OKI MB280 User Manual

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Fax communications
The fax communication enables you to:
• send documents as faxes from one of the scanners of 
your terminal, from the hard disk or from the screen of 
your PC,
• receive fax documents,
• monitor communications through various services: the 
inbox, the outbox, the sent items, the outbox log and 
the inbox log.
Parameters are available to modify the way your terminal 
works with regard to fax communications. You can modify 
these parameters to adapt the fax...

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Send a fax from an application
This method is used to directly send a document you have 
created using a desktop software without printing it 
beforehand.
1From your desktop software, select F
ILE > PRINT.
2Select the printer OKI MB280 (FAX) and click OK. 
The fax window is displayed.
3To send your fax to a contact, enter his/her number 
in the field R
ECIPIENTS and click on   or select a 
contact (or a group) from one of the address books 
in the field A
DDRESS BOOK and click...

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The send memory (items sent)
The sent memory is used to keep all faxes you have sent.
The information in the send memory is:
• the recipient of the fax,
• the date the fax was created,
• the date the fax was sent,
• the size of the fax.
The outbox log
The outbox log is used to keep a history of all fax 
communications (successful or rejected) that your 
Terminal processes. The log is printed automatically as 
soon as its contents fill a page.
The information held in the log is:
•...

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Description of the tab FAX PARAMETERSCover page
The cover page is part of a fax document automatically 
generated by your terminal, on which there is information 
concerning the sender, the recipient, the date, the time 
sent, comments, etc... 
 
This page may be sent alone or in front of a fax document, 
but always at the same time as the document. A 
document may be sent with a cover page from the 
multifunction terminal or from the central processing unit. 
In the latter case,...

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Details about Option A and B:
• Option (A): Open the application that you want to use 
to edit the background (Word, Wordpad...). Draw the 
background image then print this document in the 
printer named OKI MB280 (FAX). At that point the 
MFSendFax dialog is displayed:
Add any recipient to the recipient list, click on the tab 
A
DVANCED OPTIONS, select resolution FINE as shown 
below:
Finally click on the button S
AVE AS DRAFT in the lower 
right corner (floppy disk icon). The...

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For the second step: 
Now that the background image is created in directory in 
C:\Program Files\Companion Suite Pro 
LL 2\Documents\FAX\Temporary, you can add the fields 
on top of the background image.
Please follow the procedure below:
(a) Launch MFManager, select New Fax, click on the 
tab Cover Page, and check the check box named 
With the cover page.
(b) Click on the button New, this displays a new window 
with the title Creation of the cover page.
(c) Press the button Open...

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Description of the tab COVER PAGESMS Communications 
From your PC, you can send SMS to a single recipient or 
to multiple recipients using the distribution groups.
Communications being sent are monitored by means of 
the outbox, the outbox log and the outbox memory (items 
sent).
Presentation of the SMS window
Field Description
Name of the cover 
pageEither the name of the page 
selected by default or the page 
you have selected to use.
SenderYou can enter information 
concerning...

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Send an SMS
1Click on the icon SMS   of the window 
C
OMPANION DIRECTOR.
2Click on N
EW then on SMS.
3Enter your message in the field C
ONTENT OF 
MESSAGE provided for this purpose. 
You can use the buttons and the smiley  located 
to the left of the input field to customize your 
message, or to automatically insert the date and 
time.
4To send your SMS to a contact, enter his/her 
number in the field T
ELEPHONE NUMBER and click 
on   or select a recipient (or group) from one of...

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The sent item memory (items sent)
The sent item memory is used to keep a copy of all SMS 
messages you have sent.
The information in the sent item memory is:
• the SMS recipient,
• the date of creation of the SMS,
• the date of sending of the SMS,
• the size of the SMS.
SMS Parameters
Access to SMS parameters
1Click the icon SMS   of the window COMPANION 
D
IRECTOR.
2Select T
OOLS > OPTIONS > SMS.
3Make the adjustments required, referring to the 
description of the parameters...

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Uninstall the drivers using the Companion Suite 
Pro software 
Run the programs removal from the menu START 
>A
LL PROGRAMS >OKIDATA >COMPANION SUITE PRO LL2 
> U
NINSTALL.
1A confirmation screen appears. Click on the Y
ES 
button to continue the C
OMPANION SUITE PRO LL2 
drivers program removal.
2The uninstall program is launched. You can cancel 
the removal by clicking on C
ANCEL.
Uninstall the drivers manually
The following drivers must be removed:
• print driver
• scan...