Panasonic KX-FLM600 User Manual

Quick Start

Initial Preparation Telephone

Fax/Copy PC Software

Help

General

Information

Comienzo rápido

en español

Multi-Function
Laser FAX

Model No.

KX-FLM600

To get started,

please read the

Quick Start section

(p. 6–13).

OPERATING

INSTRUCTIONS

Please read these Operating Instructions
before using the unit and save for future
reference.

FOR OPERATION ASSISTANCE,
CALL 1-800-HELP-FAX [phone])
OR SEND A FAX TO 1-215-741-6376.

Comienzo rápido

(p. 132)

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Thank you for purchasing a Panasonic facsimile.

Welcome to the world of Panasonic facsimiles.

This product combines facsimile, telephone, copier, scanner, PC Fax and printer features to
provide you with more efficient office or home use. By utilizing these convenient features,
you can maximize the effectiveness of this unit.

For future reference

Date of purchase Serial number

(found on the rear of the unit)

Dealer’s name and address

Dealer’s telephone number

Things you should keep record of

Attach your sales receipt here

Caution:

≥The Telephone Protection Act of 1991 requires the following information to be clearly stated either at the top

or bottom margin of the first message page when transmitting messages via telephone facsimile;
—Date and time of transmission,
—Identification of the business, entity or person(s) sending the facsimile, and
—Telephone number of the business, entity or person(s).
To program this information into your unit, complete all the instructions on pages 29 to 32.

≥If you have not applied to the service, you will not be able to use the IQ-FAX function (p. 46–48).
≥When connecting the fax machine to your computer, use the included parallel cable for reliable data

communications and compliance with FCC rules.

Trademarks

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries.

is a registered trademark of FaxSav Incorporated.

All other trademarks identified herein are the property of their respective owners.

Copyright:

This manual is copyrighted by Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. (KME) and its licensee. Under the copyright
laws, this manual may not be reproduced in any form, in whole or part, without the prior written consent of KME
and its licensee.

©

Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. 1999

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

Important safety instructions!

When using this unit, basic safety precautions
should always be followed to reduce the risk of fire,
electric shock, or personal injury.

1. Read and understand all instructions.

2. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on
this unit.

3. Unplug this unit from AC outlets before
cleaning. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.
Use a damp cloth for cleaning.

4. Do not use this unit near water, for example
near a bath tub, wash bowl, kitchen sink, or the
like.

5. Place the unit securely on a stable surface.
Serious damage and/or injury may result if the
unit falls.

6. Do not cover slots and openings on the unit.
They are provided for ventilation and protection
against overheating. Never place the unit near
radiators, or in a place where proper ventilation
is not provided.

7. Use only the power source marked on the unit.
If you are not sure of the type of power
supplied to your home, consult your dealer or
local power company.

8. For safety purposes this unit is equipped with a
three prong grounded plug. If you do not have
this type of outlet, please have one installed.
Do not use any type of adaptor plug to defeat
this safety feature.

9. Do not place objects on the power cord. Install
the unit where no one can step or trip on the
cord.

10. Do not overload wall outlets and extension
cords. This can result in the risk of fire or
electric shock.

11. Never push any objects through slots in this
unit. This may result in the risk of fire or electric
shock. Never spill any liquid on the unit.

12. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not
disassemble this unit. Take the unit to an
authorized servicenter when service is
required. Opening or removing covers may
expose you to dangerous voltages or other
risks. Incorrect reassembly can cause electric
shock when the unit is subsequently used.

13. Unplug this unit from the wall outlet and refer
servicing to an authorized servicenter when the
following conditions occur:

13. A. When the power supply cord or plug is

damaged or frayed.

13. B. If liquid has been spilled into the unit.

13. C. If the unit has been exposed to rain or

water.

13. D. If the unit does not work normally by

following the operating instructions. Adjust
only controls covered by the operating
instructions. Improper adjustment may
require extensive work by an authorized
servicenter.

13. E. If the unit has been dropped or physically

damaged.

13. F. If the unit exhibits a distinct change in

performance.

14. During thunderstorms, avoid using telephones
except cordless types. There may be a remote
risk of an electric shock from lightning.

15. Do not use this unit to report a gas leak, when
in the vicinity of the leak.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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DANGER-Invisible laser
radiation when open and
interlock defeated.
AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE
TO BEAM.

