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IMPORTANT NOTICE Pages of a multi-page document must be between 0.06 and 0.09 mm thick. If they are not, transmit them one by one or use a copier to copy them and send the copies instead. If a document stops partway through the feeder, press STOP to remove it. Do not open the paper cover without removing the document first.[...]
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TELEPHONE INFORMATION This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the rear panel of this equipment is a label that contains, among other information, the FCC Registration number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this equipment. You must, upon request, provide this information to your telephone company. Ask your telephone company[...]
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EPSON AMERICA, INC. LIMITED WARRANTY What is Covered: Epson America. Inc. ( “ Epson ” ) warrants that the Epson product enclosed with this Limited Warranty statement and purchased and used in the United States will conform to the manufacturer ’ s specifications and be free from defects in workmanship and materials for a period of one year fro[...]
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FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN USERS This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturers instructions, may cause interference to radio and television reception. It has been type tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B computing d[...]
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Do not use this pr[...]
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Contents Introduction Feature s ................................................. . 1 About This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Conventions Used in This Manual ....................... . 2 Where to Get Help ........................................ . 2 1 Setting Up the PriorityFax Unpacking [...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Receiving Document s .................................... . 2-8 Automatic Receptio n ................................. . 2-8 Manual Reception . ................................... . 2-8 One-touch and Speed Dial Faxin g ......................... . 2-9 One-touch faxin g .................................... . 2-9 Regis[...]
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Co n t en t s Copying ............................................ . 4-4 Nothing comes out of the paper slot. ................ . 4-4 No image appears on the paper roll ................. . 4-5 Print quality of the copy is poor .................... . 4-5 Telephone ........................................... . 4-5 One-touch and speed dialing don ’ t[...]
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Introduction Features About This Manual The Epson PriorityFax ™ 1000 is an advanced desktop facsimile machine and telephone that combines high speed and quality with a wide range of features. In addition to its compact design and ease of operation, this fax machine offers the following High-speed transmission An automatic document feeder holding [...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Conventions Used In This Manual Note Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your fax machine. WARNING Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid damage to your fax machine and to ensure that your fax machine operates correctly. Where to Get Help Customer service for Epson products [...]
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1 Setting Up the PriorityFax This chapter takes you through the steps of unpacking, assembling, and testing the fax machine. Unpacking the Fax As you unpack the fax machine, check that you have all the items Machine shown below and none have been damaged during transportation. Output tray wire paper holders Telephone line cord Epson PriorityFax 100[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l WARNING Lift the fax machine by its body, never by the telephone handset or cradle. Choosing a Place for the Fax Machine When you select a location for your fax machine, keep the following in mind: Place the fax machine on a flat, stable surface. Select a vibration-free area. Locate the unit near a telephone wall ja[...]
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S e tt i ng Up t h e Pt io t i t y F ax Connecting the Handset The first step in assembling the fax machine is attaching the handset to the unit. Locate the insert opening on the front end of the telephone cradle and plug in one end of the curled handset cord. Push firmly to be sure it is locked. Connecting the Fax Machine to the Telephone Line Ins[...]
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Plug one end of the telephone line cord (the flat cord) into the back of the fax machine, as shown below. Plug the other end into your modular telephone wall jack (USOC RJ11C). Make sure both ends of the cord click securely into place. Note If you have the older 4-prong telephone wall jack, you must use a modular 4-prong adapter USOC RJAIX). Plug t[...]
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S e tt i n g Up t h e P riori t y F ax Installing a multi-line telephone connection Most offices have key systems or PBXs. Although in many cases it is relatively easy to connect the fax machine to a key system or a PBX, we suggest that you contact the company that installed your organization ’ s telephone system and ask them to connect the fax m[...]
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PriorityFax 1000 Manual Place the fax machine at the edge of the table and locate the two notches on the front underside of the fax machine. Holding the output tray base level, press the tabs extending from the output tray base into the notches on the front of the fax machine, as shown in the following illustration. 1-6[...]
