Dell 1600n User Manual page 111

Option Description
Ring To Answer You can specify the number of times the machine rings, 1-7, before answering
an incoming call.
Contrast You can select the default contrast mode to fax your documents lighter or
darker.
• Lighter works well with dark print.
• Normal works well with standard typed or printed documents.
• Darker works well with light print or faint pencil markings.
Redial Term Your machine can automatically redial a remote fax machine if it was busy.
Intervals from 1-15 minutes can be entered.
Redials You can specify the number of redial attempts, 0-13. If you enter 0, the
machine will not redial.
MSG Confirm You can set your machine to print a report showing whether the transmission
was successful, how many pages were sent, and more. The available options
are On, Off and On-Error, which prints only when a transmission is not
successful.
Auto Report A report with detailed information about the previous 50 communications
operations, including time and dates. The available options are On or Off.
Auto Reduction When receiving a document as long as or longer than the paper loaded in the
paper tray, the machine can reduce the size of the document to fit the size of
paper loaded in the machine. Select On if you want to automatically reduce
the incoming document.
With this feature set to Off, the machine cannot reduce the document to fit
onto one page, the document is divided and printed in actual size on two or
more pages.
Discard Size When receiving a document as long as or longer than the paper installed in
your machine, you can set the machine to discard any excess at the bottom of
the page. If the received page is outside the margin you set, it will print on
two sheets of paper at the actual size.
When the document is within the margin and the Auto Reduction feature is
turned on, the machine reduces the document to fit it onto the appropriate
sized paper and discard does not occur. If the Auto Reduction feature is
turned off or fails, the data within the margin will be discarded. Settings
range from 0-30 mm.
Receive Code The Receive Code allows you to initiate fax reception from an extension
phone plugged into the Phone Jack (
pick up the extension phone and hear fax tones, enter the Receive Code. The
Receive Code is preset to *9* at the factory. Settings range from 0-9. See
page 125 for more information about using the code.
DRPD Mode You can receive a call using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection (DRPD)
feature which enables a user to use a single telephone line to answer several
different telephone numbers. In this menu, you can set the machine to
recognize the ring patterns to answer. For details about this feature, see
page 125.
) on the back of the machine. If you
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