OKI MB290 User Manual

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Fax
Deposit and Polling
You may deposit a document in your fax and keep it 
available to one or more subscribers who can obtain a fax 
of this document by calling your fax with the POLL
function.
Setting the machine for document deposits, you must 
define the type:
• SIMPLE- it may be polled only once from the memory 
or feeder,
• MULTIPLE- it may be polled as many times as 
necessary from the memory.
Setting the machine for polled documents, you must 
define the poll number, then depending...

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SMS
SMS
Thanks to the SMS button, you can send an SMS to 
subscribers all over the world. An SMS (Short Message 
Service) is a service which permits short written 
messages to be sent to mobile phones or other SMS-
compatible devices.
The number of characters you can send per message is 
dependent upon the service provider and the country you 
are sending your SMS from (e.g. France 160 characters, 
Italy 640 characters).
SMS Parameters
Presentation of the sender
This setting allows you to...

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Parameters/Setup
Parameters/
Setup
You can setup your machine as you like depending on the 
use. You will find in this chapter description of the 
functions.
You can print the functions guide and the available setup 
of your multifunction machine.
Remote configuration
You may configure the same parameters by remote as 
you would locally.
Conditions required
To be able to configure your machine by remote, you 
must:
• have a Web browser on your PC (Internet Explorer 
version 4 or above for...

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Your fax number/Your name
Your multifunction machine will print out your fax number 
and your name on each document it transmits if you save 
these settings.
To save your fax number and name:
!22 - SETUP / NUMBER/NAME
1Press !, enter 22 using the keypad.
2Enter your fax number (20 digits max.) and 
press OK to confirm.
3Enter your name (20 characters max) then press 
OK to confirm. 
 
For example, if you want to type the letter C, press 
the key C until it appears on the...

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Parameters/Setup
Local prefix
This function is used when your fax is installed with a 
private network, behind a company’s PABX. It allows you 
to program an additional automatic local prefix (to be 
defined), enabling you to automatically exit the 
company’s telephone network system, but only under 
certain conditions:
• the company’s internal numbers, where a prefix is not 
required, must be short numbers less than the 
minimal size (to be defined, for example France has 
10 digits),
• the...

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Economy period
This function allows you to defer a fax transmission to off-
peak hours and thus reduce the cost of your 
communications.
The economy period, via the telephone network (at off-
peak hours), is preset by default from 7.00 pm to 7.30 am. 
Nevertheless you may change this time slot.
To modify the economy period:
!233 - SETUP / SEND / ECO PER.
1Press !, enter 233 using the keypad.
2Enter the hours of the new economy period (for 
example 19:00-07:30) and confirm...

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Parameters/Setup
Fax or PC reception
This menu, combined with a software program installed 
on your PC will enable you to select the machine you wish 
to receive the documents on:
•fax,
•PC,
• PC if available, fax otherwise.
To select the reception mode:
!244 - SETUP / RECEPTION / PC RECEPT.
For more details, please refer to Fax communications, 
page 76 in chapter PC Features.
To select the PC that will receive the documents:
!247 - SETUP / RECEPTION / RECIPIENT PC
1Press !, enter 247 using...

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Parameters/Setup
confirm with OK.
3Enter again your lock code (4 digits) with the 
keyboard, confirm with OK.
4Quit this menu by pressing the   button.
To access the Fax server settings locking menu:
!8332- ADVANCED FCT / FAX SERVER / LOCK /
 LOCK ACCESS
1Press !, enter 8332 using the keypad.
2Enter the four-digit locking code with the keypad.
3Press OK to confirm.
4With the buttons ! or , choose ON and confirm 
with OK.
5Quit this menu by pressing the   button.
Adjust to page
This menu...

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Parameters/Setup
6 - EPT modeFor some long distance calls 
(satellite), the on-line echo may 
disturb the call.
7 - COM. displayChoice between transmission 
speed displayed or number of the 
page in progress.
8 - Eco energyChoosing the printer standby 
delay: the printer will switch to 
standby after a delay (in minutes) 
of NON-operation or during the 
period of time of your choice.
Note: you can also access this 
parameter by pressing the 
 key from the idle screen.
10 - RX headerIf this...

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82 - Form linesThis parameter lets you set the 
number of lines per page.
This variable is linked to the PJL 
variables: PAPER and 
ORIENTATION. If you modify one 
of these variables, the Form Lines 
variable is automatically updated 
(only for the print job in progress) 
to respect the same spacing.
The possible values are included 
between 5 and 128 inclusive. The 
default value is 60.
83 - Font pitchThis parameter lets you set the 
default font spacing, in characters 
per...