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Muratec F-320 Operating Instructions Manual

Muratec F-320 Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1 F-320 Plain-paper Digital Fax Operating Instructions...
  • Page 2 Welcome … Thank you! Thanks for selecting a Muratec fax machine for your business. Before you begin, please note that before your fax can be used and before you can turn on power to the unit for the first time, there are important precautions to take. Please...

  • Page 3: Energy Saving

    Trademarks Muratec, the Muratec logo and all Muratec fax product names contained herein are trademarks of Muratec America, Inc. QuardAccess is registered trademark of Muratec America, Inc. is a registered mark of the United States Environmental Protection NERGY Agency. Copyright Copyright ©...
  • Page 4 Before using your Muratec fax machine Where to set up your fax machine Follow these guidelines when setting up your fax machine: Away from direct sunlight To avoid overheating, set up your fax machine away from direct sunlight or a heater.

  • Page 5: Power Requirements

    Never disassemble your fax machine! Disassembling your fax machine can cause serious injury to you and damage to your fax. If service is required, call your authorized Muratec dealer. Keep away from liquids Keep liquids and metal pins or other objects away from your fax machine.
  • Page 6 Use supplies manufactured specifically for Muratec machines Using toner cartridges and other supplies that are not manufactured specifically for Muratec machines may affect the operation of your unit. Use caution when carrying the machine When you lift and carry the machine, the slots as shown in the illustration below should be held.
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  • Page 8 Please copy down your machine’s serial number below for future reference, and note the machine’s model number: My machine’s serial number: ________________________________________ My machine’s model number: Muratec F-320 Bar code label...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    If the paper runs out while copying ......2.12 Using your fax machine as a phone .......2.13 Dialing a telephone number .
  • Page 10 Caring for your fax machine ........
  • Page 11 Getting started This chapter describes how to set up your machine, operating tips and some important settings before you use your machine Packaging contents ........... 1.1 Parts of your machine .

  • Page 12: Getting Started

    * : The toner cartridge included with your machine is starter toner cartridge, which yields 3,000 printouts. Please purchase regular, full-yield toner cartridge from your authorized Muratec dealer. Be sure to save the box (or boxes) and packing materials for reshipment.
  • Page 13 Printed document exit — Where the printout emerges. Handset (optional ) — Used for voice communication. This handset is avail- able from your authorized Muratec dealer, and can be added when you purchase the F-320 or as an upgrade afterward.

  • Page 14: Control Panel Overview

    E-mail attachment via the Internet. Note: This function is available only if the optional Internet Fax kit has been installed. Ask your Muratec dealer for details. Copy — Press to change from Fax mode to Copy mode. Note: If the optional TWAIN driver has been installed, pressing this key changes from Fax mode to Copy mode to Scan mode.
  • Page 15 Getting started — Any function can be started by first pressing this key and then enter- MENU ing the function number. — Press to display one-touch and speed-dial entries sorted TEL INDEX alphanumerically, as in a telephone directory. (See page 3.7.) —...

  • Page 16: Setting Up

    • Dry — Avoid any location where splatters or sprays (such as from a water foun- tain) could reach your fax machine. • Level, and vibration-free. • Near a phone jack — Your fax machine uses a standard (modular) telephone jack, also known as an -11.

  • Page 17: Attach The Paper-Handling Parts

    Gently close the printer cover. Close the top cover. Note: The fax machine will not work unless the cover is properly closed. Attach the paper-handling parts Attach the document tray by inserting it into the appropriate holes, as shown.

  • Page 18: Plug In And Power Up

    Plug in and power up Plug one end of the telephone line cord into the rear side and the other end into a standard telephone wall jack. Plug the non-pronged end of the power cord into the the right rear side of the machine and the pronged end into a 120 V electrical outlet (preferably on a surge suppressor, as mentioned on page 1.5).
  • Page 19 Getting started Loading paper in paper cassette Before you load paper, note the following: • After you load paper in fax’s cassette, you must “tell” your machine what size paper you loaded: letter-, legal- or half letter-sized. You can do this by the “Setting of the paper size” operation. (See page 1.9.) Note: If you will be using letter-sized paper, there’s no need to adjust the cas- sette;...
  • Page 20 Setting of the Paper Size Default setting: Ltr (Letter-sized paper) When you change the size of paper in the paper cassette, you must also change the paper size setting, as shown below. Press , 2, 1, 0, 1, . The shows: MENU ENTER...

