Muratec MFX-1500E, 41500E User Manual

Series 41500E

MFX-1500E Operating Instructions

Plain-paper fax machines

MML item number: D71-90430-60
MAI order number: OMMFX1500E

One-Touch Keys

Press To:

Program A 1 Enter

Enter a one-touch key

“ “ 2 Enter

Erase a one-touch key

“ “ 3 Enter

Print a list of one-touch keys

Speed-Dial Numbers

Program B 1 Enter

Enter a speed dial number

“ “ 2 Enter

Erase a speed dial number

“ “ 3 Enter

Print a list of speed dial numbers

Programmable One-Touch Keys

Program C 1 Enter

Enter a programmable key

“ “ 2 Enter

Erase a programmable key

“ “ 3 Enter

Print a list of programmable keys

Polling Documents

Program D 1 Enter

Store a polling document

“ “ 2 Enter

Erase a polling document

“ “ 3 Enter

Print a polling document

Soft Key Features

Program E Enter

Set a Soft Key

Delayed Commands

Program F 1 Enter

Print a list of delayed commands

“ “ 2 Enter

Print a stored document

Activity Journal and Reports

Program G 1 Enter

Turn the journal printout on or off

“ “ 2 Enter

Print a activity journal

“ “ 3 Enter

Set the type of report

“ “ 4 Enter

Set the order for the reports

Print a List of Groups

Program H Enter

Print a list of groups

EasyStart Settings

Program I Enter

Enter EasyStart settings

User Settings

Program J 01 Enter

Review / change your scan settings

“ “ 02 Enter

Review / change your print settings

“ “ 03 Enter

Set copy protection

“ “ 04 Enter

Set the dialing pause

“ “ 05 Enter

Set # of rings before auto answer

“ “ 06 Enter

Set the redial

“ “ 07 Enter

Select ECM mode

“ “ 08 Enter

Set a passcode

“ “ 09 Enter

Create a closed network

“ “ 10 Enter

Set security transmission

“ “ 11 Enter

Block junk fax

“ “ 12 Enter

Set the service mode

“ “ 13 Enter

Select memory transmission

“ “ 14 Enter

Set confirmation stamp

“ “ 15 Enter

Set PIN mode

“ “ 16 Enter

Protect passcode

“ “ 17 Enter

Set Quick Transmission

“ “ 18 Enter

Set Image Rotation

“ “ 19 Enter

Select silent mode

Press

To:

Program J 20 Enter

Set DRD

“ “ 21 Enter

Print machine settings

Cover Page

Program K 1 Enter

Select the cover page option

“ “ 2 Enter

Enter cover page information

“ “ 3 Enter

Print cover page

Numbering Pages

Program L Enter

Set the number of pages

Department Codes

Program M 1 Enter

Set the department protection

“ “ 2 Enter

Set the department code

“ “ 3 Enter

Turn department code setting on/off

“ “ 4 Enter

Print department time list

“ “ 5 Enter

Clear department time list

Batch Transmission

Program N 1 Enter

Create or modify batch box

“ “ 2 Enter

Print list of batch boxes

“ “ 3 Enter

Print list of batch documents

“ “ 4 Enter

Print batch document

“ “ 5 Enter

Erase batch box

“ “ 6 Enter

Erase batch document

Security Operations

Program O 1 Enter

Set security reception

“ “ 2 Enter

Print security reception document

F-Code Feature

Program P 1 Enter

Set F-Code box

“ “ 2 Enter

Print list of F-Code boxes

“ “ 3 Enter

Print list of F-Code documents

“ “ 4 Enter

Print F-Code document

“ “ 5 Enter

Erase F-Code box

“ “ 6 Enter

Erase F-Code document

“ “ 7 Enter

Store F-Code document

Fax Forward

Program Q 1 Enter

Set Fax forward

“ “ 2 Enter

Print a list of transfer pattern

Reset Printer Option

Program R Enter

Reset printer option

(Printer function requires optional equipment.)

PC-to-Fax Operations

Program S 1 Enter

Begin a PC-to-Fax scan

“ “ 2 Enter

Set RS-232C

“ “ 3 Enter

PC-Fax Initialization

(PC-to-fax functions require optional equipment.

See your authorized Muratec dealer for details.)

MFX-1500E Quick Reference

Muratec America, Inc.

6400 International Parkway

Suite 1500

Plano, Texas 75093

http://www.muratec.com

© Muratec Americ,Inc.1999 Printed in Japan.

Welcome …

Thank you!

Thanks for selecting a Muratec fax machine for your
business.

Before you begin, please note that before your fax can be
used and before you can turn on power to the unit for the
first time, there are important precautions to take. Please
see page 1.7 for more information.

Trademarks

Muratec, the Muratec logo and all Muratec fax product names contained herein are
trademarks of Muratec America,Inc.

E

NERGYSTAR

is a registered mark of the United States Environmental Protection

Agency.

Copyright

Copyright © 1999 by Muratec Americ,Inc,All rights reserved.

As an Energy Star®partner ,Muratec America, Inc., has deter­mined that this product meets the Energy Star guidelines for
energy efficiency.

Super G3 is an extension of Group 3 fax technology standards,
allowing the use of high-speed

ITU-TV

.34 bis modems for 33.6
Kbps transmission and high-speed protocols for rapid handshak­ing.

JBIG

— Joint Bi-level Image experts Group,the new

ITU-T

stan-

dard image data compression method.As

JBIG

compresses the

data more efficiently than

MMR

, it is especially effective when

transmitting halftone (grayscale) image document.

This manual and any updates to it can be found online at www.muratec.com
Go to the “Products”section of this site, then click on “MFX-1500E”

Where to set up your fax machine

Follow these guidelines when setting up your fax machine:

Away from direct sunlight

To avoid overheating, set up your fax machine away
from direct sunlight or a heater.

Level, and vibration-free

To avoid damage to the mac hine or injuries, set the
fax machine up in a level, vibration-free location.

Avoid extreme high / low temperature

Use your fax machine within the temperature range
of 50º F to 89.6º F (10º C to 32º C).

Away from a television or radio

Many appliances and office equipment, including
televisions, radios, copy machines, air conditioners
and computers, can generate electronic noise that
can interfere with the operation of your fax
machine.

Clean

Dust buildup can damage your fax. Periodically
clean your fax machine as described in the operating
instructions. Do not use a dust cover, which can
cause damaging overheating.

Near a phone jack

Your fax machine uses a standard (modular) tele­phone jack, also known as an RJ-11.

Space around the fax machine

To ensure proper ventilation and easy operation,set
up the machine in an area that meets the minimum
requirements for clearance as illustrated below.