INSTALLATION:

1. Never install telephone wiring during a lightning
storm.

2. Never install telephone jacks in wet locations
unless the jack is specifically designed for wet
locations.

3. Never touch uninsulated telephone wires or
terminals unless the telephone line has been
disconnected at the network interface.

4. Use caution when installing or modifying
telephone lines.

WARNING:

≥To prevent the risk of fire or electrical shock, do

not expose this product to rain or any type of
moisture.

CAUTION:

≥This printer utilizes a laser. Use of controls or

adjustments or performance of procedures other
than those specified here in may result in
hazardous radiation exposure.

OTHER INFORMATION:

≥Keep the unit away from electrical noise

generating devices, such as fluorescent lamps
and motors.

≥The unit should be kept free from dust, high

temperature and vibration.

≥The unit should not be exposed to direct sunlight.
≥Do not place heavy objects on top of this unit.
≥Do not touch the plug with wet hands.

WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD:

≥Waste material may be dumped or incinerated

under conditions which meet all federal, state and
local environmental regulations.

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To order accessories, call toll-free 1-800-332-5368.

Included accessories!

*You will receive the latest software, therefore the part number may be different to the above. However the

software is still compatible with your product.

≥If any items are missing or damaged, check with the place of purchase.
≥The part numbers listed above are subject to change without notice.
≥Save the original carton and packing materials for future shipping and transporting of the unit.
≥If your PC is not equipped with a CD-ROM drive, you can purchase floppy disks [3.5q high-density (1.44 MB)].

Please fill out all portions of the Accessory Order Form included in the packing, and send by fax to
1-800-237-9080, or call 1-800-332-5368.

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

Installation!

Quick Start

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Recording paper (p. 24, 25)

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Paper tray and paper stacker (p. 26)

4

Tab

Tab

Slots

Paper tray extender

Paper cassette

Paper tray

Paper stacker

A. Lift the paper cassette up

slightly and pull it out of the unit.

B. Fan the stack of paper to

prevent a paper jam and place
the paper in the paper cassette.
≥Put the side to be printed face

up.

C. Insert the paper cassette into

the unit until it clicks into place.

A. Insert the two tabs of the paper

tray into the slots on the paper
cassette.

B. Open the paper tray extender.
C. Open the paper stacker.

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

Connections!

Handset cord

1

A. Connect to the unit.
B. Connect to the handset.

Telephone line cord

2

A. Connect to “LINE” on the unit.
B. Connect to a single telephone line jack.

Wall jack
(RJ11C)

120 V, 60 Hz

Power surge
protector

( )

Line surge
protector

( )

Power cord

3

A. Connect to the unit.
B. Connect to a power outlet.

Answering machine (not included)
For further details, see page 65.

≥For further details, see page 27.

To connect an answering
machine, peel off the
sheet on the EXT jack
and connect the cord.

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

Voice calls - making/answering!

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

Faxes - sending/receiving!

Open the document feeder tray.

Adjust the width of the
document guides to
the size of the document.

1

2

3

Insert the document until
the unit grabs the document
and a single beep is heard.

FACE DOWN

(up to 15 pages)

Press (START/SET/COPY).

Dial the fax number.

4

5

≥For further details, see page 43.
≥If you are having trouble, see page 108.

Faxes - sending

Note:

≥While scanning, do not move the

pages which have already ejected.
A paper jam may occur. Allow the
scanning process to finish before
viewing documents.

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

≥For further details, see page 62.
≥You can select the way to receive calls according to your needs (p. 60, 61).
≥If you are having trouble, see page 109.

Faxes - receiving

When the unit rings, lift the handset.

1

When:

2

— document reception is required,
— a fax calling tone (slow beep) is heard, or
— no sound is heard,
press (START/SET/COPY).

Replace the handset.

3

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

Copying!

Open the document feeder tray.

Adjust the width of the
document guides to
the size of the document.

1

2

3

Insert the document until the
unit grabs the document and
a single beep is heard.

●

Make sure the handset

is on the cradle.

Quick Start

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For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

PC information!

Connect to a computer (p. 82).

1

Install the PANA LINK software (p. 83).

2

3

Activate the PANA LINK software (p. 84).

1. Click Start.

2. Point to Programs, point to PANA LINK and click PANA LINK.

`The PANA LINK main panel will appear.

Caution:

`When connecting the fax machine to your computer, use the included printer

cable for reliable data communications and compliance with FCC rules.