  • Page 21: Operating Tips

    … then 1 … and then ENTER the fax machine. Those characters appear in our instructions to separate one number from the other. They do not need to be entered into your fax machine. There is a function (broadcasting) which requires commas to be entered, but there is a special way to enter them.

  • Page 22: Searching The Functions Using The Cursor Key

    Searching the functions using the cursor key Even if you don’t remember the exact commands needed for an operation, you can search for and enter almost all of your unit’s functions using the key and the key. ENTER Note: You can also search for any function with the function table (see pages 1.13 –...

  • Page 23: Entering Characters

    Getting started Entering characters Some settings give you a chance to enter characters; for your TTI, remote fax’s name or others. To enter letters or other characters, use the following guidelines: Using numeric keypad to enter characters You can enter 40 letters, digits or symbols (and space) using the numeric keypad as shown in the character table below.

  • Page 24: Function Table

    Function table Note: Your machine can print a function list. It lists the functions available on your fax machine and the keystrokes needed to complete them. To print a function list, press , 5, 1, 0, 1. MENU Level one function...
  • Page 25 Getting started Level one function Level two function 2. User Settings 2.Fax Settings 3.Copy Settings 4.Printer Settings* 5.Scanner Settings* *3: This option appears only if the optional NIC (network interface card) has been installed. *4: This option appears only if the optional printer controller has been installed. For details see the operating instructions included with the printer controller kit. 1.14 Level three function Summary of setting...
  • Page 26 Enter the e-mail address for archiving of Tx document. Enter the e-mail address for archiving of Rx document. Store the document to be retrieved by other fax machine. Store the document to be retrieved by other F-Code compatible fax machine.
  • Page 27 Getting started Level one function Level two function 4. Doc. Management 3.Print Document 5.Print 1.List Print 2.Printer Function* 6. PC-FAX Commands* 1.PC-FAX *2: This option appears only if the optional RS-232C interface has been installed. *3: This option appears only if the optional NIC (network interface card) has been installed. *4: This option appears only if the optional printer controller has been installed.
  • Page 28 Level one function Level two function Level three function 9. User Install Summary of setting Set-up the following settings: • Language on the LCD and Lists • Current Day and Time • Automatically Daylight saving time • Fax reception mode •...

  • Page 29: Easystart (Initial Settings)

    Getting started EasyStart (Initial settings) EasyStart software is already installed on your Muratec fax machine. It guides you through the process of entering the following settings. These settings you make here can always be changed later. • Language on the LCD and Lists •...
  • Page 30 For now, select Fax Ready. (This setting can always be changed. We’ll discuss reception modes further on pages 2.9–2.10.) Press to save the setting and continue. ENTER now asks you to enter the type of dialing needed for the fax machine, either tone or pulse: Dialing Type :Tone /Enter Press until the mode you want appears.
  • Page 31 Getting started Press . The will show: ENTER TTI 3 ;Upper If you do not want to enter TTI 3, press Use the numeric keypad to enter characters for TTI 3. Press to save the setting and continue. ENTER now asks you to set the usual TTI which will appear usually at the top of faxes you send.
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  • Page 33: Basic Operations

    Using your fax machine as a phone ........

  • Page 34: Sending Faxes

    • Grayscale (“Gray” on the Note: If you send a fax in superfine, certain fax models (especially older, non- Muratec models) receive it only in fine mode. However, you can send a fax in grayscale mode to virtually any fax machine currently in use.

  • Page 35: Memory Transmission

    . The will show: Save Time. By using your fax machine’s memory, you won’t have to wait for your machine while it completes the transmission. Simply scan your document into your machine’s memory, and you can walk away with your original in hand.

  • Page 36: Quick Memory Transmission

    Start Or Cancel This appears because (1) too many pages have been stored in the memory, or (2) the pages that are stored have too much information on them for your fax machine to remember. If this message appears, press...

  • Page 37: Sending A Fax

    If you want to cancel a transmission in progress, use the Review Commands feature. See “Reviewing or canceling commands,” page 2.6. At the end of the operation, your fax machine beeps and displays: 919725552009 Complete Important: Whenever you transmit a document, what actually appears on the top line of the display depends on information stored in the remote fax.

