Canon printer imageCLASS MF6590 User Manual

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Using Address Book Key
Address book dialing enables you to search for a particular recipient registered in the 
machine. This is useful when you forget which one-touch speed dialing key or coded speed 
dialing the recipient you want is registered under.
1 Set documents.
Place the first page on the platen glass if you are not using the ADF.
2 Press [FAX].
If you want to adjust the image quality and density, see “Scan Settings,” on p. 4-4.
3 Press [Address Book].
If no recipient is...

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4 Use a numeric key to enter the first letter of the recipient’s name.
For example, if you want to search for a name that starts with the letter “H,” press [4] (GHI) once or 
twice.
Entries starting with the letter you entered are displayed if any entries are registered.
Press [*] to switch between input modes: 
[:A]: Letter mode 
[:1]: Number mode
CANON
Ex.
ADDRESSBOOK:A
5 Press [] or [] to search for the recipient’s name.
Pressing [] displays the names of other recipients in...

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6 When the recipient’s name is displayed, press [OK].
7 Press [Start] to dial the number.
When you set the documents on the platen glass, Press [] or [] to select the document size, then 
press [Start] for each document. When scanning is complete, press [OK] to start dialing.
When  is set to  in  in , the m\
achine starts dialing 
automatically after a preset time. 

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Manual Sending
Use manual sending when you want to talk to the recipient before sending 
a document, or if the recipient does not have a fax machine that can receive 
automatically.
You cannot use the platen glass for manual sending.
You cannot use group dialing for manual sending.
1 Connect an external telephone to the machine if you want to talk to the 
recipient before sending a document.
For details on how to connect an external telephone to the machine, see “Before FAX Setting,”...

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4 Press [Hook] or pick up the handset of your external telephone.
5 Dial the recipient's fax/telephone number.
Make sure to confirm the dial tone before entering a fax/telephone number. If you enter the number 
before the dial tone can be heard, the call may not connect, or the wrong number may be dialed. 

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6 Talk through the handset to the recipient.
If you press [Hook] in step 4, you can pick up the handset when you hear the recipient's voice.
If you hear a high-pitched signal instead of the recipient's voice, go to step 8.
7 Ask the recipient to set their fax machine to receive faxes.
8 When you hear a high-pitched signal, press [Start], then hang up the handset. 

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Canceling TX Jobs
Follow the procedure below to cancel an ongoing fax job.
1 Press [Stop].
2 When the  message appears, press [OK].
STOPKEYPRESSED
PRESSOKKEY
Ex.
 When the  message appears, press [] to select 
.
CANCELDURINGTX/RX?

The  message appears only when the [Stop] key is pressed while the document 
is being scanned.
Remove any unscanned documents from the ADF.
If you are in the copy or scan standby mode and want to cancel a fax job, press [FAX] to return to the 
fax mode...

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Checking and Deleting TX Jobs
System monitor enables you to view the transmission results, monitor the status of 
the send jobs currently being processed.
Checking Transmission Results
1 Press [System Monitor].
2 Press [] or [] to select , then press [OK].
If you set  to  in , transmission result does not appear 
in the LCD.
3 Press [] or [] to view the required transmission result.
4 Press [Stop] to return to the standby mode. 

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Checking and Deleting Sending Documents Stored in Memory
1 Press [System Monitor].
2 Press [] or [] to select , then press [OK].
3 Press [] or [] to scroll through the job list.
If you want to delete the job, go to step 4. Otherwise, press [Stop] to return to the standby mode.
4 Press [] or [] to select the desired job, then press [OK]. 

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5 Press [] to select .
If you do not want to cancel the job, press [] to select .
6 Press [Stop] to return to the standby mode.