1. Start Windows



95* or Windows 98** and close all applications.

2. Insert the included CD into your CD-ROM drive.
≥The language dialog box will appear.

Select the desired language that you use with this software. Then click OK.

`If the language dialog box does not appear:

The installation will automatically start.

`If the language dialog box does not appear and the installation does not

start automatically:

Click Start, choose Run... . Type “d:\setup” (where d: is the drive letter of

your CD-ROM drive). Click OK.
(If you are not sure what the drive letter is for your CD-ROM drive, please
use Windows Explorer and look for the CD-ROM drive.)

3. The installation will start automatically.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen until all files have been installed.

5. Be sure to read a README file for more information.

Printer cable
(Parallel cable)

To parallel port

**Microsoft Windows 95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)

**Microsoft Windows 98 operating system (hereafter Windows 98)

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Table of Contents

Initial

Preparation

Help Button Help function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Finding the Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Controls Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Setup Before installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Toner cartridge and drum unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Recording paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Paper tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Paper stacker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Recording paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Date and time, your logo and facsimile telephone

number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Volumes Adjusting volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Telephone

Making and Voice calls - making . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Answering Calls Voice calls - answering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

TONE, FLASH and PAUSE buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Dialing mode (touch tone or pulse) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

One-Touch Storing names and telephone numbers

Dial in the One-Touch Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Making a voice call using the One-Touch Dial . . . . . . . . . 38

JOG DIAL Storing names and telephone numbers

in the JOG DIAL directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Making a voice call using the JOG DIAL directory . . . . . . 41

Voice Contact Talking to the caller after fax transmission or reception . . 42

Fax/Copy

Sending Faxes Sending a fax manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sending a fax using the One-Touch Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Sending a fax using the JOG DIAL directory . . . . . . . . . . 45

IQ-FAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Documents you can send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Sending report for confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Automatic journal report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Delayed transmission (sending a fax at a specified time) . 52

From memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Multiple stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Overseas mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Half-tone setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Error correction mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Connecting tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Receiving Faxes Setting the unit to receive calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

TEL mode (answering all calls manually) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

FAX ONLY mode (all calls are received as faxes) . . . . . . 63

Using the unit with an answering machine . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Distinctive Ring service

(ring pattern detection feature) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

TEL/FAX mode (receiving voice calls with rings and

fax calls without rings when you are near the unit) . . . . 70

Extension telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Fax activation code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

(continued)

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Initial Preparation Telephone

Fax/Copy PC Software

Help

General

Information

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Help

Error Messages Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Operations When a function does not work, check here

before requesting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

If a power failure occurs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Jams Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Sending document jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Cleaning Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Replacement Replacing the toner cartridge and drum unit . . . . . . . . . . 117

Repacking Transporting the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

PC Software

Setup (PC) Connecting to a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing the PANA LINK software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Activating the PANA LINK software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Setting up PANA LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Setting user information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Printer Printing documents created on the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Printing using the paper tray (manual feeding) . . . . . . . . . 90

PC Fax Sending documents created on the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Sending a document from the fax machine

using the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

PC Receiving Receiving faxes on your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Phone Call Making a phone call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Address Book Computerized directory for fax and phone numbers . . . . . 99

Scanning Using your fax machine as a scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Copier PC based copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

More Information The Communication Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Viewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

PC link (turning PC related functions on/off) . . . . . . . . . . 104

Fax/Copy

Receiving Faxes Other size documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

(continued) Silent detection (receiving faxes from older model

fax machines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Memory reception alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Friendly reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Pager call - when your unit receives a fax . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Toner save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Copying Making a copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

General

Information

Print Reports Printing the feature settings, telephone numbers,

journal and broadcast list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Display Contrast Changing the display contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Reset Resetting the advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

FCC Information List of FCC requirements and information . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Comienzo rápido Instalación . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

en español Conexiones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Programación inicial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Memorización de nombres y números de teléfono

para la marcación de un toque . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Memorización de nombres y números de teléfono

en el directorio JOG DIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Para hacer/contestar una llamada de voz . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Envío de un fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Reciviendo un fax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Para hacer una copia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Utilización del software (PANA LINK)

de computadora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Index Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Features Summary of user programmable features . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Summary

General

Information

Limited Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Warranty Servicenter Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Notes for product service and shipping the product . . . . 128

Energy Star Energy Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Specifications Technical data about this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

For assistance, call 1-800-435-7329.

