Getting started
1.4
What are all the parts?
Note:
Don’t 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.
Liquid crystal display (
LCD
)
— The display (2-line × 20-character) which
shows the machine’s status and lets you see what you’re entering during
various operations
2.
Control Panel
— The keys you use to operate your fax machine. (See
pages 1.6–1.7 for more details.)
3.
Paper cassette
— One of two locations where you put the recording paper
(the Multipurpose 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 the original document comes out.
6.
Side
cover
— Open to fix printout jams.
7.
Multipurpose 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
cartridge (or, occasionally, fixing printout jams).
10.
Book cover
— Opens to scan an original document using the flatbed
scanner (
FBS
).
11.
Document tray
— Supports the original document for straighter feeding
into the automatic document feeder (
ADF
).
12.
Document guides
— You can adjust these for the width of the original
document so it will feed properly into the
ADF
.
13.
Automatic document feeder (
ADF
)
— The slot into which 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 to provide access, during occasional jams, to an
original document you have put into the
ADF
.
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.
