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OKIFAX 740
User’s Guide
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Every effort has been made to ensure that the information Oki and Okifax are registered trademarks of Oki Electric in this document is complete, accurate, and up-to-date. Oki Industry Company, Ltd. assumes no responsibility for the results of errors beyond its control. Oki also cannot guarantee that changes in WinFax Pro is a registered trademark of Delrina Corp. software and equipment made by other manufacturers and referred to in this guide will not affect the applicability of LaserFax is a re
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Safety • Your OKIFAX 740 has an earthed, 3-pin plug as a safety Your OKIFAX 740 has been carefully designed to give you years feature, and it will only fit into a earthed outlet. If you can of safe, reliable performance. As with all electrical equipment, not plug it in, chances are that you have an older, there are a few basic precautions you should take to avoid hurting non-earthed outlet; contact an electrician to have it replaced yourself or damaging the unit: with a earthed outlet. Do not us
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• If anything happens that indicates that your OKIFAX 740 is not working properly or has been damaged, unplug it immediately and contact your Oki dealer for service. These are some of the things to look for: • The power cable or plug is frayed or damaged. • Liquid has been spilled into the housing, or the machine has been exposed to water. • The machine has been dropped or its cabinet has been damaged. • The machine doesn’t function normally when you are following the operating instructions. 4
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Contents FUNCTION Key .................................................. 18 Safety .............................................................................. 3 RESOLUTION Key ............................................. 18 Installation ...................................................................... 9 MEMORY Key ....................................................19 Unpacking .................................................................. 9 CLEAR Key ...............................
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Contents Transmission................................................................. 27 Substitute Memory...................................................40 Prepare to Send ........................................................ 27 Voice Request ........................................................... 40 Transmission After Voice ......................................... 28 Using Your OKIFAX 740 as a Copier .......................... 41 Dialling with the Numeric Keypad ...................
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Contents Restricted Access ................................................. 53 Using the PC Interface ................................................. 62 Closed Network ................................................... 54 Connecting the PC ...................................................62 Error Correcting Mode (ECM) ............................ 54 PC Software Settings ...............................................63 PC Interface On/Off ............................................. 55 PC
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Installation Unpacking ➊ 1. Open the packaging, remove the fax machine and its accessories and place them on a stable surface. 2. Check the package contents carefully. You should find the following items: i) OKIFAX 740 facsimile transceiver; ➎ ii) Telephone line cable; iii) Paper support; iv) Ink cartridge; v) Telephone adapter for optional connection of ➍ serial telephone; ➋ vi) Mains ac power cable; ➌ vii) This User’s Guide. ➏ If anything appears to be missing or damaged, contact your ➐ Oki de
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Removal of Transport Materials 1. Remove any adhesive tape from the outside surfaces 5. Pull the paper feeder (1) towards the front of the machine to open the feeder. Pull out the sheet of transit of the machine. paper (2) from the paper feeder. 2. Press down the cover release tab (1) and lift the top ➋ cover to the fully upright position. ➊ ➊ 6. Push the feeder (1) towards the rear of the machine to close it. 3. Pull out the sheet of transit paper from under the paper 7. Install the paper suppo
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Connecting to Power and Telephone Network 1. Insert the telephone line cable plug into the line jack 3. Plug the ac power cable into the rear panel socket on your OKIFAX 740, and the other end into a suitable ac (“LINE”) on the left-hand side of the machine. power socket. LINE TEL 2. Ensure that the ac power on/off switch (2) is in the Note: The ac power socket must be nearby and should OFF (down) position. remain easily accessible at all times. 4. Plug the telephone line jack into t
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Connection of Telephone (Optional) Connection of Serial Telephone If you intend to use a normal telephone in conjunction with This method does not require a two-way adapter, but instead your fax machine, follow the steps in this section. Otherwise utilises the TEL socket on your fax machine. skip to the next section. Note: This method of connection is available in certain There are two methods by which a telephone may be countries only. connected: serial telephone connection and parallel telepho
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Connection of Parallel Telephone This method involves the use of a two-way telephone jack 3. Plug the telephone line jack from the fax machine into adapter (not supplied). one of the two input sockets on the two-way adapter, and the line jack from the telephone into the other 1. Withdraw the telephone line jack from the telephone socket. network socket. 2. Plug a two-way telephone adapter into the telephone network socket. 13
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Installing the Ink Cartridge 1. Press down the cover release tab and lift the top cover 5. Lower the ink cartridge into the carrier with the copper contacts facing the front of the machine. to the fully upright position. 2. Slide the ink cartridge carrier towards the centre of its travel, and then slightly to the left, opposite the loading tab (1). 6. Squeeze the top of the cartridge towards the front of the carrier until it snaps into position. ➊ 3. Carefully remove the ink cartridge from its p
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Three sizes of paper may be used: Installing Paper A4 210 x 297mm Your fax machine uses plain paper to print incoming US Letter 8½" x 11" (216 x 279mm) messages. Any paper suitable for use in a standard ink jet US Legal 8½" x 14" (216 x 356mm) printer may be used. Loading Paper Choosing Paper Depending upon thickness, up to about 150 sheets of paper Examples of suitable paper types are: may be loaded into the paper feeder. • inkjet printer paper 1. Remove paper fresh from its wrapping. • copier
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3. Flush the sheets into a neat stack. 5. Adjust the paper width levers (1) & (2) to either LETTER or A4 as appropriate. ➊ ➋ 4. Pull the paper feeder towards the front of the fax 6. Insert the stack, short edge first, into the feeder. Do not machine to open the feeder chute. force, but allow the stack to drop in gently under its own weight. ➊ 7. Return the paper feeder to its original closed position. 16
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Control Panel STOP COPY/START POWER/ TEL TAD/FAX TAD COMMUNI- VOICE FINE PHOTO MEMORY ALARM CATION REQUEST HOOK RESERVATION VOICE RECEIVE CLEAR REDIAL/ ORIGINAL MODE SHIFT YES NO FUNCTION RESOLUTION MEMORY / QUICK PAUSE REQUEST LCD Display Quick Dial (One-Touch) Keys The display shows the current machine status (Ready, These five keys provide quick dialling of fax numbers stored Transmitting, Receiving, etc.) and also gives prompts and in memories A to F. messages when making adjustments. Shift
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COPY/START Key SHIFT Key This key starts the required operation, such as transmitting, This key is used to determine whether the five quick dial manual receiving or copying a document. keys select memory numbers A to E, or F to J. STOP Key YES Key This key stops the current operation, such as transmitting, This key is used to answer YES to questions and prompts receiving or copying a document. It is also used to cancel which appear on the LCD display panel during adjustment. an alarm signal afte
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MEMORY Key REDIAL/PAUSE Key This key selects memory transmit operation. Documents This key redials the most recently dialled fax number. It is may be scanned into memory for immediate or later also used to enter a brief pause in a stored fax number, transmission. such as the pause sometimes required after the access digit for an outside line via an internal telephone exchange. CLEAR Key HOOK VOICE REQUEST Key This key is used to delete entries for various machine settings or stored numbers. It i
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TEL, TEL/FAX & TAD Lights FINE & PHOTO Lights These three lights indicate the selected receive mode. The These lights indicate the resolution selected. Fine resolution available modes are: is appropriate for documents with very small print or other fine detail. Photo resolution is appropriate for photographs, Fax Normal dedicated fax mode with auto-answer. coloured documents or those with several shades of grey. Tel Manual voice/fax receive without auto-answer. Standard resolution (both lights o
