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Receive a fax, Receive a fax manually

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Chapter 6 3. Press right arrow until Error Correction Mode appears, and then press OK. 4. Press right arrow to select On or Off, and then press OK. Receive a fax You can receive faxes automatically or manually. If you turn off the Auto Answer option, you must receive faxes manually. If you turn on the Auto Answer option (the default setting), the device automatically answers incoming calls and receives faxes after the number of rings that are specified by the Rings to Answer setting. (The default Rings to Answer setting is five rings.) If you receive a legal-size fax and the device is not currently set to use legal-size paper, the device reduces the fax so that it fits on the paper that is loaded. If you have disabled the Automatic Reduction feature, the device prints the fax on two pages. NOTE: If you are copying a document when a fax arrives, the fax is stored in the device memory until the copying finishes. This can reduce the number of fax pages stored in memory. • Receive a fax manually • Set up backup fax • Reprint received faxes from memory • Poll to receive a fax • Forward faxes to another number • Set the paper size for received faxes • Set automatic reduction for incoming faxes • Block junk fax numbers • Receive faxes to your computer Receive a fax manually When you are on the phone, the person you are speaking with can send you a fax while you are still connected. This is referred to as manual faxing. Use the instructions in this section to receive a manual fax. NOTE: You can pick up the handset to talk or listen for fax tones. You can receive faxes manually from a phone that is: • Directly connected to the device (on the 2-EXT port) • On the same phone line, but not directly connected to the device To receive a fax manually 1. Make sure the device is turned on and you have paper loaded in the main tray. 2. Remove any originals from the document feeder tray. 3. Set the Rings to Answer setting to a high number to allow you to answer the incoming call before the device answers. Or, turn off the Auto Answer setting so that the device does not automatically answer incoming calls. 48 Fax

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3.
Press right arrow
until
Error Correction Mode
appears, and then press
OK
.
4.
Press right arrow
to select
On
or
Off
, and then press
OK
.
Receive a fax
You can receive faxes automatically or manually. If you turn off the
Auto Answer
option, you must receive faxes manually. If you turn on the
Auto Answer
option (the
default setting), the device automatically answers incoming calls and receives faxes
after the number of rings that are specified by the
Rings to Answer
setting. (The
default
Rings to Answer
setting is five rings.)
If you receive a legal-size fax and the device is not currently set to use legal-size
paper, the device reduces the fax so that it fits on the paper that is loaded. If you have
disabled the
Automatic Reduction
feature, the device prints the fax on two pages.
NOTE:
If you are copying a document when a fax arrives, the fax is stored in the
device memory until the copying finishes. This can reduce the number of fax pages
stored in memory.
Receive
a
fax
manually
Set
up
backup
fax
Reprint
received
faxes
from
memory
Poll
to
receive
a
fax
Forward
faxes
to
another
number
Set
the
paper
size
for
received
faxes
Set
automatic
reduction
for
incoming
faxes
Block
junk
fax
numbers
Receive
faxes
to
your
computer
Receive a fax manually
When you are on the phone, the person you are speaking with can send you a fax
while you are still connected. This is referred to as manual faxing. Use the instructions
in this section to receive a manual fax.
NOTE:
You can pick up the handset to talk or listen for fax tones.
You can receive faxes manually from a phone that is:
Directly connected to the device (on the 2-EXT port)
On the same phone line, but not directly connected to the device
To receive a fax manually
1.
Make sure the device is turned on and you have paper loaded in the main tray.
2.
Remove any originals from the document feeder tray.
3.
Set the
Rings to Answer
setting to a high number to allow you to answer the
incoming call before the device answers. Or, turn off the
Auto Answer
setting so
that the device does not automatically answer incoming calls.
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