Before using your Muratec fax machine

20 cm
(7.9 inches)

20 cm
(7.9 inches)

20 cm
(7.9 inches)

60 cm
(23.6 inches)

60 cm
(23.6 inches)

50 - 89.6 F

Power requirements

Plug in the power cord

Plug the power cord carefully and completely into a
wall outlet. Do not leave any portion of the electrical
cord’s metal plugs exposed. Doing so could cause a
fire and poses a risk of electrical shock.

Do not share an extension cord
connector with other plugs

It can cause electrical shock.

Do not share an outlet with a large
appliance

High-consumption appliances such as a refrigerator
or air conditioner can cause “draw-downs”which
could damage your fax machine.

120 VAC outlet

Use a standard three-pronged 120 V electrical outlet
to power your fax machine. Using any other electri­cal outlet will cause damage to your fax.

For domestic use only

Never use your fax machine outside the country in
which you purchased it. Doing so may violate
telecommunication and safety regulations of that
country,and variations in electrical and telephone
standards can cause poor performance and damage
to your fax.

General Precautions

Never disassemble your fax machine!

Disassembling your fax machine can cause serious
injury to you and damage to your fax. If service is
required, call your authorized Muratec dealer.

Keep away from liquids

Keep liquids and metal pins or other objects away
from your fax machine. If something falls into the
fax machine, remove the plug from the outlet, and
call your authorized Muratec dealer.

Never handle your fax machine or
power cord with wet hands

Never touch your fax machine or power cord if your
hands are wet.

During electrical storms, disconnect
the plug from the outlet

Electrical storms can cause electrical shock or
damage to the fax machine.

AC 120V

Do not put furniture or equipment on
the power cord

Do not put anything on or over the electrical power
cord, and do not route the power cord under rugs or
carpets. Doing so can damage the power cord or fax,
and can cause fire or electrical shock.

Avoid temperature fluctuations

Sudden changes in temperature can cause damag­ing condensation to form inside your fax machine.

Allow clearance around the outlet

Don’t stack boxes or furniture around the outlet.

Use caution when carrying the fax

Lift and carry the fax machine as described in your
operating instructions.Some fax machines require
two people to safely and properly carry.

Use supplies manufactured
specifically for Muratec fax machines

Using toner cartridges and other supplies that are
not manufactured specifically for Muratec machines
may affect the operation of your unit.

Storing and handling toner cartridges

To avoid damage to your fax mac hine and to assure the best performance possible,
follow these guidelines when storing and handling toner cartridges:

Store the cartridge

Store toner cartridge at a constant temperature within a range of 50º F to 89.6º F
(10º C to 32º C). Do not store cartridges in locations subject to extreme fluctuation of
temperature and humidity.

Do not stand the cartridge on its end and do not store it
upside down.

Do not open the protective bag of the cartridge until you are
ready to install the cartridge.

Do not store cartridges in areas of:

• Direct sunlight

• Dusty conditions

• Near floppy disks or other computer media, computer screens, or any other mate­rials sensitive to magnetic fields.

Do not burn toner cartridges!

The toner powder is extremely flammable. Exposure to
flame can cause toner cartridges to burn or explode, causing
serious injury.

Be careful not to get the toner powder in
your eyes.

If the toner powder gets in your eyes,wash your eyes well
and see a doctor.

Keep cartridges away from water or oil.
Do not expose cartridges to direct sunlight.
Do not expose toner cartridges to static or

other electrical shock.

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These instructions are divided into three sections.

•

“Getting started” (page 1.1) covers only what you must know to
use your machine immediately.

•

“Beyond the basics” (page 2.1) provides more details.When you
have time,look through it to learn more about your machine’s
many features.

•

Finally, “Just in case … ” (page 3.1) helps you if you ever have a
problem with your machine. It also tells you how to give your
machine the kind of easy, sensible care that should keep troubles to
a minimum.

Thanks for choosing Muratec.

Find your serial number and write it down

Please note that your
machine’s serial number is
located on the bar code
label as shown on the
drawing at right. Use the
blank at the bottom of this
column to copy this down
before you set up your
machine.

Note: The IClabel and

ID

label do not contain
serial number information.

Close up, the bar code label looks some­thing like this,but with a different set of
numbers:

Please copy down your machine’s serial number below for future reference,and note
the machine’s model number:

My machine’s serial number: ________________________________________
My machine’s model number: Muratec MFX-1500E

Bar code labelIC label ID label

Welcome to your Muratec fax machine!

Getting started

A quick introduction to fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1

Packaging contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2

Parts of the Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2

The keys and their functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4

Operating tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6

Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7

Pick an installation spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7

Power tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7

Removing the transport screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7

Installing the printing supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8

Attach the paper-handling parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.9

Loading paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.10

Plug in and power up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12

Turn off the transport mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.12

Adjust the monitor speaker’s volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13

Attaching an optional handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.13

Attaching a second phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.14

EasyStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15

Clearing stored settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15

Entering initial settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15

Sending faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17

Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17

Sending a fax using the

ADF

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.19

Sending a fax using the

FBS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.20

Sending a fax using monitor/call or a handset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.21

Redialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.22

Review Commands, an introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.23

Receiving faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.24

Reception modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.24

Tel Ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.24

Fax Ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25

Fax/Tel Ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.25

Tel/Fax Ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.26

Ans/Fax Ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.26

If the paper runs out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.27

Making copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.28

Making copy settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.28

How to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.29

Setting of enlargement or reduction for copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.31

Copy protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.31

Using your fax machine as a phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

Redial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

Dialing with the monitor speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

EasyDial directory dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

Checking the fax reception mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

Dialing in the event of a power failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

Beyond the basics

Entering settings for your fax machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1

Scan settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1

Using code to enter characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2

Print settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2

Image Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3

Setting the number of rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4

Setting ecm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4

Setting silent mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4

Setting the confirmation stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5

Language settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6

Printing your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6

Printing a program list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.6

Autodialer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7

Autodialer basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7

Call groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8

Using one-touch numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.8

Using speed-dial numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.11

Printing a call group directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.14

EasyDial directory dialing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.15

Broadcasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16

Broadcasting basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16

Delayed broadcasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16

Making changes to broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.16

Delayed transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17

Setting up a delayed transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.17

Reviewing or canceling delayed commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.18

Printing a delayed command list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19

Printing a stored document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.19

Table of Contents

Batch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.20

Creating or modifying a batch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.20

Printing a list of batch boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.21

Storing a document for batch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.21

