This article explains how to manage various fax settings on your machine. Refer to the following to learn how to send a fax.

Before you manage settings

• You will need to prepare your printer for faxing.

• To confirm or make a copy of your current fax settings, you can print the USER'S DATA LIST.

• To access fax settings from the operation panel, select:   Settings  Device settings  FAX settings.

FAX user settings

• Register your name and fax number (which appear on sent faxes).

• Select the telephone line type for the printer. (This setting may not be available depending on the country of purchase.)

Advanced FAX settings

• Error reduction setting (VoIP) - Select Reduce to limit communication errors when you connect to an Internet line such as an IP phone.

• Auto redial - Select ON to specify the maximum number of redial attempts and the length of time the printer waits between redials.

• Dial tone detect - Select ON to confirm a dial tone before the fax is sent. (This setting may not be available depending on the country of purchase.)

• Pause time settings - Set the length of the pause time when you enter "P" (pause).

• TTI position - Select the position of the sender information (outside or inside the image area).

• Remote RX - Select ON to specify the remote reception ID.

• Color transmission - Select Disconnect if you don't want to send color documents when the recipient's fax doesn't support color faxes.

• RX image reduction - Select ON to enable / disable automatic reduction, which decreases the size of incoming faxes so they fit on the selected paper.

• Adv. communication settings

  • ECM TX - Select whether to send faxes in Error Correction Mode.

  • ECM RX - Select whether to receive faxes in Error Correction Mode.

  • TX start speed - Select the fax transmission speed. When the phone line condition or connection is poor, a lower transmission speed may resolve the issue.

  • RX start speed - Select the fax reception speed. When the phone line condition or connection is poor, a lower reception speed may resolve the issue.

Auto print settings

• Received documents - Select Do not print to automatically store a received fax in the printer's memory.

• Activity report - Select Print to print an ACTIVITY REPORT of the last 20 fax transactions (sent and received).

• TX report - Select Print error only or Print for each TX to automatically print a TX REPORT/ERROR TX REPORT after a fax is sent.

• RX report - Select Print error only or Print for each RX to automatically print a RX REPORT after a fax is received.

• Print when out of ink - Set this to continue printing when ink runs out. Note that part or all of the fax may not print if the ink is out.

Auto save setting

• Select this to automatically save received faxes on a memory card.

Security control

• FAX number re-entry - Select ON to send faxes after entering the number twice. Use this setting to prevent mistransmission of faxes.

• Check RX FAX information - Select ON to have the printer make sure the recipient's fax device matches the dialed number. If it matches, the printer sends the fax.

• Hook key setting - Select Enable to use the on-hook dial function.

• FAX reception reject - Select ON, and the printer rejects fax reception if there is no sender information or the fax comes from specific senders.

• Caller rejection - Select Yes on the subscribing confirmation screen to use your Caller ID to reject calls.  (This setting may not be available depending on the country of purchase.)