Fax Feature Setting Parameters

Specifies the settings for receiving a fax.

• Switch Reception Mode

  Specifies the reception mode.

  Default: [Fax Only]

  • Fax Only

    The machine automatically answers all incoming calls in fax reception mode.

  • FAX/TEL(Mnl.)

    The machine rings when it receives incoming calls. The machine receives faxes only when you manually receive faxes.

  • FAX/TAD

    The machine receives faxes automatically when a fax call is received. Otherwise, the connected telephone answering device answers the call.

  • FAX/TEL(Auto)

    The machine receives faxes automatically when a fax call is received. Otherwise, the machine starts to ring.

• Auto Reduction

  Sets the machine to reduce the size of a received fax if it is too large to print on a single sheet of paper.

  Note that the machine only reduces the size down to 74%. If further reduction is required to fit the fax on a single sheet, it will be printed on separate sheets without being reduced.

  Default: [On]

  (Default may be [Off] depending on the [Country] setting under [Admin. Tools].)

  • Off

  • On

• Overall Ringings w/ TAD

  Specifies the number of times the external telephone answering device rings before the machine starts to receive faxes in FAX/TAD mode.

  Default: 5 times

  • 1 to 20 times, in increments of 1

• Number of Rings

  Specifies the number of times the machine rings before it starts to receive faxes in Fax Only mode.

  Default: 3 times

  • 3 to 5 times, in increments of 1

• RX Mode Auto Switch Time

  Specifies the length of time the machine tries to detect the fax calling tone in FAX/TEL Automatic mode.

  Default: 15 seconds

  • 5 to 99 seconds, 1 second increments

• Authorized Reception

  Sets the machine to receive (or reject) faxes only from the programmed Special Senders. This helps you screen out unwanted documents, such as junk faxes, and prevents the wasting of fax paper.

  Default: [Inactive]

  • Active

  • Inactive

• Auth.RX: Receive Conditions

  Specifies whether to receive or reject faxes from the programmed Special Senders.

  This setting is available when [Authorized Reception] is enabled.

  Default: [Special Sender]

  • Special Sender

    Receive faxes from the Special Senders and reject faxes from all other senders.

  • Other Than Special Sender

    Reject faxes from the Special Senders and receive faxes from all other senders.

• Reception File Setting

  Sets the machine to store received faxes into memory for printing or forward them to a preset destination.

  Use Web Image Monitor to specify the forwarding destination (for details, see Configuring the Fax Settings).

  This setting appears only for the Type 2 model.

  Default: [Print]

  • Print

  • Forward

• Print Received File

  Sets the machine to automatically print the faxes received into memory or store them for later manual printing.

  This setting appears only for the Type 2 model.

  Default: [On]

  • On

    Automatically print out the received faxes and delete from memory.

  • Off

    Store the received faxes in memory for manual printing.

• Print Forwarded File

  Sets the machine to store the faxes in memory for printing or delete them after forwarding.

  This setting appears only for the Type 2 model.

  Default: [Off]

  • On

    Store the faxes in memory for printing after forwarding.

  • Off

    Delete the faxes from memory after forwarding.

• Notify Forward Status

  Sets the machine to send e-mail notifications after faxes are forwarded. The e-mail notification destination depends on how the forwarding destination is configured using Web Image Monitor (for details, see Configuring the Fax Settings).

  This setting appears only for the Type 2 model.

  Default: [Inactive]

  • Active

  • Inactive

• Manual POP

  Connects to the POP3 server to receive e-mail messages manually.

  Press [Yes] to connect to the POP3 server and receive e-mail messages. Press [No] to exit to the previous level of the menu tree without connecting to the POP3 server.

Specifies the tray for printing received faxes. Note that only A4, Letter, or Legal size paper can be used for printing faxes. Make sure to select a tray that contains paper of the valid size.

If tray 2 is not installed, only [Tray 1] appears.

Default: [Auto]

• Auto

  The machine uses tray 1 and tray 2 if they contain paper of the same size. In this case, the machine starts to print from the tray specified as the priority tray in [Paper Tray Priority] under system settings. If that tray runs out of paper, the machine automatically switches to the other tray to continue printing.

• Tray 1

• Tray 2

Deletes unsent fax jobs remaining in the machine's memory.

This function is only performed when selected.

• Delete Selected File

  To delete a fax job, select the desired job, and then select [Yes]. Selecting [No] exits to the previous level of the menu tree without deleting the fax job.

• Delete All Files

  To delete the fax jobs, select [Yes]. Selecting [No] exits to the previous level of the menu tree without deleting the fax job.

• ECM Transmission

  Sets the machine to automatically resend parts of the data that are lost during transmission.

  This function is not available with Internet Fax transmission.

  Default: [On]

  • Off

  • On

• ECM Reception

  Sets the machine to automatically receive parts of the data that are lost during reception.

  This function is not available with Internet Fax reception.

  Default: [On]

  • Off

  • On

• Dial Tone Detect

  Sets the machine to detect a dial tone before the machine begins to dial the destination automatically.

  Default: [Detect]

  • Detect

  • Not Detect

• Transmission Speed

  Specifies the transmission speed for the fax modem.

  Default: [33.6 Kbps]

  • 33.6 Kbps

  • 14.4 Kbps

  • 9.6 Kbps

  • 7.2 Kbps

  • 4.8 Kbps

  • 2.4 Kbps

• Reception Speed

  Specifies the reception speed for the fax modem.

  Default: [33.6 Kbps]

  • 33.6 Kbps

  • 14.4 Kbps

  • 9.6 Kbps

  • 7.2 Kbps

  • 4.8 Kbps

  • 2.4 Kbps

• JBIG

  Enables transmission and reception of JBIG-compressed images, which require less communication time than MMR-/MR-/MH-compressed images.

  Note that to use this function, [ECM Transmission] and [ECM Reception] must also be enabled.

  This function is not available with Internet Fax.

  Default: [Active]

  • Active

  • Inactive

• Print TX Status Report

  Sets the machine to print a transmission report automatically after a fax transmission.

  When the machine is in Immediate Transmission mode, the image of the original will not be reproduced on the report, even if [Error Only (Image Attached)] or [Every TX (Image Attached)] is selected.

  The transmission report will be printed using the tray set for [Facsimile] under [Paper Tray Priority] in system settings, on A4 or Letter size paper.

  Default: [Every TX (Image Attached)]

  • Error Only

    Prints a report when a transmission error occurs.

  • Error Only (Image Attached)

    Prints a report with an image of the original when transmission error occurs.

  • Every TX

    Prints a report for every fax transmission.

  • Every TX (Image Attached)

    Prints a report with an image of the original for every fax transmission.

  • Do not Print

• Print Fax Journal

  Sets the machine to print a fax journal automatically for every 50 fax jobs (both sent and received).

  The fax journal will be printed using the tray set for [Facsimile] under [Paper Tray Priority] in system settings, on A4 or Letter size paper.

  Default: [Auto Print]

  • Auto Print

  • Do not Auto Print