Canon printer imageCLASS MF6550 User Manual

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Machine Settings
9. INIT. FAX STD SET Sets whether to restore  in  to the default.
–OFF
–ON
3. TX SETTINGS Sets the transmission functions.
1. ECM  TX Sets whether the ECM (Error Correction Mode) transmission 
is activated.
–ON
–OFF
2. PAUSE TIME Sets the pause time when you insert pause into the dialing 
sequence. (1SEC-15SEC)
3. AUTO REDIAL Sets whether to redial automatically when the other line is 
busy or a transmission error occurs. (See Chapter 1, 
“Advanced Fax Features,” in the Advanced Guide.)
ON Customizes the redial operation.
1. REDIAL TIMES Sets the number of retries. (1TIMES-10TIMES)
2. REDIAL 
INTERVALSets period of time before redialing. (2MIN.-99MIN.)
3. TX ERROR 
REDIALSets whether the machine redials automatically when 
transmission error occurs.
–ON
–OFF
OFF After the first attempt at dialing fails, redialing is not 
attempted.
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4. TIME OUT Sets whether to scan a document automatically after 
entering the fax number.
* This function is not available when you dial with the numeric keys.
–ON
–OFF
5. DIALING LINE CHCK Sets whether to check the telephone line condition.
–ON
–OFF
4. RX SETTINGS Sets the reception functions.
1. ECM RX Sets whether the ECM (Error Correction Mode) reception is 
activated.
–ON
–OFF
2. FAX/TEL OPT. SET Sets the optional items in  mode. (See Chapter 1, 
“Advanced Fax Features,” in the Advanced Guide.)
1. RING START TIME Sets the time the machine takes to check whether a call is a 
fax or a voice call. (0SEC-30SEC)
2. F/T RING TIME Selects the ring length for voice calls. (15SEC-300SEC)
3. F/T SWITCH 
ACTIONSelects whether the machine switches to receive mode after 
the ring time has elapsed, or whether if disconnects the call.
– RECEIVE
– DISCONNECT
3. DRPD:SELECT FAX Selects the ring pattern for fax calls.
– DOUBLE RING
– SHORT-SHORT-LONG
– SHORT-LONG-SHORT
– OTHER RING TYPE
–NORMAL RING
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Machine Settings
4. INCOMING RING Sets whether the machine rings when it receives a voice 
call, enabling you to answer the call. This function is only 
available when  is set to  or 
.
OFF The telephone does not ring when it receives a voice call. (In 
Sleep mode, the telephone may ring one or two times.)
ON The telephone rings when it receives a voice call if an 
external telephone is connected.
RING COUNT Sets the number of incoming rings before the machine 
answers. (1TIMES-99TIMES)
5. REMOTE RX Sets whether to use remote receiving. This function is not 
available when  in  is set to . (See Chapter 1, “Advanced 
Fax Features,” in the Advanced Guide.)
ON The machine enables remote receiving.
REMOTE RX ID You can dial a code on remote extension to start receiving a 
document.
A combination of two characters using 0 to 9, * and # is 
possible.
OFF The machine disables remote receiving.
6. MANUAL/AUTO Sets whether the machine switches to document receive 
mode after the external telephone rings for a specified 
length of time in manual receive mode.
OFF The external telephone keeps ringing until someone 
answers the call manually.
ON The machine switches to document receive mode after the 
external telephone rings for a specified time.
F/T RING TIME Sets the length of time to elapse before the machine 
switches to document receiving. (1SEC-99SEC)
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5. PRINTER SETTINGS Sets the to printer functions.
1. RECEIVE REDUCTION
Sets whether the received images print out at a reduced size. 
(See Chapter 1, “Advanced Fax Features,” in the Advanced 
Guide.)
ON
Image reduction is turned on.
1. RECEIVE 
REDUCTIONSelects the reducing type.
–AUTO
– FIXED REDUCTION (90%, 95%, 97%, 75%)
2. REDUCE 
DIRECTIONSelects the reducing direction.
– VERTICAL ONLY
– HORIZ & VERTICAL
OFF
Image reduction is turned off.
2. TWO-SIDED PRINT Sets the type of two-sided printing for faxing. (See 
Chapter 1, “Advanced Fax Features,” in the Advanced 
Guide.)
–OFF
–ON
3. CONT. PRINTING Selects how the machine responds when the 
 message 
appears.
RX TO MEMORY The machine stores all documents in memory.
KEEP PRINTING The machine does not store documents in memory if the 
toner runs out. Reset to  after replacing 
the toner cartridge.
FAX SETTINGS (MF6550/MF6560/MF6580 Only) 
						

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Machine Settings
ADDRESS BOOK SET. (MF6550/MF6560/MF6580 Only)
Setting Item Description
1. 1-TOUCH SPD DIAL Registers the information on one-touch speed dialing. Up to 
23 destinations can be registered. (See “Registering One-
Touch Speed Dialing,” on p. 4-7.)
1. TEL NUMBER ENTRY Registers the recipient’s fax number (max. 120 digits, 
including spaces).
2. NAME Registers the recipient’s name (max. 16 characters, 
including spaces).
3. OPTIONAL SETTING Selects whether to use the advanced functional settings for 
each one-touch speed dialing recipient registered in the 
machine. (See Chapter 1, “Advanced Fax Features,” in the 
Advanced Guide.
OFF The optional setting is not set for this speed dialing.
ON The optional setting is set for this speed dialing.
1. INTERNATIONAL Selects a mode for documents you are sending.
–DOMESTIC
– LONG DISTANCE 1
– LONG DISTANCE 2
– LONG DISTANCE 3
2. TX SPEED Selects a transmission speed. 
(33600 bps, 14400 bps, 9600 bps, 4800 bps)
3. ECM Selects whether to use ECM (Error Correction Mode).
–ON
–OFF 
						