Printing a list of stored batch documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.21

Printing a document stored in a batch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.22

Erasing a document stored in a batch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.22

Erasing an empty batch box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.23

Special features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.24

Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.24

Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.25

Cover page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.28

Setting the activity journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.29

Setting the reports:

TCR

s and

RCR

s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.30

Quick Memory transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.31

Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.31

OneLine + distinctive ring detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.33

Call request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.34

Numbering pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.35

Transferring documents (Fax Forward) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.35

The power of QuadAccess®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.37

F-Code communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.38

F-Code: an introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.38

Creating or modifying an F-Code box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.38

Printing a list of F-Code boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42

Printing a list of documents stored in your F-Code boxes . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42

Using a bulletin box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.42

Using a security box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.44

Using a relay box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45

Erasing an empty F-Code box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.45

F-Code transmission and polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.46

Programmable one-touch keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.48

Using the power of programmable one-touch keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.48

Programming a delayed transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.48

Programming a broadcast / group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.49

Programming regular polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.50

Programming a batch transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.51

Programming an F-Code transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.52

Programming F-Code polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.53

Fax dialing with programmable one-touc h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.54

Erasing a programmable one-touch key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.54

Printing a list of your programmable one-touch keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.55

Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.56

The passcode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.56

Security reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.56

Masking the

PIN

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.57

Setting security transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.59

Setting for use with a closed network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.60

Setting Block Junk Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.60

Using department codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.62

Just in case …

Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1

If an original document jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1

Print quality problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6

Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6

LCD

error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6

Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.9

Caring for your fax machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12

Cleaning tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12

Corrective cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.12

Cleaning the

FBS

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13

If you have unsatisfactory printout quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13

Cleaning the

LED

print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13

Storing the toner and drum cartridge(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.13

Common questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.14

General questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.14

Sending faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.14

We’re here to help you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.14

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.15

Receiving faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16

Working with your answering machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16

Polling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16

How your fax machine works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.16

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.17

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AI

.1

Regulatory information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AI

.3

Limited warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AI

.4

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

AI

.5

Getting started

A quick trip

through the basics

of your Muratec fax machine

A quick introduction to fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1

Packaging contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2

Parts of the Fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2

The keys and their functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4

Setting up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7

EasyStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.15

Sending faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.17

Receiving faxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.24

Making copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.28

Using your fax machine as a phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.32

1.1

Getting started

What’s a fax document?

A fax document is anything a fax user wants to fax to someone else.It can be one or
more pages, and it can be text, a drawing or even a copy of a photograph.

What’s a fax number?

Because your fax operates on standard phone lines,a fax number is just a regular
phone number. And because your fax is also a high-quality,full-featured telephone,
your fax number can be your regular phone number.

What are resolution and grayscale?

Just as cars are measured by engine size,fax machines are measured by resolution
and grayscale.

Resolution refers to the sharpness of a fax transmission. It’s expressed in lines per
inch (lpi). There are at least three levels of resolution for most fax machines:

• Normal (203 horizontal × 98 vertical lpi)

• Fine (203 × 196 lpi)

• Superfine (406 × 392 lpi).
Grayscale levels, or shades of gray — refers to the many shades of gray your fax

machine sees on a document it’s sending.It’s likely most of your fax documents will
be dark text on white paper. However, when you want to send photographs and
other shaded items, you can send your fax documents with 256-level grayscale.

Why not always set your fax machine for superfine ,
or for grayscale?

Setting your fax machine for superfine resolution and grayscale mode makes your
machine send more information, making transmissions last longer and potentially
driving up your phone bills on long-distance calls.You’ll find that we’ve made it
easy for you to set your fax machine for the most efficient and truest transmission
for the types of documents you send.

A quick introduction to fax

1.2

Getting started

Packaging contents

Included in your machine’s packaging:

❑ Main unit with 400-sheet paper cassette installed
❑ Document hopper ❑ Paper size stickers
❑ Paper tray ❑ One-touch labels
❑ Multi paper tray ❑ Soft Key labels
❑ Telephone line cord ❑ Operating instructions
❑ AC power cord ❑ Protection seals (This seal may actually be
❑ Drum cartridge used when your authorized dealer installs
❑ Toner cartridge your fax machine.)
❑ Fuser cleaner

Note: Be sure to save the box (or boxes) and packing materials for reshipment.

Parts of the Fax

Note: Any terms used here that are unclear to you right now will be explained in

detail in the coming pages.

1

Liquid crystal display (

LCD

) — Shows the machine’s status and lets you

see what you’re programming into the machine.The display shows 2 lines,20
characters per line. If the

LCD

is blank, the machine is off.

2

Control Panel — The keys you use to operate your fax machine.(See pages

1.4–1.6 for more details.)

3

Paper cassette — One of two locations where you put the recording paper

(the Multi paper tray is the other). Holds up to 400 sheets, either letter or
legal-sized paper.

4

Recording paper level indicator — Shows the level of the current paper

supply without requiring you to open the paper cassette.

5

Original document exit — Where your original document comes out after

being scanned.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

9

10

8

11

12

13

15

14

16

10

Main unit Document hopper

AC power cord

Paper tray

Telephone line cord

Paper size stickers

Drum cartridge

Soft key labels

Toner cartridge

Multi paper tray

Operating instructions

Protection seals

Fuser cleaner One-touch labels

Stamp
Report
Memory Tx
TTI Tx
Cover page
Flash

Stamp
Report
Memory Tx
TTI Tx
Cover page
Flash

Soft Key

1.3

Getting started

6

Side cover — Open to fix a printout jam.

7

Multi paper tray — One of two locations where you put the recording paper

(the paper cassette is the other). Holds only one sheet, either letter, legal or
half-letter size paper.

8

Top cover release — Pull up on this to open the top cover.

9

Top cover — Opens to provide access for changing the toner and drum car-

tridge (or, occasionally, fixing printout jams).

10

Book-cover — Opens to scan an original document using the flatbed scanner

(

FBS

).

11

Document tray — Holds original documents placed for scanning into the

machine for faxing/copying.

12

Document guides — Adjust these to fit the width of the original document

so it will feed properly into the machine.

13

Automatic document feeder (

ADF

) — The slot into whic h you place your

original document for faxing or copying.It holds up to 50 sheets of letter-sized
paper, 25 pages of legal-sized paper or 15 pages of 11″ × 17″ (ledger or
tabloid)-sized paper.

14

Scanner cover — Opens this by using the scanner cover release to remove

original document paper jams.

15

Scanner cover release — Pull up on this to open the scanner cover.