  • Page 38: Sending A Fax Using

    When you hear fax tones, press START If you’re using an optional handset, hang up after pressing At the end of the operation, your fax machine will beep and display: 919725552009 Complete Note: If the call fails and you used MONITOR to hang up.

  • Page 39: Reviewing Or Canceling Commands

    Reviewing or canceling commands CALL Your fax machine can store many “jobs” in its memory. It also keeps track of each command by assigning it a command number, like “C01.” Delayed commands, redial attempts and current fax transmissions are all stored in your fax machine’s memory and given a command number.
  • Page 40 STOP Printing a stored document Your fax machine can print out each document stored for delayed transmission. To print a stored document, you’ll need to know the document’s command number, which you can get by either reviewing the commands or printing a delayed com- mand list (see above).
  • Page 41 Basic operation Press . twice. The COMM CANCEL CONFIRM Communication Result Comm.Cancel/Enter Note: If you want to go back to the previous display, press COMM CANCEL CONFIRM Press . The will show the latest fax transaction. ENTER Tx001:ABC 1/27 10:26 Press until the transaction you want appears.

  • Page 42: Receiving Faxes

    If you have one phone line ringing to several phones in your office and you have an optional handset attached to your fax, there’s no need to run to the fax machine to answer every call. If you happen to answer a fax call while you’re at another extension, put the handset down, but don’t hang up.

  • Page 43: How To Select The Fax Reception Mode

    • You’re using the machine as both a telephone and a fax machine In this mode: Your fax machine rings the number of times you’ve identified in the user settings (the default setting is two times). If you don’t use the optional handset to answer the call, your fax machine answers the call.

  • Page 44: Making Copies

    Note: When you make multiple copies, your machine always sort copies. Note: To stop the copying, press Changing the reduction ratio Your fax machine is capable of reduction when copying. You can choose from 78% (Legal Letter), 100% and Auto.

  • Page 45: Using The Bypass Tray

    Start Or Cancel This appears because (1) too many pages have been stored in the memory, or (2) the pages that are stored have too much information on them for your fax machine to remember. If this message appears, press...

  • Page 46: Using Your Fax Machine As A Phone

    If your fax is equipped with an optional handset, you can use that handset to manu- ally answer calls in the event of a power failure. But your fax machine cannot send or receive a fax during a power failure.

  • Page 47: Attaching An Optional Handset

    2.14 Attaching a second phone Want to attach a second phone (even a cordless model!) to your fax machine, so they can share the same phone jack? No problem. Before we go further, let’s explain the idea. You’re plugging the second phone’s phone line into your machine’s...
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  • Page 49: Advanced Features

    Advanced Features This chapter describes convenient features of your machine. Autodialer ............3.1 Broadcasting .

  • Page 50: Autodialer

    For example, one call group may include all of your clients in one city, another group may include all of your employees and another may include all your vendors. Your fax machine can store as many as 200 numbers in up to 32 call groups. See also “Call group dialing,” pages 3.6–3.7.

  • Page 51: Using One-Touch Keys

    Advanced features Using one-touch keys Your fax machine stores up to 56 one-touch numbers using the keys marked 01–56. Entering or changing a one-touch number Press , 1, 1, 1, . The shows the empty one-touch number: MENU ENTER Select One-Touch...
  • Page 52 (To review Real time transmission, see page 2.3.) One-touch phone dialing To dial a phone call using a one-touch number, you must have an optional handset attached to your machine. (Contact your authorized Muratec dealer to order an optional handset.) To make the call: Obtain a dial tone by doing one of the following: •...

  • Page 53: Using Speed-Dial Numbers

    Advanced features Using speed-dial numbers Your fax machine will store up to 144 speed-dial numbers, designated by three-digit identifier codes from 001 through 144. Entering or changing a speed-dial number Press , 1, 2, 1, . The shows: MENU ENTER Enter Speed Dial No.

  • Page 54: Fax Dialing Via Speed-Dial

    What happens next depends on whether you specified memory transmission or real time transmission: If you specified quick memory transmission: • Your fax machine scans the first page of your document into memory, then dials the other fax machine. • While dialing, your machine scans the other documents into memory.