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2. CODED SPD DIAL Registers the information on coded speed dialing. Up to 100 
destinations can be registered. (See “Registering Coded 
Speed Dialing,” on p. 4-15.)
1. TEL NUMBER ENTRY Registers the recipient’s fax number (max. 120 digits, 
including spaces).
2. NAME Registers the recipient’s name (max. 16 characters, 
including spaces).
3. OPTIONAL SETTING Selects whether to use the advanced functional settings for 
each coded speed dialing recipient registered in the 
machine. (See Chapter 1, “Advanced Fax Features,” in the 
Advanced Guide.)
OFF The optional setting is not set for this speed dialing.
ON The optional setting is set for this speed dialing.
1. INTERNATIONAL Select the mode for documents you send.
–DOMESTIC
– LONG DISTANCE 1
– LONG DISTANCE 2
– LONG DISTANCE 3
2. TX SPEED Select the transmission speed. 
(33600 bps, 14400 bps, 9600 bps, 4800 bps)
3. ECM Selects whether to use ECM (Error Correction Mode).
–ON
–OFF
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3. GROUP DIAL Registers the information on group dialing. Up to 122
destinations can be registered. (See “Registering Group 
Dialing,” on p. 4-23.)
1. TEL NUMBER ENTRY Registers the recipient fax numbers by specifying the one-
touch speed dialing keys or coded speed dialing codes.
2. NAME Registers the group name (max. 16 characters, including 
spaces).
PRINTER SETTINGS
Setting Item Description
1. DEFAULT PAPERSIZE Sets the default paper size when no paper source is 
specified.
(LTR, STMT, EXECUTIV, ISO-B5, ISO-C5, COM10, 
MONARCH, DL, A4, B5, A5, LGL)
2. DEFAULT PAPERTYPE Sets the default paper type for print jobs. This machine has 
internally defined optimal print modes for each specified 
paper type.
(PLAIN PAPER, COLOR, RECYCLED, HEAVY PAPER 1, 
HEAVY PAPER 2, HEAVY PAPER 3, BOND, 3HOLE 
PUNCH PAPER, TRANSPARENCY, LABELS, ENVELOPE)
3. COPIES Sets the number of documents printed. (1-999)
4. 2-SIDED PRINTING Sets whether to activate two-sided printing.
–OFF
–ON
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5. PRINT QUALITY Sets the image quality, density or toner saving mode for 
printing.
1. IMAGE REFINEMENT Sets whether to print smoothly the jagged outlines of 
characters and graphics.
–ON
–OFF
2. DENSITY Adjusts the print density. (1-9)
3. TONER SAVER Sets whether toner saving mode is enabled.
–OFF
–ON
6. PAGE LAYOUT Sets the printing layout.
1. BINDING Sets the binding position for two-sided printing.
– LONG EDGE
–SHORT EDGE
2. MARGIN Sets the page margin in inches or millimeters.
– INCHES (-01.90INCHES-01.90INCHES)
– MM (-50.0MM-50.0MM)
7. COLLATE Sets whether to collate the printouts automatically.
–OFF
–COLLATE
8. ERROR TIME OUT Sets the length of time before the machine returns an error 
when no data is received from the computer.
ON Sets the error time out period. (5SEC-300SEC)
OFF The error time out is off.
9. INIT. PRINTER SET Restores all  to the default.
–OFF
–ON
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Machine Settings
10.PCL SETTINGS*** Sets the PCL printer setting.
1. ORIENTATION Sets the paper orientation.
–PORTRAIT
– LANDSCAPE
2. FONT NUMBER Sets the default font typeface for the printer function using 
the corresponding font numbers. (0-120)
3. POINT SIZE Specifies a point size for the default font. This item appears 
when the number in  is that of a 
proportionally spaced scalable font. (4.00-999.75)
4. PITCH Specifies the pitch for the default font. This item appears 
when the number in  is that of a fixed 
pitch scalable font. (0.44-99.99)
5. FORM LINES Sets the number of lines to be printed on a page. (5-128)
6. SYMBOL SET Selects the symbol set most suited to the needs of the host 
computer.
7. CUSTOM PAPER Sets whether to use a custom paper size.
OFF Disables you to specify a custom paper size.
ON Enables you to specify a custom paper size.
1. UNIT OF 
MEASURESelects the unit of measurement to specify a custom paper 
size.
– INCHES
–MILLIMETERS
2. X DIMENSION Specifies the horizontal size of the custom paper. 
(05.00-14.00 inches (127-356 mm))
3. Y DIMENSION Specifies the vertical size of the custom paper. 
(03.00-08.50 inches (76-216 mm))
PRINTER SETTINGS 
						

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*** MF6560/MF6580 Only
8. APPEND CR TO LF Sets whether to append a carriage return (CR) when line 
feed code (LF) is received.
NO The print head moves down to the next line when line feed 
code is received, and the margin does not change (such as 
the beginning of the next line).
YES The print head moves to the beginning of the next line when 
line feed code is received.
9. ENLARGE A4 Sets whether to expand the printable area of A4 size paper 
to that of Letter size in width.
* This setting is applicable for A4 paper and portrait orientation for 
the PCL5 printing only. The PCL6 printing is not supported.
OFF All the area on a page 1/6 inch (4.23 mm) from the top, 
bottom, left, and right edges is available for printing on A4 
paper.
ON All the area on a page 1/6 inch (4.23 mm) from the top and 
bottom edges and 1/20 inch (1.28 mm) from the left and 
right edges is available for printing on A4 paper. Only the 
width increases.
11.RESET PRINTER Clears all print jobs in progress and resets the printer 
function.
–OFF
–ON
PRINTER SETTINGS