2-10RECEIVING FAXESWhen another fax machine sends a fax to your machine, your machine will ring*, automatically receive the fax, andbegin printing (this is called automatic reception).RECEIVING A FAX1 The machine will ring* and reception willautomatically begin. 2 Reception ends.When reception ends,the machine makes a"beep" sound.The received fax isdelivered to the top tray. If received data cannot be printedIf the machine is out of paper or toner, or if a paper jam occurs or the machine isbusy printing a copy or print job, received faxes will be stored in memory untilprinting is possible. When printing is possible, the faxes will print automatically(however, if the machine has run out of paper, touch the [OK] key in the touchpanel after adding paper). When a received fax is stored in memory, the "DATA"light to the right of the [IMAGE SEND] key will blink.You can also use the transfer function to have another fax machine print thereceived data (See "USING THE TRANSFER FUNCTION" on page 3-18.).NOTES You can store a transmission job while fax reception is in progress. (See "Storing transmission jobs (memorytransmission)" on page 2-8.) To receive faxes, sufficient paper must be loaded in the paper tray. Refer to pages 2-2 to 2-11 of "Copyingoperation manual" to load appropriate paper. Incoming faxes will be automatically adjusted to the orientation ofthe printing paper, so there is no need to load both horizontally ( ) and vertically ( ) oriented paper.However, if you receive a fax that is smaller than 8-1/2"x11" (A4 or B5) size, the paper size used to print the faxwill depend on how the original was oriented (vertically or horizontally) in the sending fax machine.*Number of ringsThe machine has been set to ring twice before beginningautomatic reception. You can use the key operatorprogram to change the number of rings to any numberfrom 0 to 15. (See "Number of calls in auto reception" onpage 8-9.)If the number of rings is set to 0, the machine will receivefaxes without ringing.NOTEIf the machine has multiple output trays, the keyoperator program can be used to change the outputtray for fax reception. (See "Fax output tray setting"on page 8-9.)NOTEIf a double beep sounds during or after reception and an error message appears in the touch panel, clear the erroras explained in "WHEN AN ALARM SOUNDS AND A WARNING MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED" on page 7-3.