  • Page 55: Call Group Dialing

    Advanced features Call group dialing If you frequently send the same fax message to more than one location, store the one-touch key(s) or speed-dial number(s) into a group. After you store, you can send the same fax to many different locations by pressing SPEED DIAL GROUP Entering or changing a call group...

  • Page 56: Easydial Directory Dialing

    • If you make a regular phone call, speak after a person answers. s, so you can find them and dial them easily. optional handset attached. . And adjust document mode and ) . The shows the first listing in your fax machine’s TEL INDEX Telephone Index ABC Company :[01] to select the character set —...
  • Page 57 If an EasyDial call fails, what happens next depends upon the kind of call it was. If it was a fax call … … Your fax machine automatically redials the number according to the redial inter- val you’ve set. It keeps trying until either of the following occurs: •...

  • Page 58: Broadcasting

    This means your fax machine is “reserved” for the delayed broadcast you just programmed, but it can still be used to send and receive faxes or to make copies if your broadcast document is stored in memory.

  • Page 59: Delayed Transmission

    Delayed transmission Take advantage of lower evening and weekend long-distance rates with delayed transmission. Your fax machine can store up to 99 delayed commands, each of which you can program up to 31 days in advance. Important: If you program all 99 delayed transmission commands, no further memory transmission is possible until one or more of the commands is completed.

  • Page 60: Batch Transmission

    You can store up to 40 documents (each document can include one page or many pages) into your machine’s five electronic batch boxes.

  • Page 61: Printing A List Of Batch Boxes

    ENTER Storing a document for batch transmission Your fax machine can store up to 40 documents (each document can include one page or many pages) in each batch box until the date and time you designate the batch transmission to take place. Once the batch documents are transmitted, they are automatically erased from the machine’s memory.

  • Page 62: Erasing A Document Stored In A Batch Box

    Erasing a document stored in a batch box To erase a document stored in a batch box on your fax machine: Press , 4, 2, 3, . The shows: MENU ENTER Batch Document Enter Box No. Use the numeric keypad to enter the number (1–5) of the batch box storing the document you want to erase.

  • Page 63: Polling

    Not only can you poll, but you can also be polled. To set up a document for regular polling: If your fax machine is set for Tel Ready reception, change it to the reception mode except the Tel Ready. Important: Your machine can’t be polled if it’s in Tel Ready mode.

  • Page 64: Soft Keys

    Soft keys Soft Keys are shortcut keys. You can assign some functions into these eight keys as you want. If the light above any one of these keys glows, that means the setting programmed into that key is active. The following functions are assigned at the factory: •...

  • Page 65: Special Features

    Advanced features Special features Your fax machine has numerous special features to make your communication easier. We’ll cover them here. Macro keys If you perform the same operation repeatedly, you can automate the operation using a macro. A macro is a series of the several steps that you group together as a single command to accomplish the operation automatically.
  • Page 66 The standby display appears and the machine begins to beep which indi- cates the machine is in the programming mode. MACRO Fax Ready Jan 27 2002 1:30pm Press the keys exactly as though you were programming a current job. The machine will beep during programming to confirm Note: You can program up to 60 steps.

  • Page 67: Printing A List Of Your Macro Keys

    To erase another Macro key, repeat steps 2–4. Or press mode. Printing a list of your Macro keys Your fax machine can print a list of the Macro keys. The list includes: (1) each key’s Macro key number (2) the name of the job stored in the Macro key...

  • Page 68: Fax & Copy

    • Automatic printing of the confirmation report ( Automatic printing of the activity journal Just as a checkbook records your daily financial transactions, your fax machine keeps an activity journal which records its 100 most recent fax transactions. The activity journal lists the following information for each transaction: •...

  • Page 69: Printing An Activity Journal Manually

    ENTER Setting the printing order of the activity journal Your fax machine prints the activity journal for every fax transaction. For example, if your machine has to redial a call, it will list those redials on the journal. If you want to list those activities in the order of their assigned numbers, you can change the printing order of the activity journal.

  • Page 70: Separate Each Received Document (Separator Page)

    To return to standby mode, press STOP Cover page Your fax machine can store a cover page to send at the beginning of each outgoing fax. This page includes the current date and time, your Location (as stored in the ) and a message of up to 40 characters in length.

  • Page 71: Oneline + Distinctive Ring Detection

    ENTER distinctive patterns of the two rings. Your fax machine is also smart enough to tell the difference between two different numbers that are ringing it. All you have to do is set up your machine for the OneLine + distinctive ring detection ( In order to use OneLine + ring service.