16

Flatbed scanner (

FBS

) — Makes it possible for you to fax or copy objects and

even irregularly shaped sheets,just as on a conventional copier.

17

LINE

jack — Where you plug in the telephone line cord.The other end of the

cord plugs into a wall telephone jack.

18

PHONE

2 jack — If you connect a second telephone to your machine, this is

where you plug in the cord.

19

PHONE

1 jack — Where you plug in the optional handset.

20

AC

power jack — Where you plug in the ac power cord.

21

AC

power switch — Turns your fax machine on and off.

22

Paper tray — Holds up the printout after it emerges.

23

Printed document exit — Where the printout emerges.

24

Optional handset — Used for voice communication.This handset is avail-

able from your authorized Muratec dealer, and can be added when you
purcahse the MFX-1500E or as an upgrade afterward.

17 18 19

LINE

PHONE1PHONE2

24

23

20

21

22

1.4

Getting started

Important: Some of the functions mentioned here are covered in the “Beyond the

basics” section.

1

AUTO ANSWER

light — Glows when auto-answer mode is active.In this mode,

the machine answers automatically as a fax machine.

2

MEMORY RECEIVE

light — Glows when the machine is receiving an incoming

fax document into its electronic memory.

3

COMMUNICATION

light — Glows when the fax machine is communicating with

another machine.

4

REVIEW COMMANDS

— Press to review pending fax commands or to view a

brief description of delayed commands.

5

MONITOR/CALL

— Turns the monitor speaker off or on.When it’s on,it allows
you to hear the call you’re making.When using this feature,you can only hear
the communication taking place.You cannot be heard unless you use a hand­set (optional).When sending a fax, this key also activates the call request
feature.

6

ALARM

light — Glows when a problem occurs during fax communication,

printing or scanning.The light stays on until the machine prints a Check
Message report.

7

PAPER JAM

light — Glows when a printed page jams in your fax machine.

8

REPLACE P APER

light — Glows when the paper cassette is empty. See pages

1.10–1.11 for details on replacing paper.

9

Soft Keys — Shortcut keys.Any function that can be turned on or off can be

programmed into these three keys.If the light above one of these keys glows,
this indicates the setting that’s been programmed into it (see page 2.24) is
turned on.These keys are programmed at the factory to turn the following
functions on or off:

Soft key 1:

STAMP

— Press this key to set the machine to stamp each original

document or page automatically when the machine scans it successfully.
Soft key 2:

REPORT

— Press to turn the confirmation report feature on or off

for the next fax transmission.
Soft key 3:

MEMORY TRANSMISSION

— Selects which transmission mode your

fax machine uses,whether from memory or from the document feeder.

10

Numeric keypad — Just like the numeric keys on a regular tone-dialing

phone. Use these to dial phone and fax numbers and to enter numbers when
you’re setting up the machine.

The keys and their functions

1.5

Getting started

11

START

— Press to begin a fax transmission or reception.

12

CLEAR ALL

— Resets copying settings to their defaults.

13

STOP

— An all-purpose “Whoa!”key. Stops the current operation and ejects a

document from the document feeder.

14

BROADCAST

— Press to send a broadcast fax (sending the same document to

more than one location).

15

BOOK DOC SIZE

— Instructs the fax to scan either letter- or legal-sized docu-

ments when you use the flatbed scanner.

16

SPEED DIAL/TEL INDEX

— Starts a speed-dialing operation, which you finish by
pushing three of the keys on the numeric keypad. Also displays one-touch and
speed-dial entries sorted alphanumerically, as in a telephone directory.

17

CANCEL

— Press to delete characters on the

LCD

and cancel commands you

have entered into the machine.

18

In Fax mode:

REDIAL/PA USE

— Redials the last number you dialed. In certain operations, it
also produces a special pause character which can be useful when dialing
long-distance numbers.

Or, in Copy mode:

PAPER SIZE

? — Selects the printout paper you want to use.

19

ENTER

— Much as

STOP

is a “Whoa!”key,

ENTER

is a “Go!”key. It confirms user

settings, begins operations and moves through command levels.

20

In Fax mode:

DIALING OPTIONS

— Press this to insert special symbols into telephone num-

bers (see page 2.7).

Or, in Copy mode:

SORT COPY

— Press this key to toggle the sorting of printed copies.

21

In Fax mode:

/

PROGRAM

— Scrolls (moves) through features and command options as dis-

played on the

LCD

.

Or, in Copy mode:

Press to increase the reduction or enlargement rate at 1% intervals.

22

In Fax mode:

GROUP DIAL

— Press this to set up a fax transmission to a call group, a set of

fax numbers which will receive the same document in one fax operation.

Or, in Copy mode:

ENLARGE

% — Press this key to choose one of several fixed copy enlargement

rates. (See page 1.31 for more information.)

23

In Fax mode:

— Scrolls (moves) through features and command options as displayed on

the

LCD

.

Or, in Copy mode:

Press to decrease the reduction or enlargement rate at 1% interval.

While scanning a document:

NEXT

— Press to tell your machine to scan one or more additional documents

after the current scanning ends.

24

In Fax mode:

COMMUNICATION OPTIONS

— Chooses from among several fax options: delayed
transmission, SecureMail transmission, relay broadcast,polling, batch trans­mission or F-Code communication.

Or, in Copy mode:

REDUCE

% — Press this key to choose one of several preset copy reduction

rates. (See page 1.31 for more information.)

25

RESOLUTION

— Press to toggle among the three resolution modes and

grayscale.

26

CONTRAST

— Press to enter the contrast setting mode.T o c hange the contrast

level, press or keys.

27

COPY/FAX

— Press this key to toggle between Fax mode or Copy mode.

1.6

Getting started

28

Macro Keys — Programming the Macro keys (

MACRO

1 –

MACRO

3) can
reduce many steps of the operation to a simple press of a key. You can “teach”
the Macro keys to carry out one of the several operations (see pages

2.25–2.27).

29

One-Touch Keys — The keys labeled 01-36 (or 37-72, if you’re using fliptab
B) offer one-touch dialing convenience.You also can use the keys labeled 73­76, if you’re using fliptab B, for programmable functions: this lets you teach

your machine an advanced multi-step function just once, then recall the func­tion at any time by pressing one of these keys.

Operating tips

To press: 0 (zero),1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,#or *
Use: The numeric keypad.
Tip: At no other time within this manual will we refer to the letters printed

below the numeric keys and their uses (such as accessing abc by pressing
the 2 key.) These letters are there only for your convenience in using your
fax machine as a telephone.

