We know you want to use your machine now, without first having to climb
over a mountain of jargon. So we’ve divided these instructions into three
sections.
• “Getting started” (see page 9) covers only what you absolutely
have to know to use your machine immediately.
• “User Settings” (see page 61) provides more details. When you
have time, look through it to learn more about your machine’s
many features, as well as fax in general.
• Finally, “J ust in case…” (see page 187) will help you decide what
to do if you ever have a problem with your machine. It also tells
you how to give it the kind of easy, sensible care that should help
keep troubles to a minimum.
Pages 5 through 8 are the Table of Contents for this guide. Skim through
them now if you’d like (they’ll prove more helpful as time passes), or just
go straight to “Getting started” and, well, get started!
And thanks for choosing Pitney Bowes.
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Find your serial number and write it down
Before going any further, please
note that your machine’s serial
number is located on the bar
code label as shown on the
drawing at right. Due to the
size of your machine, it’s
probably a good idea for you to
copy this down before you set up
your machine. Use the blank at
the bottom of this page.
NOTE: The IC label and ID
label, required by government
regulations, do not contain
serial number information.
Close up, the bar code label
looks somthing like this:
Important: Of course, this is not the number which should appear on
your machine’s label! Rather, this is only to give you an idea of how your
label will look.
Now, please copy down your machine’s serial number, below, for future
reference:
My machine’s model number: PB-4200
My machine’s serial number: _________________________
For a more detailed Table of Contents, please turn to page 5 of
this guide.
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A quick introduction
This brief overview will help you to quickly learn how your Pitney Bowes
fax machine works. Of course, please be sure to read the rest of these
instructions too!
What is a “fax document?”
Simply put, a “fax document” is anything a fax user wants to fax to
someone else. It can be just one page or as many pages as you need. It can
be text, a photograph or even your child’s latest drawing!
What is 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, fullfeatured telephone, your fax number can be your regular phone number.
You can — but this isn’t necessary — dedicate a phone number to your
fax machine, letting you use one number for ordinary voice calls and one
just for fax.
What are resolution and grayscale?
Just as cars are measured by engine size and stereo systems are
measured by watts per channel, so fax machines are measured by
resolution and grayscale. So let’s talk about these for a moment.
Resolution refers to the sharpness of a fax transmission. It’s expressed in
lines per inch (lpi). An international agency has defined three specific
levels of resolution:
• Normal (203 horizontal x 98 vertical lpi)
• Fine (203 x 196 lpi)
• Superfine (203 x 392 lpi).
Similarly, one can judge a fax transmission by its number of grayscalelevels, or shades of gray — really, halftones such as you might see in a
newspaper photo. 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 set your fax machine to transmit in 64-level
grayscale.
So why not always set your fax machine for superfine,
or for grayscale?
Because these settings make your machine send more information,
making transmissions last longer and (on long-distance calls) driving up
your phone bills. That’s why, as you’ll see, we’ve made it easy for you to
set your fax machine for the most efficient, and truest, transmission of
the types of documents you send.
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Your fax machine
Unpacking
The drawing below shows what should be included in the packaging:
As you unpack your fax machine, check for the following items:
□ Main unit □ 2nd paper cassette (includes four screws)
□ Document tray □ Blank cover (includes two screws)
□ Paper tray □ AC power cord
□ Document stopper □ Telephone line cord
□ Toner cartridge □ Additional documents
□ Drum cartridge□ (including this Operator’s Guide)
□ Telephone handset (not shown)
Be sure to save the box (or boxes) and packing materials for reshipment.
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Machine layout
Note: Do not worry if some of the terms used here are unclear to you
right now, we will explain everything fully. Once you’re more
familiar with these terms, this page will be an even handier
reference to your fax machine.
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1. Control panel — The keys you use to operate your fax machine. (See
page 16-18 for more details.)
2. Display
30-character window to show the machine’s status and let you see what
you’re entering during various operations. (If the display is blank, the
machine is off.)
3. Scanner cover release — Pull up on this to open the scanner cover.
4. Scanner cover — Opens to provide access to the original document
(whatever you put into the machine for faxing or copying) during
occasional jams.
(also known as a liquid crystal display, or LCD) — Uses a 4-line x
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5. Document guides — You can adjust these for the width of the
original document so it will feed properly into the machine.
6. Document tray — Supports the original documents for straighter
feeding into the machine.
7. Book cover — Opens to scan an original document using the flatbed
scanner (FBS). Is hinged to accommodate thicker originals, e.g., bound
documents.
8. Multipurpose tray — Holds one sheet of paper. Pull down the tray
toward you to open.