  • Page 72: Call Request

    If you still have a problem after trying all of the patterns, please call the Muratec Customer Support Center. (From the United States, call 800-347-3296.) Important: With your machine set for using tern other than the one you selected above. To reset the fax so it will respond once again to normal rings, select “OFF”...

  • Page 73: The Power Of Quadaccess ®

    The power of QuadAccess ® Your fax machine’s QuadAccess feature sharply reduces the time you might spend waiting for the machine to finish its work. QuadAccess is a more powerful version of what already is a pretty powerful feature, called dual access. While a fax with normal dual access allows you to do two things at once, QuadAccess allows you to do four operations at once.
  • Page 74 • Relay box — Receives documents, then relays them to other machines. The machine that relays the document is called a “hub”. Your fax machine can either send to a hub or it can be a hub. 4 elements of an F-Code box...
  • Page 75 The ENTER Box Type :Bulletin /Enter The fax machine is asking which box type you want to assign to this box — bulletin, security or relay. Press until the type of box you want appears. Press ENTER If you chose Bulletin, go on to step 15.
  • Page 76 00 days Use the numeric keypad to enter a two-digit number indicating how many days (00-31), you want your fax machine to keep received documents in this F-Code box. Note: Your fax machine can store incoming documents in F-Code boxes (up to 30 documents) as long as 31 days, after which it automatically erases the documents.

  • Page 77: Printing A List Of F-Code Boxes

    Using a bulletin box Storing a document Your fax machine can store up to 30 documents in each bulletin box. Note: For this operation to work, two things must be true: • The bulletin box must exist on your fax machine.
  • Page 78 Note: If you want to print all documents stored in the bulletin box, simply enter 0 (zero). Press ENTER Your fax machine prints the chosen document(s), then returns to standby mode. Note: If the F-Code box is not storing any documents, the machine briefly displays the following before returning to standby mode:...
  • Page 79 Using a security box Printing a document you receive When your fax machine receives a document via security box, your machine prints a message to let you know. The message lists: (1) the F-Code box number that received the document, (2) the Box name, (3) the remote machine’s...

  • Page 80: Erasing An Empty F-Code Box

    Use the numeric keypad to enter the four-digit Press ENTER If you’ve entered an incorrect . code, your fax machine rejects the attempt and returns to standby mode. If you’ve entered the correct . code, the following two displays will appear...

  • Page 81: F-Code Polling

    Press If in step 7 you chose an immediate polling, your fax machine begins dialing. If you chose a delayed command, the machine shows “Reserved” on the it has stored the command in memory and will complete it later.

  • Page 82: Programmable One-Touch Keys

    Programmable one-touch keys Using the power of programmable one-touch keys In order to complete some operations on your machine, you may have to follow sev- eral steps and press several different buttons. But programming your machine’s one-touch keys (57 to 60) can reduce those many steps to a simple press of a key. You can “teach”...
  • Page 83 Advanced features Option 2: Perform the command at a certain time each day you press the key. (For example, “Do this at 5:05 To select this option, use the numeric keypad to enter 0, 0 and then the time the fax should perform the command: Delayed Enter Time: 00/17:05 Press...
  • Page 84 Programming a broadcast / group Programming a broadcast is very similar to programming a delayed transmission. But instead of sending to just one phone number, you set up multiple numbers for the transmission. To program a broadcast / group into a programmable one-touch key: Press , 3, 4, 1, .
  • Page 85 Advanced features Press . The shows: ENTER Type :Communication /Enter Press until “Communication” appears. Press . The shows: ENTER 58:Fax#/Comm.Options Press twice. The shows: COMM OPTIONS 2.Polling /Enter Press . The shows: ENTER 58:Fax#/Comm.Options Use the numeric keypad to enter the number exactly as your machine should dial it, including whatever codes your phone system requires.
  • Page 86 Press . The shows: ENTER Enter Password Note: If there isn’t a password for this box, skip to step 12. Use the numeric keypad to enter the appropriate Press . The shows: ENTER 58:Fax#/Comm.Options Use the numeric keypad to enter the number exactly as your machine should dial it, including whatever codes your phone system requires.