To press:A,B,C,Dor any other letter key
Use: The one-touch key labeled with that letter.
Tip: Please don’t confuse the zero (0) with the letter O.

Here’s an example.If we say “press /

PROGRAM

,7,

ENTER

,0,8,

ENTER

”…

… you’d press /

PROGRAM

… then 7
… then

ENTER

… then 0 (the numeric key zero)
… then 8

… and then

ENTER

Important: Even though our example above includes commas,do not enter them

into the fax machine.Those characters appear in our instructions to
separate one number from the other. They do not need to be entered
into your fax machine.

There is a function (broadcasting) which requires commas to be
entered, but there is a special way to enter them.We’ll explain this
process later.

fliptab b

fliptab a

MACRO
PROGRAM

MACRO 1 MACRO 2 MACRO 3

05 E 06 F 07 G 08 H

13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P

21 U 22 V 23 W 24 X

29 30 31 32

01 A 02 B 03 C 04 D

09 I 10 J 11 K 12 L

17 Q 18 R 19 S 20 T

25 Y 26 Z 27 28

33 34 35 36

41 & 42 SPACE 43 ( 44 )

49 " 50 $ 51 % 52 ;

57 @ 58 [ 59

] 60 {

65 66 67 68

73 74 75 76

1.7

Getting started

Pick an installation spot

Where should you install your fax machine? The location should be:

• Clean — Dust buildup can damage your machine.(However, do not use a cover!)

• In the open — Allow at least 12 inc hes of c learance around your mac hine. Be
sure that you never cover the machine. Its vents must be able to “breathe.”

• Away from direct sunlight — This helps avoid overheating.

• Dry — Avoid any location where splatters or sprays (such as from a water foun-
tain) could reach your fax machine.

• Level, and vibration-free.

• Near a phone jack — Your fax machine uses a standard (modular) telephone
jack, also known as an RJ-11.

• Near an ac power outlet — The ac power cord is about 5 feet long when
stretched to its limit, and the power cord should never be stretched to its limit.

Power tips

• Use a standard three-pronged 120

VAC

outlet.

• Make sure the outlet isn’t controlled by a wall switch.
If it is, you’ll risk occasional shutoffs to the machine, causing you
to lose fax messages.

• Don’t use an outlet which also is supplying power to a
large appliance, such as a refrigerator or air conditioner.
Such high-consumption appliances can cause “draw-downs”
(temporary drops in the power available for other equipment on
the circuit) which could damage your fax machine.

• Use an electrical surge suppressor, preferably one which guards both tele-
phone and electrical lines.This device helps to shield your fax machine from
damaging high-voltage electrical surges.

Voltage requirements: 120

VAC

± 10%, 50–60% Hz.

Power consumption: Standby Transmission Reception Copying Maximum*

19

W

51

W

830

W

840

W

1180

W

* ; simultaneous copying,communicating and scanning

Removing the transport screws

Your fax machine is shipped with transport screws for protecting your fax machine’s
mirror carriage during shipping.

Important: Be sure that you do not turn the power on until after you have

removed the transport screws.Otherwise, damage could result.

1

Remove the four transport screws,as shown.

2

Get the protection seals from your manual kit, and attach one protection seal
on each transport screw’s now-open hole.This shields the hole while you are
using the machine.

IMPORTANT: BEFORE YOU USE THE MACHINE, YOU MUST

TURN OFF THE TRANSPORT MODE (see page 1.12).

Note: Be sure to save the screws for reshipment. If you must ship your machine

for some reason, turn on the transport mode, turn the power off and then
undo the above procedure as follows:
— Remove the seals (reversing step 2);
— Reinstall the screws (reversing step 1).

Setting up

1.8

Getting started

Installing the printing supplies

Your fax prints incoming faxes and copies with a reliable 400 dpi print engine. Your
fax requires two types of printing supplies (sometimes also called consumables):

• The drum cartridge — It yields 20,000 normal letter-sized printouts (see
“Specifications,”page AI.1). By “normal,”we’re referring to the amount of text
and/or graphics on each page.This is based on an industry-standard test docu­ment.

• The toner cartridge — It yields 10,000 “normal”,letter-sized printouts (see
“Specifications,”page AI.1).

To install these supplies:

1

Pull up the top cover release and open
the top cover.

2

Pull up the printer
cover release and

open the printer
cover.

3

Unpack a new toner cartridge from its
carton.Then, holding the toner car­tridge with both hands,slowly shake it
as shown (note the arrows).

Note: Do not throw the toner cartridge

into the fire; this will avoid any
possibility of ignition and/or
injury.

4

Place the new toner cartridge on a flat, clean surface.

5

Unpack the drum cartridge from its carton.
Note: Shield the drum cartridge from light, especially strong light. Later, if

you have to remove the cartridge from the fax, immediately wrap it in
a thick cloth to protect it from light.

6

Set the drum cartridge on the toner car­tridge, making sure that the drum
cartridge’s two pins fit in the slits inside
the toner cartridge frame.

Note: Do not touch the developing

roller.

7

Grip toner cartridge as shown, to avoid
pinching your fingers between the toner
cartridge and the printer frame. Keep
the drum slot free of dust and other for­eign materials.

8

Gently install the toner car­tridge in the printer, making
sure the toner cartridge's four
pins fit in the slits inside the
printer frame.

Keep the drum slot

free of dust and

other foreign materials.

Do not touch the
drum surface on
the cartridge’s bottom.

Developing roller

1.9

Getting started

9

Insert the fuser cleaner into the slot in
the fuser unit.The fuser cleaner cleans
the fuser unit roller.

You should replace the fuser cleaner
every time you change the new toner
cartridge.

10

Gently clean the LED print head using
the cleaning paper.

11

Close the printer cover.

12

Close the top cover. Be sure to push on a portion of the cover to lock it into its
original (closed) position.

Note: The fax machine will not work if the cover isn’t closed properly.

Attach the paper -handling parts

1

Attach the document tray by inserting it
into the appropriate holes,as shown.

2

Attach the Multi paper tray by inserting
its two pegs at a slightly upward angle
into the appropriate holes,as shown.

3

Attach the paper tray by inserting its
two pegs at a slightly upward angle into
the appropriate holes,as shown.

1.10

Getting started

Loading paper

Your machine’s standard paper cassette can hold up to 400 sheets at a time. Each
optional cassette, available from your Muratec dealer at the time of purchase or as
an upgrade, can hold an extra 200 sheets.In addition to boosting your total paper
supply, adding an extra paper cassette allows your fax machine to use two types of
paper, letter and legal, for example, at the same time.

