Canon L240, User Manual

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8-6 Receiving Faxes Chapter 8
Setting the Options for Fax/Tel Mode
If you set Fax/Tel Mode, you can control precisely how the FAX handles incoming
calls by adjusting the following settings:
–
RING START TIME
setting: Adjust the time the FAX takes to check whether a
call is from a fax machine or from a telephone (default: 8 seconds).
–
F/T RING TIME
setting: Adjust the length of time the FAX rings when the call
is from a telephone (default: 22 seconds).
–
DEFAULT ACTION
setting: Set whether the FAX switches to receive mode or
disconnects the call after the ring time set in
F/T RING TIME
has elapsed
(default: switches to receive mode).
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What Happens When Fax/Tel Mode is Selected
When the FAX receives a call, it responds according to the type of call as follows:
Type of call
Telephone charges
begin for the caller.
The FAX answers without ringing.
The document is
received automatically.
Pick up the handset
to talk.
(The fax tone is
detected and the FAX
switches to receive
mode.)
The fax disconnects
the call.
4-+-18-
(Default setting)
Choose between:
(default setting) and
Telephone Fax Fax
The FAX starts ringing.
If you don’t pick up the handset
(within 22 sec.).
The fax tone is not detected.
The fax tone is
detected.
The FAX listens for the fax tone.
(For 8 sec.)
(Default setting
= 8 sec.)
(Default setting
= 22 sec.
Not all fax machines are capable of sending a fax tone. For those cases if you set
the
to , the fax switches to receive mode automatically
and starts receiving the document. If no document comes in, it disconnects the call
after approximately 40 seconds.
Sending document
manually
Sending document
automatically