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Sending Documents Created Using an Application (Mac OS)

By selecting a fax-capable printer from the Print menu of a commercially available application, you can send data such as documents, drawings, and tables, you have created.

Note:

The following explanation uses Text Edit, a standard Mac OS application as an example.

  1. Create the document you want to send by fax in an application.

  2. Click Print from the File menu.

    The application’s Print window is displayed.

  3. Select your printer (fax name) in Name, click to display the detailed settings, check the print settings, and then click OK.

  4. Make settings for each item.

    • Specify 1 in Number of copies. Even if you specify 2 or more, only 1 copy is sent.
    • You can send up to 100 pages in one fax transmission.
    Note:

    The page size of documents you can send is the same as the paper size you can fax from the printer.

  5. Select Fax Settings from the popup menu, and then make settings for each item.

    See the PC-FAX driver's help for explanations on each setting item.

    Click at the bottom left of the window to open the PC-FAX driver's help.

  6. Select the Recipient Settings menu, and then specify the recipient.

    • Specifying a recipient (name, fax number, and so on) directly:
      Click the Add item, enter the necessary information, and then click . The recipient is added to the Recipient List displayed in the upper part of the window.
      If you have selected "Enter fax number twice" in the PC-FAX driver settings, you need to enter the same number again when you click .
      If your fax connection line requires a prefix code, enter External Access Prefix.
      Note:

      If your printer's Line Type is set to PBX and the access code has been set to use # (hash) instead of entering the exact prefix code, enter # (hash). For details, see Line Type in Basic Settings from Related Information link below.

    • Selecting a recipient (name, fax number, and so on) from the phone book:
      If the recipient is saved in the phone book, click . Select the recipient from the list, and then click Add > OK.
      If your fax connection line requires a prefix code, enter External Access Prefix.
      Note:

      If your printer's Line Type is set to PBX and the access code has been set to use # (hash) instead of entering the exact prefix code, enter # (hash). For details, see Line Type in Basic Settings from Related Information link below.

  7. Check the recipient settings, and then click Fax.

    Sending starts.

    Make sure the name and fax number of the recipient are correct before transmitting.

    Note:
    • If you click the printer icon in Dock, the transmission status check screen is displayed. To stop sending, click the data, and then click Delete.

    • If an error occurs during transmission, the Sending failed message is displayed. Check the transmission records on the Fax Transmission Record screen.

    • Mixed paper size documents may not be sent correctly.