Loading the paper cassette

Before you load paper, note the following:

• The paper cassette can be adjusted to accept letter- or legal-sized paper.

• Before you load the cassette, you will need to “tell” your fax machine which size
of paper, letter- or legal-sized,you will be loading.You can do this by setting a pin
located on the rear side of the paper cassette.

Note:If you will be using letter-sized paper, there’s no need to adjust the cas-

sette; your fax is initially set for this paper size. Simply attach the LTR
sticker to the outside of the paper cassette.

1

Pull the paper cassette com­pletely out of your fax.

2

On the rear side of the cassette, you will see the pin and three sets of holes.
Note the drawing below. If the pin is in the upper and lower set of holes, your
fax “thinks”the cassette holds letter-sized paper. If the pin is in the middle
and lower holes, your fax thinks the cassette has legal-sized paper.

Setting for legal-sized paper

Your fax comes set for letter-sized paper.To set it to use legal-sized paper:

1

Unlock the pin from the upper set of
holes by reaching inside of the paper
cassette and pressing the nib, as shown.

2

Remove the pin.

3

Insert the pin into the middle
set of holes.You will hear a click
when it is locked into place.

4

Install the paper guide into the
holes corresponding to the paper
size you are installing.

Important: Remember,you’ve now told your fax that the paper cassette

holds legal-sized paper. If you now try to use letter-sized paper
without returning the pin to the upper holes (the setting for let­ter-sized),your fax will sound an alarm tone and display the
following message when you try to print:

5

Be sure to attach the LGL sticker to the outside of the cassette to remind you
which paper size it contains.

Check Rx Paper Size
Open&Close Top Cover

Letter size Legal size

Spare pin

Press here to
release the cassette

1.11

Getting started

Installing paper

1

Open the paper cassette from the front
of your fax by gently pulling it toward
you.

2

Insert the paper into the cassette.
Note: Before you insert paper in the

cassette, stack it so the leading
edge and sides of the paper are
even.

• Make sure the stack of paper isn’t
higher than the limit mark on the
side of the cassette.

• Place the edges of the top sheet under the metal tabs on the cassette’s left
and right side (as viewed from its front, as shown).

• The paper cassette can hold about 400 sheets of paper.

Note: Each of the two optional additional cassettes can hold about 200

sheets of paper. Thus, you can have as many as 800 sheets of paper
“on-line.”F or more details on these and other options for your fax
machine, please contact your authorized Muratec dealer.

3

Check the front corners of the paper
stack and make sure they are below the
tabs.

4

Push the paper cassette back into its original (closed) position.You’ll feel a
click when it’s properly in place.

5

Attach the paper size sticker on the cassette’s front.

The paper level indicator on the front paper cas­sette lets you see how much paper is in the
cassette without your having to open the cassette.
When you see the paper level indicator drop (i. e.,
show more dark area), make sure you have a sup­ply of paper nearby. Then, when you see the
“Please Supply Paper”message on the display,
you’ll be ready to refill the cassette.

Important: To avoid paper jams,do not refill this tray without first removing all

of any paper which may remain in it. In other words, do not just add
sheets to an already-loaded stack.

Loading the multi paper tray for copying

You may use letter-, legal- and half-letter sized paper in the multi paper tray, which
the machine uses for copying only, not for faxing.

Important: If loading transparency (OHP) film into the multi paper tray, be sure

that the sheet is designed for laser printers and not for copiers.Also,
be sure that the film does not have a paper backing and/or a leading
strip. If it does, remove the paper backing and/or strip before insert­ing. Only film should go in, not film with any backing or strip.

1

Adjust the multi paper tray for the width of paper you plan to load, by sliding
the guide to the slot for the paper size you’ll be loading.

2

Insert a sheet into the multi paper
tray until it won’t go in any farther.

Note: The multi-purpose tray can

hold only one sheet of paper
at a time.

Paper level
indicator

1.12

Getting started

Plug in and power up

Important: Be sure you do not turn the power on until after you remove the

transport screws.(See “Removing the transport screws,” page 1.7.)

1

Plug one end of the telephone line
cord into the

LINE

jack on the
machine’s rear side.Plug the other
end of the cord into a standard tele­phone wall jack, just as you would
plug in a phone.

Note: If you have purchased an

optional handset, do not con­fuse its curled handset cord
with the uncurled telephone
line cord.

2

Plug the non-pronged end of the AC
power cord into the AC power cord jack on the left side of the machine.

3

Plug the pronged end of the AC power cord into a 120 V electrical outlet
(preferably on a surge suppressor, as mentioned on page 1.7).

Important: Be sure that you do not turn the power on (next step) until after

you have removed the transport screws (see page 1.7).

4

Use the AC power switch to turn on your machine.The markings are interna­tional standards: I means on, O means off.

It will take a few seconds for the machine to warm up.The display will show:

When the machine is ready to use (standby mode), you will see either . ..

or

Fax mode Copy mode

If the machine beeps,its

ALARM

light glows and the display shows an error message,
this means there is a problem of some sort. Please consult “Just in case...,” begin­ning on page 3.1.

Turn off the transport mode

Important: Be sure you do not turn the power on until after you remove the

transport screws.(See “Removing the transport screws,” page 1.7.)

To turn off the transport mode:

1

Power up the machine.
If the machine is already in F ax mode, skip to step 3.
If the machine is in Copy mode, proceed to step 2.

2

Press

COPY/FAX

to switch the machine to Fax mode.

3

Press

PROGRAM

,*,E.

4

Select Off by pressing

PROGRAM

.Then press

ENTER

to turn off the transport

mode.The mirror carriage will move to the home position.

Important: If you must reship the machine to any other location, turn on this

mode to move the mirror carriage to the transport position (in step 4,
above, press program to set the transport mode to On), then power off
and mount the mirror carriage using the four transport screws.

Mirror Locked :Off

Program/Enter

Mirror Locked :On

Program/Enter

Fax Ready

Jan 1 2000 0:00

** Please Wait **

1.13

Getting started

Adjust the monitor speaker’s volume

You can set the volume of the monitor speaker,assuring that on-hook dialing will be
as loud (or as soft) as you require.

1

Press

MONITOR/CALL

on the control panel.You now should hear a dial tone,

and the display will show:

Important: If you don’t hear a dial tone, make sure your fax machine is

plugged into a working phone line.

2

If the volume you hear is satisfactory, skip to step 4.
Otherwise, proceed to step 3.

3

Adjust the volume as you wish:
To turn the volume up ,press .
To turns the volume down,press .
The LCD indicates the volume. Here are the possible settings:

= Loudest setting.

