Flow of Sending Fax Operations

This section describes the flow of operations for sending a fax.
1.
Place your originals.
For information on placing your originals, see "Placing Originals."
2.
Press [Fax] → specify the desired destinations.
If the desired function is not displayed on the Main Menu screen, press [Show All].
IMPORTANT
If [Fax] is set to 'On' in Limit New Destination, you cannot enter new destinations. In this case, select a stored destination by using the Local Address Book, the Remote Address Book, LDAP server, or One-touch Buttons. (See "Restricting Sending to New Addresses.")
NOTE
You can specify up to 256 destinations at the same time. However, if you specify a group address as a destination, each address stored in that group is counted as one destination.
The icons that appear on the screen are:
:
Fax
:
Group
For instructions on selecting a destination in the address book, see the procedure below.
For instructions on specifying a new destination, see the procedure below.
3.
Press [Options] → specify the settings as necessary.
Press  or  to display the desired mode.
For more information on setting each mode, see the corresponding section.
4.
Press (Start).
The following screen appears when you place your original on the platen glass. Follow the instructions as displayed, and press (Start) once for each original. When scanning is complete, press [Start Sending].
Scan the original again from the first page if a message appears indicating that scanning was cancelled because the data size for the scanned original exceeded the maximum data size.
You may be able to perform scanning by changing the following settings.
-Lower the resolution (See "Setting the Resolution.")
-Reduce the sharpness (See "Adjusting the Image Sharpness.")
NOTE
If you set the Preview mode, you can verify the images from the Preview screen before sending your document. (See "Preview.")
The machine automatically detects the size of the original.
5.
When scanning is complete, remove your originals.

NOTE
For information on the following settings, see their respective sections:
Main power and control panel power (See "Main Power and Control Panel Power.")
Instructions on entering characters using the keys that appear on the touch panel display. (See "Entering Characters from the Touch Panel Display.")
Routine Maintenance (See "Routine Maintenance," in the Basic Operation Guide.)
The maximum number of fax jobs that the machine can handle is 64, including jobs with error codes. However, the actual number of send jobs that the machine can handle may be less than 64, depending on the following conditions:
When multiple documents are being sent at the same time
When large documents are being sent
When a large amount of memory is being used for the Fax/I-Fax Inbox.
You can print a report that contains the results of all send jobs. (See "Fax TX Report" and "Fax Activity Report")
If you are using a login service, it is necessary to log in to the machine with the appropriate procedure for the login service.
If you are using the optional Card Reader-C1/Copy Card Reader-F1 to perform Department ID Management, see "Card Reader-C1/Copy Card Reader-F1."
If you are using Department ID Management, see "Entering the Department ID and PIN."
For more information on the SSO-H login service, see "Login Service."
For information on cancelling a send job, see "Cancelling a Job."
You can also cancel a send job from the Status Monitor/Cancel screen. (See "Cancelling a Job Being Sent or Waiting to Be Sent.")