    When the sender's fax machine is compatible with ECM, it resends the fax after correcting errors automatically. When the sender's fax machine is not compatible with ECM, the fax will be sent/received without automatic error correction.

    ECM reception can be disabled.

  • Fax priority mode

    Specifies the detailed settings when Receive mode set. is set to Fax priority mode.

    figure: LCD

    • Ring start time

      Specifies the length of time, in seconds, to allow the machine to judge whether an incoming call is a fax or a voice call.

      figure: LCD

    • Telephone ring time

      Specifies the length of time, in seconds, that the machine rings for a voice call.

      figure: LCD

    • Default action

      Sets whether to receive the fax after the specified ring time has elapsed.

      figure: LCD

  • DRPD: Fax ring pat.

    Sets the distinctive ring pattern of a call that the machine assumes is a fax call. If you subscribe to a DRPD service, set the ring pattern to match the pattern assigned by your telephone company.
    You can select the ring pattern from Normal ring, Double ring, Short-short-long, Short-long-short, and Other ring type.

    This setting is available only in the US and Canada.

  • Ring count

    Specifies the number of times the external device rings when the receive mode is set to Fax only mode or Fax priority mode.

    * The range of the number of times the external device rings differs depending on the country or region of purchase; from twice to 30 times, 10 times, or five times.

  • Manual/auto switch

    Sets whether to automatically receive faxes after the external device rang a specified length of time when Receive mode set. is set to TEL priority mode.

    If you select ON, you can specify the length of time until automatic reception is started.

  • Remote RX

    Enables/disables remote reception.

    If you select ON, you can specify the remote reception ID.

  • RX image reduction

    Enables/disables automatic reduction of incoming faxes so that they fit in the selected paper.

    If you select ON, you can select the image reduction direction.

  • RX start speed

    Selects the fax reception speed.

    Ex:

    figure: LCD

    The following setting items are available.

    33600 bps/14400 bps/9600 bps/7200 bps/4800 bps/2400 bps

    The * (asterisk) on the LCD indicates the current setting.

    33600 bps is the maximum reception speed. When the telephone line condition or connection is poor, selecting a lower reception speed may solve reception problems.

  • RX report

    Sets whether to print a reception report after each reception.

  • Fax reception reject

    If you select ON, the machine rejects the reception of faxes with no sender information or faxes from specific senders.

    • No sender info.

      Rejects faxes with no caller identification.

    • Coded dial unset

      Rejects faxes from senders not registered to coded speed dial codes.

    • Rejected numbers

      Rejects faxes from senders registered in the machine as rejected numbers.

  • Caller rejection

    If you subscribe to the Caller ID service, the machine detects the sender's Caller ID. If the sender's ID does not match the conditions specified in this setting, the machine rejects the phone call or fax reception from the sender.

    If you select Subscribed in Caller ID service, you can specify the following settings:

    • Anonymous number

      Selects whether to reject a phone call or fax reception from an anonymous number.

    • Out of area

      Selects whether to reject a phone call or fax reception out of the subscribed service area.

    • Rejected numbers

      Selects whether to reject a phone call or fax reception from the numbers registered to Rejected numbers in Fax reception reject. If you select Reject for this setting, Register rejected no.? is displayed on the LCD. Select Yes to register a fax/telephone number to reject.

    Note
    • This setting may not be supported depending on the country or region of purchase. Contact your telephone company to confirm whether it provides this service.


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