= Medium setting.

= Low setting.

= V olume off.

4

Press

MONITOR/CALL

again to hang up.

Attaching an optional handset

You may purchase an optional handset for your fax machine. Here is how to attach
the handset.

Important: Do not connect the handset directly to a telephone wall jack. Instead,

connect it only to your fax, as these instructions describe.

1

Remove the two screw caps and screws.

2

Using a Phillips-head screwdriver,
attach the handset cradle to the rear
side of your machine, using the screws
included with the cradle.

3

Plug one end of the handset cord (it’s
curled) into the

PHONE

1 jack on the left

of your machine.

4

Plug the other end of the handset cord
into the jack on the handset. If con­nected to a phone line, your fax machine
is now “off-hook. ”

Note: The handset has a small “flash”

button which you can press
while holding the handset,
putting the fax machine back
“on-hook” until you can hang up
the handset properly in step 5.

** Tel Mode **
Volume:

** Tel Mode **
Volume:

■■■■

** Tel Mode **
Volume:

■■■■

■■■■

** Tel Mode **
Volume:

■■■■

■■■■

■■■■

** Tel Mode **

1.14

Getting started

5

Place the telephone handset onto the handset cradle.The cradle will press the
handset’s “flash”button, hanging up the handset.

Attaching a second phone

Want to attach a second phone (even a cordless model!) to your fax machine, so they
can share the same phone jack? No problem.

Before we go further, let’s explain the idea.You’re plugging the second phone’s
phone line into your fax machine’s PHONE2 jack,not the wall phone jack. In such a
setup, only your fax machine connects to the wall.The second phone receives phone
signals through your fax machine.

Now, let’s proceed…

1

If your second phone is already plugged
into a wall phone jack, disconnect it
from that jack, at the jack. Hold onto
the phone plug; you’ll need it in step 2.

Note: Of course, if your second phone

is a model which also requires
AC power, as is true for the base
of a cordless phone, don’t unplug
it from its AC power jack!

2

Using the plug mentioned in step 1,
plug the phone cable from your second
phone into the

PHONE

2 jack on the left

side of your fax machine.

For information on how to use a connected second telephone with your fax machine,
see “Receiving faxes,” beginning on page 1.24.

Installation complete!
Now, see how our EasyStart feature will have
you up and running within minutes.

1.15

Getting started

EasyStart software is already installed on your Muratec fax machine.It guides you
through the process of entering your machine’s settings.
Remember that the settings you make here can always be changed later. We’ll
explain more in “Beyond the basics,” beginning on page 2.1.

Getting started

Determine the following before you go any further:

1

The type of dialing your telephone system requires — Choose either tone or

pulse (rotary) dialing.

2

The name and fax number you want to appear on your faxes —

Every fax page you send arrives at the receiving machine with a single line of
text at the very top of the page.This text lists a name,called the Transmit

Terminal Identifier (

TTI

), and a fax number. The

TTI

cannot be longer than 22

characters.

Clearing stored settings

Before using EasyStart, clear your machine’s built-in user data memory. This
ensures the memory will hold only your settings.

Important: After you use EasyStart, do not clear the memory again unless an

authorized technician asks you to do so.

To clear the machine’s memory:

1

Press /

PROGRAM

,*,2.The

LCD

now asks if you want to clear the memory:

Note: If you don’t want to clear the memory, just press /

PROGRAM

.

2

If you do want to clear the memory, press

ENTER

.

Entering initial settings

Important: If you press

STOP

during EasyStart, your fax machine returns to
standby mode (its normal condition). But it will keep the settings you
saved by pressing

ENTER

as described in these instructions.

1

Press /

PROGRAM,I,ENTER

.

The

LCD

shows the current calendar/clock setting,with a cursor appearing

under the first digit.

2

Use the numeric keypad to enter the correct date and time, using a

YYMMDD

format for the date and 24-hour (“military”) format for the time. For instance,
to set 8:30 PMon January 11,2000, press 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0, which results in:

Note: Your fax machine automatically inserts the spaces and date-slash.All

you have to do is enter the digits.

To change a digit, press to move the cursor left,or /

PROGRAM

to move it

right.Then enter the correct digit.

3

Press

ENTER

to save the clock setting and continue EasyStart.

4

The

LCD

now asks if you want to set the calendar/clock to automatically

recognize daylight saving time (

DST

).

When the setting is On, your machine automatically recognizes

DST

at 2 AMon
the appropriate switchover Sundays each year.
When the setting is Off, no automatic change will occur.

Daylight Saving:Off

Program/Enter

Enter Time

’00 01/11 20:30

Enter Time

’01 01/01 00:00

Clear User Settings
Check Program/Enter

EasyStart

1.16

Getting started

5

Press or /

PROGRAM

until the mode you want appears.

Here, we’ve changed the setting to On:

6

Press

ENTER

to save the setting and continue.

7

The

LCD

now asks you to enter your fax number as you want it to appear on
other fax machines’ displays or printouts.The fax industry term for this
number is Subscriber ID.

8

Use the numeric keypad to enter the fax number. To insert a dash, as shown
here, press

DIALING OPTIONS

once.The number may contain up to 20

characters (numbers and dashes).

Note: If you make a mistake, press

CANCEL

to erase to the left.

To c hange just one number, press to move left, or /

PROGRAM

to

move right. Press

CANCEL

to erase the number. Then re-enter the fax

number correctly.

9

Press

ENTER

to save the number.

10

The

LCD

now asks you to enter the name you want to appear at the top of
faxes you send.The name may be up to 22 characters in length.

Use the one-touch keys to enter letters and other non-numeric characters.

The word “Upper”means the machine will enter only upper-case letters.If
you press

R

, the machine will see it as an R(not an r).

To type a lower-case letter, press

ALPHABET

. The display changes to:

This means pressing one-touch keys will enter lower-case letters:pressing

R

will produce an r (not an R) on the display.
To switch back for upper-case entries, press

ALPHABET

.

To enter spaces, punctuation and symbols, use the one-touch keys.
In “Beyond the Basics,” we’ll show you how to use the

CODE

function to enter

even more characters (see page 2.2).

Note: If you make a mistake, press

CANCEL

to erase to the left.

To change just one c haracter in the name, press to move left, or

/

PROGRAM

, to move right.Press

CANCEL

to erase the character. Then

re-enter the character correctly.

11

Press

ENTER

to save the setting and continue.

12

The

LCD

now asks you to enter the type of dialing needed for the fax machine,

either tone or pulse:

13

Press or /

PROGRAM

until the mode you want appears.