  • Page 87: Programming A Batch Transmission

    Programming a batch transmission For this operation to work, two things must be true: • The batch box you’re using must exist on your fax machine. • You must know the batch box’s identifier number (1–5). To program a batch transmission into a programmable one-touch key:...

  • Page 88: Programming Printouts

    Press . The now asks if you want to make additional settings for ENTER this programmable one-touch number. Option :Off /Enter If you do not want to make additional settings, select “Off” and press Then skip to step 12. If you do want to make additional settings, press ENTER Follow steps 13–25 on page 3.34.
  • Page 89 If you want to program a programmable one-touch key to store an F-Code polling document, two things must be true: • The F-Code bulletin box must exist on your fax machine. • You must know the F-Code bulletin box’s two-digit number (01-50) and name.
  • Page 90 9-1-972-555-4335 Normal Printing a list of your programmable one-touch keys You fax machine can print a list of the commands you’ve stored in your programma- ble one-touch keys. The list includes: (1) each key’s one-touch number (2) the fax/telephone number (3) when the command should start (4) which command you’ve selected...

  • Page 91: Security Features

    Advanced features Security features Your machine has a number of security features to keep your private fax documents private, avoid unwanted outside communication and even protect against unautho- rized use of your machine. These security features include: (1) Security reception, (2) PIN mask, (3) Block junk fax, and (4) Department codes. The passcode Your machine has a passcode protection system which must be turned on in order to use the security features listed below:...

  • Page 92: Masking The Pin

    Use the numeric keypad to enter the passcode. Press ENTER • If you’ve entered the correct passcode, your fax machine will print all docu- • If you’ve entered an incorrect passcode, your fax machine will refuse to Masking the To prevent unauthorized long-distance calls, some office telephone systems require you to enter a personal identification number ( Your fax’s...
  • Page 93 Dialing from the numeric keypad while using the If you’ve specified Mode 1 — use “star” power , up to eight characters in , the fax machine beeps, and then returns to step 4. Mode 1, any autodialer numbers you use must include .

  • Page 94: Setting Block Junk Fax

    Block Junk Fax: • Off — The feature isn’t activated. • Mode1 — Your fax machine checks whether the last four digits of any phone mask number in your autodialer matches the last four digits of the remote fax’s sub-...
  • Page 95 Advanced features Press until the mode you want appears. Press to save the setting. ENTER What you do next depends on what you selected in step 1: • If you selected Off or Mode1, press STOP • If you selected either Mode2 or Mode3, go on to step 4. shows: Enter Fax Number 01:_...

  • Page 96: Using Department Codes

    After you turn on this setting, assign specific code numbers to your office’s fax users and tell them to enter these department codes before sending faxes. Note: Please note that using this setting may block access to the fax machine. Entering a department code Your machine can hold up to 100 separate department codes.
  • Page 97 ENTER Sending a fax using a department code For this operation to work, two things must be true: • The four-digit department code must exist on your fax machine. • You must know the department code. Insert the document. Adjust document mode and contrast if necessary.
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  • Page 99: Default Settings

    Changing the default settings This chapter describes how to change the settings of your machine. Settings for transmission ..........4.1 Settings for reception .

  • Page 100: Settings For Transmission

    “Line noise,” or static on the line during a call, can easily disrupt the flow of data from one fax machine to another. That’s why your fax machine gives you the option of using Error Correction Mode ). When two fax machines communicate while running in ) or grayscale mode machine automatically checks the data as it sends.

  • Page 101: Tti Transmission

    MEMORY TRANSMIT Quick Memory transmission Default setting: ON. Important: Your fax machine’s memory transmission feature must be turned on to use Quick Memory transmission (see above). To change the default setting of Quick Memory transmission: Press , 2, 2, 0, 7, .

  • Page 102: Settings For Reception

    Settings for reception Print settings You can set three parameters for printing received fax messages: • Print reduction rate • Reduction margin • Paper save function You set all three in the same procedure, discussed on next column. Following is a explanation for each: Print reduction rate Print reduction lets you set the machine to reduce large incoming documents to a...

  • Page 103: Setting The Number Of Rings

    Changing the default settings Setting the number of rings Default setting: 2 times. You can set how many times your fax machine will ring before answering a call. Choose from 1 to 9 rings. Press , 2, 2, 0, 3, .