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Help Button

Initial Preparation

Help function!

You can print a quick reference for assistance as
follows.

1

Press (HELP).

Display:

2

Press or until the desired item is
displayed. The following items are available.

1. How to program your unit

2. How to store names in the JOG DIAL
directory and how to dial them

3. Help with problems sending faxes

4. Help with problems receiving faxes

5. How to use the copier function

6. Frequently asked questions and
answers

7. Explanation of error messages
shown on the display

8. List of available reports

3

Press (START/SET/COPY).

PRINTING

8.REPORTS

7.ERRORS

6.Q and A

5.COPIER

4.FAX RECEIVING

3.FAX SENDING

2.JOG/AUTO DIAL

1.HOW TO SET UP

PRESS[▼▲]&[SET]

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Finding the Controls
Location!

TONE

OPER

ABC DEF

GHI JKL MNO

PQRS TUV WXYZ

HANDSET MUTE

FLASH

REDIAL/PAUSE

MEMORY %

IQ-FAX

HELP

STOP START/

/

COPY

SET

V

O

L

U

M

E

R

E

S

O

L

U

T

I

O

N

MONITOR

Display panel

Dial keypad

`For voice muting (p. 34).

`To dial without lifting the

handset.

`To stop an operation or cancel

programming.

`To initiate fax transmission,

reception or copying.

`To store a setting during

programming.

`To prepare the unit for

manual feeding (p. 90).

`To send faxes using the

IQ-FAX function (p. 48).

`To print a quick reference (p. 17).

`To select a resolution (p. 43).

`Hookswitch (p. 35)

`To redial the last number dialed

(p. 34, 43).

`To insert a pause during dialing

(p. 35).

`To change from pulse to tone

during dialing (p. 35).

`To adjust volumes (p. 33).
`To select feature settings during

programming.

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Finding the Controls

Initial Preparation

ZOOM

QUICK SCAN

COLLATE

DIRECTORY
PROGRAM

FAX ON

AUTO A NSW ER

MENU

JOG DIAL

FWD

BACK

Parallel interface connector

≥To connect your PC with a

printer cable (p. 82).

Recording paper exit

Power inlet

Telephone line jack

External telephone jack

Paper stacker

Top cover handle

≥To open the top cover.

Top cover

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Finding the Controls
Overview!

Front panel

Speaker

Document entrance

Document feeder tray

Document exit

Paper level indicator

Paper tray extender

Paper cassette

Paper tray

Document guides

≥To match the width of

the document (p. 43).

Front view

Rear view

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Setup

Initial Preparation

Before installation!

Shipping tape

Remove the shipping tape.

Shipping tape

Toner cartridge and drum unit!

Caution:

≥If ingestion of toner occurs, drink several glasses of water to dilute stomach contents, and seek immediate

medical treatment. If toner comes into contact with eyes, flush thoroughly with water, and seek medical
treatment. If toner comes into contact with skin, wash thoroughly with soap and water.

≥Do not put up the toner cartridge.
≥Do not open the protection bag until you have read the following instructions and are ready to install the drum

unit. The drum unit contains a photosensitive drum. Exposing it to light may damage the drum.
Once you have opened the protection bag:
—Do not expose the drum unit to light for more than 5 minutes.
—Do not touch or scratch the green drum surface.
—Do not place the drum unit near dust or dirt.
—Do not place the drum unit in a high humidity area.
—Do not expose the drum unit to direct sunlight.

Important:

≥Keep the protection materials in case the fax machine must be repacked and transported.

1

Pull the top cover handle forward and open the top
cover.

Top cover

Top cover
handle

(continued)

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Setup

6

Open the protection bag by cutting the end of the
bag, and remove the drum unit.

5

Install the toner cartridge by holding the two tabs
and matching the triangles.

Protection bag

Toner cartridge

Drum unit

3

Remove the tape and remove the protection cap by
holding the tab.

Caution:

≥Do not touch the roller.
≥Do not put up the toner cartridge.

Protection cap

4

Rock the toner cartridge from side to side several
times carefully.

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Setup

Initial Preparation

7

Remove the tape and protection cap.

Protection cap

Drum unit

Green drum
surface

8

Remove the protection sheet.

Caution:

≥Do not touch or scratch the green drum

surface as this may damage the drum unit.

≥Do not expose the drum unit to light for more

than 5 minutes as this may damage the drum
unit.

