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Understanding fax options

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Fax guide Page 2 of 3 3 On the home screen, touch Fax. 4 Touch Search Address Book. 5 Using the virtual keyboard, type the name or part of the name of the person whose fax number you want to find. (Do not attempt to search for multiple names at the same time.) 6 Touch Search. 7 Touch the name to add it to the Fax to: list. 8 Repeat steps 4 through 7 to enter additional addresses. 9 Touch Fax It. Understanding fax options Original Size This option opens a screen where you can choose the size of the documents you are going to fax. • Touch a paper size button to select that size as the Original Size setting. The fax screen appears with your new setting displayed. • When Original Size is set to Mixed Sizes, you can scan an original document that contains mixed paper sizes (letter- and legal-size pages). Content This option tells the printer the original document type. Choose from Text, Text/Photo, or Photo. Content affects the quality and size of your scan. • Text-Emphasizes sharp, black, high-resolution text against a clean, white background • Text/Photo-Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures • Photograph-Tells the scanner to pay extra attention to graphics and pictures. This setting increases the time it takes to scan, but emphasizes a reproduction of the full dynamic range of tones in the original document. This increases the amount of information saved. Sides (Duplex) This option informs the printer if the original document is simplex (printed on one side) or duplex (printed on both sides). This lets the scanner know what needs to be scanned for inclusion in the fax. Resolution This options increases how closely the scanner examines the document you want to fax. If you are faxing a photo, a drawing with fine lines, or a document with very small text, increase the Resolution setting. This will increase the amount of time required for the scan and will increase the quality of the fax output. • Standard-Suitable for most documents • Fine-Recommended for documents with small print • Super fine-Recommended for original documents with fine detail • Ultra fine-Recommended for documents with pictures or photos Darkness This option adjusts how light or dark your faxes will turn out in relation to the original document.

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On the home screen, touch
Fax
.
4
Touch
Search Address Book
.
5
Using the virtual keyboard, type the name or part of the name of the person whose fax number you want to find.
(Do not attempt to search for multiple names at the same time.)
6
Touch
Search
.
7
Touch the name to add it to the Fax to: list.
8
Repeat steps 4 through 7 to enter additional addresses.
9
Touch
Fax It
.
Understanding fax options
Original Size
This option opens a screen where you can choose the size of the documents you are going to fax.
Touch a paper size button to select that size as the Original Size setting. The fax screen appears with your new
setting displayed.
When Original Size is set to Mixed Sizes, you can scan an original document that contains mixed paper sizes
(letter- and legal-size pages).
Content
This option tells the printer the original document type. Choose from Text, Text/Photo, or Photo. Content affects the
quality and size of your scan.
Text
—Emphasizes sharp, black, high-resolution text against a clean, white background
Text/Photo
—Used when the original documents are a mixture of text and graphics or pictures
Photograph
—Tells the scanner to pay extra attention to graphics and pictures. This setting increases the time it
takes to scan, but emphasizes a reproduction of the full dynamic range of tones in the original document. This
increases the amount of information saved.
Sides (Duplex)
This option informs the printer if the original document is simplex (printed on one side) or duplex (printed on both sides).
This lets the scanner know what needs to be scanned for inclusion in the fax.
Resolution
This options increases how closely the scanner examines the document you want to fax. If you are faxing a photo, a
drawing with fine lines, or a document with very small text, increase the Resolution setting. This will increase the amount
of time required for the scan and will increase the quality of the fax output.
Standard
—Suitable for most documents
Fine
—Recommended for documents with small print
Super fine
—Recommended for original documents with fine detail
Ultra fine
—Recommended for documents with pictures or photos
Darkness
This option adjusts how light or dark your faxes will turn out in relation to the original document.
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