Epson C823301 User Manual
C823301
Fax I/F Board
User’s Manual
Introduction
This EPSON® Fax Interface Board adds standalone plain paper
fax reception to your EPSON laser printer. The Fax Interface
Board is a G3 facsimile receiver and can be connected to any
standard two-wire phone line.
The Fax Interface Board can also serve as a Class 1 Fax modem
connected to a computer’s serial interface if you use the proper
fax software (which is not included in this package).
After you install the board in your printer and connect it to an
appropriate telephone line, you can receive faxes any time the
printer is turned on and is on line, or while it is printing. The
printer cannot receive faxes if it is off line or turned off.
Printers that can use the interface board
The board can be installed in the optional interface slot of these
EPSON printers:
EPLTM-8000 (for this printer, notice the setting on page 6)
ActionLaser II
ActionLaser 1000
ActionLaser 1500
ActionLaser 1600
Introduction 1
Setup
Setting up your fax board is a four-step process:
1.
Set the DIP switches on the board.
2.
Install the board in your printer.
3.
Plug the appropriate cables into the board.
4.
Perform a self test.
Before you install your fax board, you need to make a number
of choices about how your fax board will work. Read the
descriptions below, make your choices, and then proceed with
your setup.
Fax reception modes
This board has three fax reception modes:
o
Automatic reception-it starts to receive a fax when the
ring signal is detected.
o
Selective reception-it starts to receive a fax either 15 or
30 seconds after it detects a ring signal (depending on the
setting you select).
o
Manual reception-you have to use software or press the
manual reception button to receive a fax.
2
Setup
Automatic reception
Select this mode if you use the fax board with a telephone line
that you use exclusively for fax reception.
If you select Automatic reception mode, the board receives
faxes automatically any time fax data is received and the
printer it turned on. If you wish, you can connect a telephone
to the PHONE connector and place calls when the fax board is
not receiving a fax, but you cannot answer any calls.
Selective reception
Use this mode if you want the fax board to share the same line
with a telephone.
In this mode the telephone rings for a short time (15 or 30
seconds, depending on your setting) when a call comes in and
then the board begins fax reception if you do not answer the
telephone. If you answer the phone and it is a fax transmission,
you press the manual reception button and transmission
begins. If it is a voice call and you do not answer the phone,
the caller will hear a fax tone.
You can place telephone calls any time the board is not
receiving a fax.
Setup 3
Manual or software reception
Select this mode if you want to connect the fax board to your
computer and use fax sending and receiving software or if you
use the fax board with a telephone line that you usually use for
voice calls.
In this mode, you receive a fax using your fax software or in
the following manner:
1.
Answer the telephone connected to the fax board.
2.
Push the manual reception button within 20 seconds after
you hear the fax tone signal.
3.
Hang up your telephone when the fax tone stops.
You can make a telephone call or answer the phone any time
the fax board is not receiving fax data.
4
Setup
Once you have decided which fax reception setting you want,
set the DIP switches according to the table below.
This illustration shows the location of the switches; on is up
and off is down.
ON
OFF
I
1
I I
I
I
L
I
Manual Reception
Button
Fax reception settings
I SWl-1
OFF OFF
OFF
ON
ON ON
I SWl-2 I
ON
OFF
Phone
Line
Functions
Automatic reception mode (default)
Selective reception mode (15 second delay)
Selective reception mode (30 second delay)
1 Manual reception mode
Telephone Serial Interface
Setup 5
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