  • Page 104: Settings For Dialing

    Settings for dialing Changing the dialing pause length Default setting: 2 seconds. The pause is set by the factory to last two seconds, but you can set it to last as long as ten seconds if necessary. To change the pause length: Press , 2, 2, 0, 5, .

  • Page 105: Settings For Copying

    Changing the default settings Settings for copying Scan settings Default setting: Primary document mode: Fine, Primary contrast: Normal Two different settings tell your machine how to scan documents. The initial factory settings are probably right for most applications, so try using them before changing any of these settings: •...
  • Page 106 Bypass Tray priority If you set the same sized paper to both the paper cassette and bypass tray, and this mode is turned to on, the machine gives priority to use the paper which is set on the bypass tray than the paper in the cassette. To adjust the copy print settings Default setting: Copy reduction rate: 100%, Margin: 24 mm, Bypass tray priority: Off Press...

  • Page 107: Settings For Operation

    If this option appears, skip to step 10. If you didn’t turn any of these off, your fax machine returns to standby mode. shows your fax’s current setting: Alarm&Key Volume:Mid...

  • Page 108: Setting Sleep Mode (Energy Saving Mode)

    Setting Sleep mode (Energy saving mode) Default setting: On Note: All lamps on the control panel will not be off, even when the machine is in the sleep mode. If you want to change the Sleep mode to OFF, you can set it here. Press , 2, 1, 0, 5, .

  • Page 109: Printing Your Settings

    Changing the default settings Press to save the setting. ENTER now asks you to select Lower or Upper tray for fax reception. Press until the tray you want appears. Fax Exit :Upper /Enter Press to save the setting. ENTER now asks you to select Lower or Upper tray for list printing. Press until the tray you want appears.
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  • Page 111 Caring for your fax machine ........

  • Page 112: Clearing Paper Jams

    Clearing paper jams If an original document jams If an original document jams in the while scanning the document into the memory for faxing or copying, the will show: Document Jam ContStor Enter/Cancl If you do wish to continue the operation, press To abort the operation, press .

  • Page 113: If A Printout Jams Inside Your Machine

    Just in case … If a printout jams inside your machine Important: Be careful not to put your hand between the top cover and the machine. To clear a printout jammed inside your machine: Open the top cover. Open the printer cover. Remove the toner and drum cartridge.

  • Page 114: Print Quality Problems

    If your machine’s printouts develop quality problems, try to find the example below that matches your printout problem. When you find one which is like yours, try the suggested solutions. If they don’t work, contact your authorized Muratec dealer. Pages are blank •...
  • Page 115 ABCDE • The charger may be dirty. Your machine normally cleans the charger automatically. If other solutions fail, please contact your authorized Muratec dealer. Printouts have toner smudges ABCDE • The toner may be unevenly distributed inside the toner cartridge.

  • Page 116: Troubleshooting

    Alarm Your fax machine sounds an alarm tone — a series of short beeps — if either of these two problems occur: • Trouble transmitting or receiving •...
  • Page 117 You tried to turn on the department code setting but there are no department codes stored in your fax machine. Store at least one department code, then try again..or . . . You entered incorrect department code at fax sending while the department feature is on.
  • Page 118 Print the received document from your fax’s memory, then retry the desired operation. Your drum will need to be replaced soon. Please contact your authorized Muratec dealer to purchase a new drum cartridge if you don’t already have one.

  • Page 119: Errors

    , but security reception (These same factors cause the static, or line noise, you sometimes hear on phone calls.) They also can be caused by problems with the fax machine at the other end of the line. Often, simply trying your call again is all that’s necessary. However, if the problem persists regularly, call your local telephone company for help.
  • Page 120 Someone pressed at the receiving fax machine. STOP .1.5 The fax machine didn’t detect the silence at the end of the call for receiving .2.3 Poor phone line conditions made fax communication impossible. Call some- one at the remote machine’s location.
  • Page 121 • The resulting error code • A communications error message (see “What error messages can mean,” below) • The phone number (or , if programmed) of the fax machine with which your machine had attempted to communicate. What error messages can mean The error messages on Check Message printouts can mean a variety of things.

  • Page 122: Caring For Your Fax Machine

    • Always use good, copier-quality paper. • Always clean your fax machine as needed (see “Cleaning tips,” below). • Never install your fax machine where it can overheat, gather dust or get splashed by any liquids (even water). Cleaning tips Some things to keep in mind about cleaning your fax machine: •...