Protection
sheet

Tape

9

Install the drum unit on the toner cartridge by
holding the two tabs and matching the triangles.

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Setup

1

Lift the paper cassette up slightly and pull it out of
the unit.

2

Fan the stack of paper to prevent a paper jam and
place the paper into the paper cassette.

≥Put the side to be printed face up.
≥The height of the stack of paper should not

exceed the upper limit on the paper cassette, or
the paper may jam or multi-feed.

≥When using legal size paper, see next page.

Recording paper!

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Setup

Initial Preparation

Using legal size paper

A

B

Button

Press and hold the button on the paper cassette to
release the tray (A), and slide the tray so that “LGL” on
the tray aligns with “"” on the cassette and lock into
place (B).

Tray

Checking the amount of remaining recording paper

You can see the amount of remaining paper without removing the paper cassette.

Types of paper to avoid

≥Extremely smooth or shiny paper or paper that is highly textured
≥Coated papers
≥Letterhead imprinted with low temperature or thermography. These materials may transfer onto the fusing

roller and cause damage. Any pre-printed paper should use inks compatible with 200 oC (392 oF) for

0.1 second.

≥Damaged or wrinkled paper, or paper with irregularities such as tabs, staples, etc.
≥Multipart forms or carbonless paper
≥Paper with a cotton and/or fiber content over 25 %
≥Ink jet paper (It may transfer onto the fuser roller and cause damage.)

E

F

Shows that paper
is empty.

Shows that paper
is fully loaded.

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Setup

2

Open the paper stacker.

Paper stacker

1

Insert the two tabs of the paper tray into the slots
on the paper cassette.

Paper tray!

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Setup

Initial Preparation

Connections!

Wall jack
(RJ11C)

Power cord

Line surge
protector

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Setup

1

Press (MENU).

Display:

2

Press (#), then (1)(6).

3

Press (START/SET/COPY).

4

Press or to select the size of paper you
load.

5

Press (START/SET/COPY).

6

Press (MENU).

SETUP ITEM [ ]

=LETTER

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PAPER SIZE

1.SYSTEM SET UP

Recording paper size!

Set the size of recording paper you load in the paper cassette.
This setting is used when the unit determines the reduction rate for incoming faxes.

The following choices are available.

LETTER: 216 mmk 279 mm (81⁄2qk11q)
A4: 210 mmk297 mm (May not be available in the United States.)
LEGAL: 216 mmk356 mm (81⁄2qk14q)

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Setup

Initial Preparation

Fax Correspondence

Your logo Your facsimile telephone number

Date and time

FROM : Panasonic Fax

Example:

FAX NO. : 1234567 Feb. 26 1999 04:02PM P1

Date and time, your logo and facsimile
telephone number!

You should program the date and time, your logo and facsimile telephone number. This information will be

printed on each page transmitted from your unit, fulfilling the requirements of the Telephone Protection Act of 1991.

Setting the date and time

/

MENU

START/SET/COPY

STOP

JOG DIAL

1

Press (MENU).

Display:

2

Press (#), then (0)(1).

3

Press (START/SET/COPY).

Cursor

4

Enter the correct month/day/year by selecting each
2 digits using the dial keypad.
Example: Aug. 10, 1999
Press (0)(8) (1)(0) (9)(9).

5

Press (START/SET/COPY).

6

Enter the correct hour/minute by selecting each
2 digits using the dial keypad.
Press ($) to select “AM” or “PM”.

Example: 3:15PM

1. Press (0)(3) (1)(5).

2. Press ($) until “PM” is displayed.

TIME: 03:15PM

TIME: 03:15AM

TIME: 12:00AM

M:08/D:10/Y:99

M:01/D:01/Y:99

SET DATE & TIME

1.SYSTEM SET UP

Note:

≥To enter the year 2000 in step 4, press (0)(0)

for the correct year.

≥You can enter the number by rotating

(JOG\DIAL) in steps 4 and 6. In this case,
press (fl) to move the cursor.

≥The accuracy of the clock is approximately

±60 seconds a month.

To correct a mistake

≥Press (fi) or (fl) to move the cursor to the

incorrect number, then make the correction.

≥If you press (STOP) while programming, the

display will return to the previous one.

7

Press (START/SET/COPY).

8

Press (MENU).

SETUP ITEM [ ]

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Setup

Setting your logo

The logo can be your company, division or name.

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MENU