Specifying the Default Fax Settings

This section describes how to access the fax driver screen from the [Control Panel] and how to specify the default fax settings.

You can edit address books, register cover sheet templates, set page formats, etc.

IMPORTANT
To change the default fax settings, you must log on to your computer as a member of the Administrators group.

Click [

] (Start) → [Devices and Printers].

NOTE
For Windows 8/8.1/Server 2012/2012 R2: From the desktop, display the charm bar to the right of the screen, and click or tap [Settings] → [Control Panel] → [Devices and printers]. For Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [] (Start) → [Control Panel] → [Printer]. For Windows XP Professional/Server 2003, click [Start] → [Printers and Faxes]. For Windows XP Home Edition, click [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Printers and Other Hardware] → [Printers and Faxes].

NOTE

For Windows 8/8.1/Server 2012/2012 R2: From the desktop, display the charm bar to the right of the screen, and click or tap [

Settings] → [Control Panel] → [Devices and printers].

For Windows Vista/Server 2008, click [

] (Start) → [Control Panel] → [Printer].

For Windows XP Professional/Server 2003, click [Start] → [Printers and Faxes].

For Windows XP Home Edition, click [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Printers and Other Hardware] → [Printers and Faxes].

Right-click the icon of the fax whose settings you want to configure → click [Printing Preferences].

Specify the desired settings in the fax driver screen → click [OK].

Click each tab and specify the desired items.

You can configure the following functions.

Using Subaddresses for Secure Transmission

Setting the Fax Send Time

Attaching a Cover Sheet

Registering a Profile for Faxing

Editing the address book (see "Registering a Person in an Address Book," "Registering a Group in an Address Book," "Importing Address Book Entries," "Exporting Address Book Entries," and "Changing the Address Book Export Destination."

For details about other functions, view Help (see "Viewing Help").

NOTE
When faxing, you can change the default settings in the fax driver screen whenever required. The display may vary according to the operating system and fax driver version you are using. You can set an outside line dialing prefix for each communication mode. To set [Communication Mode], the communication mode needs to be correctly set to match the connection environment in the [Device Settings] tab. If it is not set correctly, wrong transmissions and transmission errors may occur.

NOTE

When faxing, you can change the default settings in the fax driver screen whenever required.

The display may vary according to the operating system and fax driver version you are using.

You can set an outside line dialing prefix for each communication mode. To set [Communication Mode], the communication mode needs to be correctly set to match the connection environment in the [Device Settings] tab. If it is not set correctly, wrong transmissions and transmission errors may occur.