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faxing This chapter gives you information about using your printer as a fax printer. This chapter includes: • Sending a fax • Receiving a fax It is recommended that you use traditional analog phone services (PSTN: public switched telephone network) when connecting telephone lines to use Fax. If you use other Internet services (DSL, ISDN, VolP), you can improve the connection quality by using the Micro-filter. The Micro-filter eliminates unnecessary noise signals and improves connection quality or Internet quality. Since the DSL Microfilter is not provided with the printer, contact your Internet Service provider for use on DSL Micro-filter. 1 Line port 2 Micro filter 3 DSL modem / Telephone line SENDING A FAX Setting the fax header In some countries, you are required by law to indicate your fax number on any fax you send. The printer ID, containing your telephone number and name or company name, will be printed at the top of each page sent from your printer. 1. Press Menu ( ) until System Setup appears on the bottom line of the display and press OK. 2. Press OK when Machine Setup appears. 3. Press OK when Machine ID appears. 4. Enter your name or the company name using the number keypad. You can enter alphanumeric characters using the number keypad, and include special symbols by pressing the 0 button. For details on how to enter alphanumeric characters. See "Entering characters using the number keypad" on page 21. 5. Press OK to save the ID. 6. Press the left/right arrow until Machine Fax No appears and press OK. 7. Enter your fax number using the number keypad and press OK. 8. Press Stop/Clear ( ) to return to Ready mode. Adjusting the document settings Before starting a fax, change the following settings according to your original's status to get the best quality. Resolution The default document settings produce good results when using typical text-based originals. However, if you send originals that are of poor quality, or contain photographs, you can adjust the resolution to produce a higher quality Fax. • Other ways to fax • Fax setup 1. Press Resolution. 2. Press Resolution or the left/right arrow until the option you want appears. 3. Press OK to save your selection. Recommended resolution settings for different original document types are described in the table below: MODE Standard RECOMMENDED FOR: Originals with normal sized characters. Fine Super Fine Originals containing small characters or thin lines or originals printed using a dot-matrix printer. Originals containing extremely fine detail. Super Fine mode is enabled only if the printer with which you are communicating also supports the Super Fine resolution. • For memory transmission, Super Fine mode is not available. The resolution setting is automatically changed to Fine. • When your printer is set to Super Fine resolution and the fax printer with which you are communicating does not support Super Fine resolution, the printer transmits using the highest resolution mode supported by the other fax printer. Photo Fax Originals containing shades of gray or photographs. The resolution setting is applied to the current fax job. To change the default setting. See "Changing the default document settings" on page 49. Darkness You can select the default contrast mode to fax your originals lighter or darker. 1. Press Fax. 2. Press Menu ( ), and then OK when Fax Feature appears on the bottom line of the display. 3. Press OK when Darkness appears. 4. Press the left/right arrow until the option you want appears and press OK. 5. Press Stop/Clear ( ) to return to Ready mode. The darkness setting is applied to the current fax job. To change the default setting. See "Changing the default document settings" on page 49. Faxing | 43