  • Page 123: If You Have Unsatisfactory Printout Quality

    Review “Print quality problems” (pages 5.3-5.4), and see whether any of the proposed solutions helps your machine. If none do, please call your authorized Muratec dealer or call the Muratec Customer Support Center at (800) 347-3296 (from the U.S. only).

  • Page 124: Common Questions

    Common questions We’re here to help you! The Muratec Information System is available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can use your fax machine to call this “fax-on-demand” system and receive printouts of information, such as the most common questions asked about your machine.
  • Page 125 A: Set your machine to print a confirmation report after each transmission (see pages 3.20). Q: I don’t want to install a dedicated phone line for my fax machine, so I’ve con- nected the machine to a phone system. When I get a fax call, all the phones ring.

  • Page 126: Receiving Faxes

    How a fax machine works is simple: power jack to receive a You put a page into your fax machine’s feeder and call a fax number. Your machine makes a satisfactory connection with the other machine, and then … • Your machine takes the document.

  • Page 127: Glossary

    10 (256 mm) wide to a unit with an 8.3 (210 mm) print width. The receiving fax machine will receive a reduced-size printout of the complete image. Bit — The smallest unit of information in a computer. Some Muratec fax machines, which are actually computers “dedicated” to telecommunications, allow users to change bits of infor- mation to provide or cancel features through software settings.
  • Page 128 Muratec-manufactured units (see also SMSE switches — Dual in-line package switch; a two-position on/off switch. Many Muratec fax machines include switches to control optional settings or features. Document feeder — The adjustable slot into which users place documents for faxing or copying.
  • Page 129 See also SMSE Monitor — A speaker in most Muratec fax machines which allows the user to hear the dial- ing process. This is not a speakerphone, because it has no microphone for speaking to the person being called. For regular two-way voice communication, users must use the optional handset.
  • Page 130 — Public switched telephone network; the most common type of telephone lines and PSTN service in use, in contrast to private or leased lines. A Muratec fax provides fast, reliable data transmission over a line, and does not need a special or dedicated telephone line. See PSTN also Private line.
  • Page 131 Muratec fax machine and use the two on one phone line. — Transmit confirmation report; this provides proof that your Muratec fax did send the document you set for transmission. Printed after transmission, the telephone number to which the fax sent the document, plus the actual time of transmission and how many pages the unit transmitted.
  • Page 132 Just in case … This page intentionally blank. 5.21...
  • Page 133 Appendix and index...

  • Page 134: Specifications

    Specifications General Type: Desktop plain paper facsimile Compatibility: ITU-T Group 3 and Super Group 3 Phone system: Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or equivalent Dual access: Multitasking QuadAccess Memory capacity: Standard: 8MB (650 pages* approx.) Upgrade Option: plus 8MB (additional 680 pages* approx.) = total 1330 pages* Memory backup time: (Total memory capacity: Backup time)
  • Page 135 Toner cartridge life: Starter toner cartridge life: * Using the ITU-T Test Document 1 to a Muratec fax machine with normal resolution. ** Based on transmission of ITU-T Test Document 1 to a Muratec fax machine. Your *** In the case that the remote fax has the ability of “203 dpi 392 lpi”.

  • Page 136: Regulatory Information

    In the event repairs are ever needed on your fax machine, they should be done by Muratec America, Inc., or an authorized representative of Muratec America, Inc. For information, contact the Muratec Customer Support Center at 800-347-3296 (from the U.

  • Page 137: Limited Warranty

    4. Muratec will not be required to make adjustments, repairs or replacements if the product is installed or used at a location deemed by Muratec to be hazardous to health or safety, or if Muratec is not provided with free and reasonable access to the product and a telephone during service availability hours, or if the product location is not accessible by an authorized Muratec service vehicle.

  • Page 138: Index

    Caring for your fax machine ........
  • Page 139 Appendix and index Memory transmission ........... . . 4.2 Number of rings .
  • Page 140 Regulatory information ............Reports, confirmation .
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  • Page 142 Muratec America, Inc. 6400 International Parkway Suite 1500 Plano, Texas 75093 http://www.muratec.com © Muratec America, Inc. 2002 Printed in China. MAI order number: OMF320 MML item number: D94-90070-60...

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