9. 1st paper cassette side cover — Open to fix printout jams.
10. 2nd paper cassette side cover — Open to fix printout jams.
11.
Recording paper level indicator
— Shows the relative amount of
recording paper remaining. White
in the window indicates a full
supply. An all-black display
indicates empty paper and the
Paper level
indicator
Paper Empty
Paper empty
lamp
PAPER EMPTY light glows.
12. 1st paper cassette — Holds up to 300 sheets of recording paper. Pull
the cassette toward you to open.
13. 2nd paper cassette — Holds up to 300 sheets of recording paper.
Pull the cassette toward you to open.
14. Front cover — Opens to provide access for changing the toner and
9. BROADCAST — Helps you set up the process of a fax broadcast
(sending the same document to more than one location).
10. Numeric Keypad — Just like the numeric keys on a regular tone-
dialing phone. In addition to dialing phone and fax numbers, they also
enter numbers when you’re making certain settings.
11. One-Touch Keys — The keys labeled 01-40 (or 41-80, if you’re using
fliptab B) offer one-touch dialing convenience. You also can use the keys
labeled 73-80, 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.
12. START — Either begins manual fax communication (transmission or
reception) or makes one or more copies of a document.
13. CLEAR ALL — Press this key to cancel the current function and return
to the standby mode.
14. STOP/CLEAR — Stops the current operation, ejects a document from
the document feeder and cancels alarms. Press this key to delete
characters on the display and cancel commands you have entered into the
machine.
15. STAMP — Press this key to set the machine to stamp each original
document or page automatically when the machine transmits it
successfully. The STAMP light next to this key glows when this
operation is set to occur.
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16. MEMORY TRANSMIT — Selects which transmission mode your fax
machine uses, whether from memory or from the document feeder. If the
MEMORY TRANSMITlight next to this key is glowing, your machine
will scan documents into memory before trying to send them. Otherwise,
your fax machine will send straight from the feeder, which is slower and
also prevents others in your office from using the fax until your
communication is absolutely complete. NOTE: When you use the flatbed
scanner, the machine always uses memory transmission.
17. SPEED DIAL/TEL INDEX — Starts a speed-dialing operation, which
you finish by entering a three-digit number via the keypad. Also displays
one-touch and speed dial entries sorted alphanumerically, as in a
telephone directory.
18. Multifunction Keys — Press to choose options that appear in the
display.
19. 䊳 — Scrolls (moves) rightward through features and command options
that appear in the display.
20. 䊴 — Scrolls (moves) leftward through features and command options as
displayed on the display.
21. PROGRAM — Any function can be started by first pressing this key and
then entering the function number.
22. MENU — Press to change the display to the next series of options.
23. RESOLUTION — Press this key to toggle among the three resolution
modes and the halftone (grayscale) mode.
24. CONTRAST — Press this key to toggle among contrast settings –
normal, a little dark, dark, a little light or light.
25. COPY/FAX — Press this key to toggle between FAX mode or COPY
mode.
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You’re in control!
We’ve worked hard to make sure this fax machine is easy for you to use,
despite its impressive set of features. You control it — not vice versa. So
we’ve also tried to make these operating instructions just as easy. In that
spirit, let’s make sure there’s no confusion about how to give your
machine its marching orders.
To press:0 (zero), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, # or *
Use:The numeric keypad.
Tip:At no (other) time in this manual will we refer to the letters
printed below the numeric keys, such as abc by the 2 key. They
are there only for your greater convenience in using your fax
machine as a telephone.
To press:A, B, C, D or any other letter key
Use:The one-touch key by that name.
Tip:Please don’t confuse the zero (0) with a letter O.
Here’s an example. If we say “press PROGRAM, 7, ENTER, 0, 8, ENTER”…
Important: Please note that you would not be entering commas or
periods. Those typographical characters appear in our
instructions merely to serve their usual separative
functions and are not intended for actual entry from your
machine’s control panel.
While there is a function (broadcasting) which requires the
entry of commas, we provide special ways to do that, as we’ll
explain when the time comes.
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Setting up
Pick an installation spot before going ahead
To keep your fax machine in perfect working order, the location should be:
• Clean — Dust build-up can damage your machine. (However, do
not use a cover! See next item.)
• In the open — Allow at least 16” of clearance around your
machine. 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 fountain) 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’ long
when stretched to its limit (and that’s not the way to handle a
power cord).
Phone and electrical requirements
• 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 inadvertent shutoffs of your 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 highconsumption appliances can cause “draw-downs” (temporary drops
in the power available for other equipment on the circuit) which
could damage your fax machine.