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S e tt i ng Up t h e P riori t y F ax Rear Front hole Place the output tray in front of you and insert each of the two wire paper holders into the holes at the edge of the output tray, as shown below. To attach the output tray to the output tray base, locate the holes on either side of the output tray base. Then insert the pegs on either side of th[...]
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PriorityFax 1000 M a nu a l When the output tray is installed, it hangs over the edge of the fax machine operating surface to catch your incoming or copied documents, as shown below. lnstalling the paper rest The smaller of the paper holders, the paper rest, is used to hold documents that you have just faxed to others. To install the paper rest, fo[...]
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S e tt i n g Up t h e P riori t y F ax Holding the paper rest at about a 45 degree angle to the fax machine, press the tabs extending from one end of the rest into the grooves, as shown in the following illustration. If you wish, you can also install the paper rest wire as-shown below. Do not use the paper rest wire with legal-sized documents. Plug[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Inserting the Recording Paper Roll Follow these steps to insert the recording paper roll. WARNING The recording paper is heat-sensitive. Avoid exposure to high temperature, high humidity, direct sunlight, alcohol, or blueprints. Otherwise, documents may become discolored. Press the paper cover button, which is locat[...]
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S e tt i n g Up t h e P riori t y F ax Note Be sure not to insert the paper roll upside down. If the paper roll is inserted upside down, the fax machine cannot produce an image. Place the paper into the machine. Then pull approximately five inches (15 cm) of paper from the top of the roll and insert the end of the paper under the paper cutter guide[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l WARNING Always use the proper type of recording paper in this fax machine. Epson PriorityFax paper is recommended. Reloading paper Running a Copy Test The indicator light lets you know when to replace the paper roll. When approximately four inches (10 cm) of paper is left, the ADD PAPER message light goes on. When y[...]
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Setting Up t h e P riori t y F ax Insert the document into the feeder as shown in the illustration below. If the document is less than 8.5 inches wide, adjust the document guide on the right to match the width of the paper. The paper is drawn slightly into the fax machine. START/COPY Press START. The fax machine draws the original document through [...]
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2 Using the PriorityFax The Control Panels The Top Control Panel PIN E This chapter covers the control panels, sending and receiving documents, and one-touch and speed dial faxing. The buttons, message lights, and switches on the top and back control panels let you control many of the fax machine ’ s settings. The keypad and buttons on the teleph[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l STOP Pressing the STOP button halts operation during document transmission or copying and is pressed after each insertion of a new paper roll. START/COPY After dialing, press START to begin sending a document. If Automatic Answering is off, pressing this button starts document receiving. Pressing COPY starts copying[...]
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Using t h e P riori t y F ax Switches CONTRAST. Moving this switch adjusts darkness or lightness CONTRAST D N L based on the document you are sending. Choose D for dark if you have a dark document, N for normal if no adjustment is required, or L for light if you have a light document. AUTO ANS ON OFF AUTO ANS (Automatic Answering). When this is tur[...]
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PriorityFax 1000 Manual Replacing the Batteries Now you should see the batteries in their compartment as shown in the illustration below. Make sure that the flat side of each battery faces to the right, as shown. Replace the label. Once a year you should replace the memory batteries. Remove the old batteries and replace them with new ones, making s[...]
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Using the P rio t i t y F ax Complete the information on the PriorityFax Test Sheet. Then insert the Test Sheet face d o w n in the fax machine as shown below. Lift the handset. When you hear the dial tone, dial the number of the receiving fax machine. When you hear the fax tone, press START. Then hang up. If the receiving machine is not using auto[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Document Sending Cautions Whenever you send any documents, keep these cautions in mind. Never put more than five pages in the feeder at a time. Do not send documents on any of the following types of paper: Thick paper (over 0.1 mm thick) Very thin paper such as tissue, tracing, or carbon paper Wet, wrinkled, tom, cu[...]
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Using the P riori t y F ax FIN E PHOTO CONTRAST D N L Sending Documents More Than Five Pages Long To choose the fine or photo mode, follow the steps below: Insert the document face down in the feeder. Press FINE/PHOTO until a light appears beside the selection you desire. Follow the steps for Sending a Document earlier in this chapter. Use this fea[...]
