4 Fax
100
Fax
4
Fax Procedure
This section describes the basic fax operations. The following shows the fax flow and
reference sections.
Step 1 Loading Documents.......................................................................................................100
Step 2 Selecting Features ..........................................................................................................102
Step 3 Specifying the Destination.............................................................................................103
Step 4 Starting the Fax Job .......................................................................................................104
Step 5 Confirming the Fax Job in the Job Status ......................................................................105
Step 1 Loading Documents
There are two methods for loading documents:
Document Feeder
z
Single sheet
z
Multiple sheets
Document Glass
z
Single sheet
z
Bound documents, such as books
Document Feeder
The document feeder supports single and multiple sheet documents with sizes from
139.7 x 210 mm (A5, 5.5 x 8.5 inches) to 297 x 600 mm (long) (A3, 11 x 17 inches).
The document feeder automatically detects documents of standard-size widths.
Note • The standard document sizes that can be detected automatically depend on the [Paper Size
Settings] in the System Administration mode. For information on the paper size settings,
refer to "Paper Size Settings" (P.285).
The sizes on the left are detected as the sizes shown on the right.
z
8-inch width document J B5 width document
z
10-inch width document J B4 width document
The document feeder accepts the following number of sheets.
For information on faxing mixed sized documents, refer to "Mixed Sized Originals (Scanning Different
Size Documents Simultaneously)" (P.127).
Important • Place folded or creased documents on the document glass to avoid paper jams.
• 2-sided scanning of lightweight paper (38 - 48 g/m
2
) is not supported.
Document Type (Weight)
Number of
Sheets
Lightweight paper (38 - 49 g/m
2
) 75 sheets
Plain paper (50 - 80 g/m
2
) 75 sheets
Heavyweight paper (81 - 128 g/m
2
) 50 sheets