• If at all possible, use an electrical surge suppressor, preferably
one which guards both telephone 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:Standby23 WTransmission50 W
Reception620 WCopying640 W
Maximum (simultaneous copying,
communicating and scanning)1067 W
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Installing the printing supplies
Your fax machine prints incoming faxes and copies with a laser print
engine. The engine requires two types of printing supplies (also called
consumables):
• The drum cartridge — Yields up to 30,000 letter-sized printouts.*
• The toner cartridge — Yields up to 7,000 letter-sized printouts.*
Here’s how to install these supplies:
1. Open the front cover.
*See “Specifications,” page 227.
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2. Release the M2 and M3 levers by pushing or turning each in the
direction indicated by the arrow next to it.
3. Unpack the toner cartridge from its carton. Then, holding the toner
cartridge with both hands, shake it as shown (note the arrows).
4. Place the toner cartridge on a flat, clean surface. Steady the cartridge
with one hand, and remove the seal by gently pulling with your other
hand.
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5. Holding the toner cartridge with both hands, gently shaking it as
shown (note the arrows).
6. Unpack the drum cartridge from its carton.Important: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.
7. Install the toner cartridge in the drum cartridge, making sure that
the toner cartridge’s two pins (each at the front side) fit in the slits
inside the drum cartridge frame.
8. Then push the toner cartridge in the direction indicated by the arrow
to lock it.
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9. Grasp the “PUSH/PULL” tab and align the green markers on both the
drum cartridge and the unit’s frame. Once aligned, slide the end of
drum over the green tapered protrusion (to the lower left of the
marker). This “rail” supports the cartridge as it’s inserted. Gently
push the cartridge until it securely clicks into position. Important:
When you install a new drum cartridge, you must also reset the drum
counter. (See “When you install a new drum cartridge,” next page.)
10. To lock the drum cartridge in place, return the M2 and M3 levers to
their normal positions, as shown.
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11. Close the front cover. Push on a portion of the cover to lock the cover
into its normal position. NOTE: The fax machine will not work if the
cover isn’t closed properly.
When you install a new drum cartridge
Your fax machine keeps track of how many pages go through the drum
cartridge to let you know when the drum needs to be replaced. Thus,
whenever you install a new drum cartridge, you must “notify” the
machine by resetting the drum counter. (Obviously, before doing so the
very first time, you’ll have to finish installing the machine and then turn
it on.) Important: Do this only when you are installing a new drum
cartridge. Here’s how to reset this counter:
1. Press PROGRAM, J, 1, 6. The display will show:
13. Stamp16. Reset DR Ctr
14. RelayedRelay
15. Connect PC
▲▼
Enter
2. Press ENTER.
Reset DR Ctr
YES
NO
▲▼
Enter
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3. Select “YES” using ▲ or ▼. Then press ENTER to reset the drum
counter.
Reset DR Ctr
YES
NO
▲▼
Enter
Loading paper
The following instructions tell you how to load the paper on which the fax
machine prints copies and receives faxes. Right out of the box, your
machine can hold up to 601 sheets at a time: 300 sheets in each cassette
and one sheet in the multipurpose tray. (Your machine can accept up to
two more optional 300-sheet cassettes for a possible total of 1,201 sheets.
Contact your local Pitney Bowes office for more information on optional
cassettes.)
Loading the paper cassette
Each paper cassette can be adjusted to accept letter-, legal- or ledgersized paper.
1. Pull forward on the paper cassette to open.
2. To set the paper cassette for a different paper size, slide the paper
guide to the correct position.
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3. Press down on the cassette plate until it clicks.
Note:Before you insert paper in the cassette, stack it so the leading
edge and sides of the paper are even.
4. Insert the paper into the cassette.
• 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 left
and right side of the cassette (viewed from the cassette’s front, as
shown).
• Each paper cassette can hold about 300 sheets of paper.
5. Push the paper cassette back into its original (closed) position. You’ll
feel a click when it’s properly in place.
• Attach the paper size label on the front side of cassette.
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Loading the one-sheet multipurpose tray
The multipurpose tray holds one sheet of either letter-, legal- or ledgersized paper.
1. Pull to open the multipurpose tray.
2. Adjust the multipurpose tray for the width of paper you plan to load.
Slide the guide to the slot for the paper size you’ll be loading.
3. Insert a sheet into the tray until the sheet won’t go in any farther.
Make sure the guide setting you made in step 2, above, is correct.
Attaching the paper-handling parts
1. Attach the document stopper, as shown. (Note the direction.)
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2. Attach the document tray by inserting it 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.
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