Here, we’ve changed the setting to Pulse mode:

14

Press

ENTER

to save the setting and continue.

15

The

LCD

now shows the machine’s current reception mode.

16

For now, press or /

PROGRAM

until the setting Fax Ready appears. (This

setting can always be changed.We’ll discuss reception modes further on pages

1.24–1.27.)

17

Press

ENTER

to save the setting.Your machine will return to standby mode.

EasyStart is complete!

Fax Ready

Program/Enter

Phone Type :Pulse

Program/Enter

Phone Type :Tone

Program/Enter

Your Name ;Lower
_

Your Name ;Upper
_

Your Fax Number
972-555-5525

Your Fax Number

Daylight Saving:On

Program/Enter

1.17

Getting started

Guidelines

Page sizes

While you’ll probably send letter- and legal-sized documents most of the time,it’s
possible to fax a piece of paper as small as a notepad sheet or one nearly three feet
long.

The acceptable dimensions (width × length) are:

Automatic document feeder (

ADF

)

S

INGLE-SHEET

M

ULTIPLE-SHEET

Maximum:12.0″ × 35.4″ Maximum:11.7″ × 16.5″
Minimum: 4.7″ × 3.9″ Minimum: 5.8″ × 4.1″

Flatbed scanner (

FBS

)

Maximum:10.1″ × 14.3″

Things not to put in your fax

To avoid paper jams and damage to your mac hine, don’t insert:

• Folded,curled, torn, wrinkled or very thin pages

• Documents with staples,glue, tape, paper clips or still-wet correction fluid

• “Sticky notes” (or documents with “sticky notes” attached)

• Cardboard, newspaper or fabric

• Pages with duplicating carbon on either side

• Credit cards or any small, thick items

Resolution, grayscale and contrast

Reviewing resolution and grayscale:

• Normal resolution (“

NORM

” on the control panel) is suitable for most typed

documents and simple drawings.

• Fine resolution (“

FINE

” on the control panel) is ideal for maps, moderately compli-

cated drawings,floorplans or handwritten documents.

• Superfine resolution (“S-

FINE

” on the control panel, “S Fine” on the

LCD

)

reproduces the detail of extremely complicated drawings or line art.

• Grayscale mode (“

HALFTONE

” on the control panel; “Gray” on the

LCD

) captures

shades in photos and drawings.

Note: If you send a fax in superfine, certain fax models (especially older,non-

Muratec models) receive it only in fine mode. However, you can send a fax in
grayscale mode to virtually any fax machine currently in use.

To change the resolution setting, press

RESOLUTION

repeatedly. As

noted above, if neither the

FINE,S-FINE

nor

HALFTONE LED

(light­emitting diode; in this case, a small green light) is glowing, your fax
is set for normal resolution. Otherwise, a glowing

LED

indicates the

fax is using the setting named by that

LED

. For example,in the

drawing (left), the machine is set for

FINE

resolution.

Contrast

Setting the contrast allows you to compensate for any excessive lightness or dark­ness, as the case may be, of document pages you are sending or copying.

To change the contrast setting:

1

Press

CONTRAST

on the control panel.The display, or

LCD

(liquid crystal dis-

play), indicates the current contrast setting.

2

To adjust the contrast setting, press , or

CONTRAST

.
To light up an overly dark document,press .
To darken an overly weak document,press .

HALFTONE

RESOLUTION

S-FINE
FINE

Sending faxes

1.18

Getting started

Note: To avoid confusing the Light and Dark settings,just remember —

“Light lightens” and “Dark darkens” — to keep it straight.

Entering a pause character when dialing

Some long-distance systems require dialing pauses,and pauses can also be useful
when you’re dialing through special telephone exchanges.

To insert a pause character, just press

REDIAL/PA USE

after you’ve dialed at least one

other character.-/(the pause character) will appear on the display.
Each pause entered lasts for a factory-set two seconds (see “Changing the pause

length,”below, for instructions to change this setting).
For example ,if the pause is at the factory setting,pressing 9,

REDIAL/PA USE

,

19725552009 dials 9 [2-second pause] 1 9 7 2 5 5 5 2 0 0 9.
Important: Each pause uses two of the characters you’re allowed in a number .

Changing the pause length

The pause is set by the factory to last two seconds,but you can set it to last as long
as ten seconds if necessary. To change the pause length:

1

Press

PROGRAM,J

,0,4,

ENTER

.

2

Use the numeric keypad to enter the length you want for the dialing pause.
Here, we’ve chosen nine seconds.

Note: The length setting requires two digits.Always enter a leading zero for

lengths less than 10 seconds.

3

Press

ENTER

to save the setting.

Potential problems with call-w aiting and voice mail

Telephone call-w aiting signals can stop fax transmission and reception.And any
service — such as voice mail — which may intercept your calls can keep your fax
machine from receiving fax calls.

If you use only one line for both phone and fax, consult your telephone company to
see how you can temporarily disable call-waiting or voice mail while using the fax
machine.

Using memory transmission

Your fax machine has a great memory! Take advantage of it,and you could:
Save Time. By using your fax machine’s memory, you won’t have to wait for your

machine while it completes the transmission. Simply scan your document into your
fax machine’s memory, and you can walk away with your original in hand.

Save Money. If you’re transmitting to another memory-equipped fax machine, your
machine will send the document directly into the other machine’s memory and hang
up. (The receiving machine then prints out your message from its memory after the
call has ended.) This cuts your actual on-line time to a minimum.

Save Even More Money. Set up a delayed command (see pages 2.17–2.19) to send
your document after hours,and you can save more money, because the line charges
will be cheaper.

You can set your fax to transmit from memory as the default.
Note: Whether you decide to send your documents from memory or manually, you

can override that choice one transmission at a time by pressing

MEMORY TRANSMIT

before you send your document.After completing the

communication, your fax will return to the default setting.

Note: Some documents use up memory more quickly than others.They include

documents with many pages and those with many dark areas.When the

machine’s memory is full,it can transmit only through the document feeder.

Note: When you use the flatbed scanner, the machine always uses memory trans-

mission.

To make memory transmission the default:

1

Press /

PROGRAM,J

,1,3,

ENTER

.

2

Press or /

PROGRAM

until the mode you want appears.

In this example, we’ve chosen Off.

3

Press

ENTER

to save the setting.

If the

MEMORY TRANSMIT

light glows, memory transmission is on.

If the

MEMORY TRANSMIT

light doesn’t glow, memory transmission is off.

Memory Tx :Off

Program/Enter

Memory Tx :On

Program/Enter

Set Dialing Pause
Time (02-10):09

Set Dialing Pause
Time (02-10):02