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Faxing
(Only for SCX-4521F)
7.6
Receiving a Fax
About Receiving Modes
•In
Fax
mode, the machine answers an incoming fax call
and immediately goes into the fax reception mode.
•In
Tel
mode, you can receive a fax by pressing
On Hook
Dial
(you can hear a fax tone from the sending machine)
and then pressing
Start
on the control panel of your
machine. You can also pick up the handset of the
extension phone and then press the remote receive code
(see “Receive Code” on page 7.2).
•In
Ans/Fax
mode, the answering machine answers an
incoming call, and the caller can leave a message on the
answering machine. If the fax machine senses a fax tone
on the line, the call automatically switches to Fax mode.
•In
DRPD
mode, you can receive a call using the
Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD) feature.
“Distinctive Ring” is a telephone company service which
enables a user to use a single telephone line to answer
several different telephone numbers. For further details,
see “Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD Mode” on page 7.7.
When your machine’s memory is full, the receiving mode
automatically switches to Tel.
For details about changing the receiving mode, see “Receive
Mode” on page 7.2.
N
OTES
:
• To use the Ans/Fax mode, attach an answering machine to
the EXT. jack on the back of your machine.
• If you do not want other people to view your received
documents, you can use Secure Receiving mode. In this
mode, all of the received faxes are stored in memory. For
further details, see “Using Secure Receiving Mode” on
page 7.13.
Loading Paper for Receiving
Faxes
The instructions for loading paper in the tray are the same
whether you are printing, faxing, or copying, except that faxes
can only be printed on Letter-, A4-, Legal-, Folio-, Executive-,
or B5-sized paper. For details about loading paper and setting
the paper size in the tray, see “Loading Paper” on page 2.3 and
“Setting the Paper Size and Type” on page 2.10.
Receiving Automatically in Fax
Mode
Your machine is preset to Fax mode at the factory.
When you receive a fax, the machine answers the call on a
specified number of rings and automatically receives the fax.
To change the number of rings,
see “Ring To Answer” on
page 7.1.
If you want to adjust the ringer volume, see “Setting Sounds
(Only for SCX-4521F)” on page 2.11.
Receiving Manually in Tel Mode
You can receive a fax call by picking up the handset of the
extension phone and then pressing the remote receive code
(see “Receive Code” on page 7.2), or press
On Hook Dial
(you
can hear a fax tone from the sending machine) and then
pressing
Start
on the control panel of your machine.
The machine begins receiving a fax and returns to Standby
mode when the reception is completed.
Receiving Automatically in Ans/
Fax Mode
To use this mode, you must attach an answering machine to the
EXT. jack on the back of your machine. See “Making
Connections” on page 2.4.
If the caller leaves a message, the answering machine stores
the message as it would normally. If your machine detects a fax
tone on the line, it automatically starts to receive the fax.
N
OTES
:
• If you have set your machine to Ans/Fax mode and your
answering machine is switched off, or no answering machine
is connected to EXT. jack, your machine automatically goes
into Fax mode after a predefined number of rings.
• If your answering machine has a ‘user-selectable ring
counter’, set the machine to answer incoming calls within 1
ring.
• If you are in Tel mode (manual reception) when the
answering machine is connected to your machine, you must
switch off the answering machine, or the outgoing message
from the answering machine will interrupt your phone
conversation.