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P rio t i t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Continue performing Step 3 as often as necessary until the entire document has been sent. If the last page in one group has been drawn completely through, you can still put additional pages in the machine without redialing if you do so before the beep sounds. Receiving Documents AUTO ANS ON OFF Automatic Reception[...]
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Using t h e P riori t y F ax AUTO ANS ON OFF One-touch and Speed Dial Faxing One-touch Faxing Registering one-touch fax To register the one-touch fax numbers, first set the TONE/PULSE numbers switch as described on page 3-2 Then follow the steps below: Do not touch the received document until it is completely out of the front paper slot. Pulling on[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l While holding down the DIAL TONE RESET button, enter a telephone number using the keypad. If you are using an international access code, press REDIAL after the code and before the rest of the number. Also, if your telephone system requires a code such as 9 before a telephone number, press REDIAL after the code. Pres[...]
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Using the PriorityFax Speed Dial Faxing Registering speed dial fax numbers STORE MEMORY OPE R DE F You can register up to 17 speed dial numbers for dialing frequently called fax numbers by pressing STORE/MEMORY and two number keys. Fist you must register the fax numbers. Note Speed dial may be used for telephone numbers as well as fax numbers. To r[...]
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Using speed dial faxing STOR E MEMOR Y START/COPY Manual Redial REDIAL The Add Paper Message Light P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Repeat the above steps to create speed dial fax numbers 04 through 19. After you have registered the speed dial numbers, you can send a fax to any of those numbers in just five steps: Insert the document face down in t[...]
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3 Using the PriorityFax as a Telephone The PriorityFax offers you sophisticated, yet easy-to-use telephone capabilities. You can use your fax machine for voice conversation even when it is set to automatic fax reception mode. Note Before using the memory features, you must remove the insulation strip from your memory batteries in the handset. Thoug[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l FLASH. Pressing this button allows you to use call waiting if it is part of your regular telephone service. WARNING Call waiting is discouraged for use with this fax machine because it may interfere with fax transmission and reception. Ml, M2, and MS. Each of these buttons represents a one-touch dialing number. Thes[...]
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Using t h e P riori t y F ax as a T e l ep h o ne Adjusting the Handset Volume and Ringer Switches The handset of the PriorityFax is used like the handset of any other telephone. To adjust the listening volume of the handset, follow these steps: VOLUME Locate the volume adjustment switch in the bottom left comer on the underside of the handset. Mov[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l One-touch Telephone Dialing The PriorityFax allows you to register three one-touch telephone numbers for dialing frequently called numbers by pushing just one button. If you prefer using one-touch dialing for fax numbers, see Chapter 2 First you must register the one-touch telephone numbers. Note Using one-touch dia[...]
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Using t h e P riori t y F ax as a T e l ep h o ne Using One-touch Telephone Dialing Press Ml. Release the DIAL TONE RESET button. The number you entered is now stored and can be dialed with the Ml button. Write down an identification next to Ml on the Memory Index label on the telephone cradle. Repeat the above steps to create up to two more one-to[...]
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4 Troubleshooting Problems and Solutions Sending This chapter discusses problems you may encounter and their likely solutions. This section includes four categories: sending, receiving, copying, and telephoning. D ocu me n t j a m . Rush down on the cover release button to open up the fax machine. Remove the jammed document. Rush the cover back in [...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Sending (continued) D ocu me n t s canno t b e f e d in f o t he f ax m ac h in e . You may be trying to feed the documents from the back of the fax machine. Make sure you insert documents from the front side where the Face Down icon appears. Y ou he a r con t inuou s r inging and t he r e c e i v ing pa r t y ’ s[...]
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T ro ub l es h oo t i n g Sending (continued) Documents you sent are received blank. Be sure you sent the document through the fax machine face d o w n . Resend the document, being careful to place the document in the feeder face d o w n . One-touch or speed dial faxing does not work. You may have used a one-touch or speed dial number that is a tel[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Receiving (continued) T he t e l e p h on e r ing s con t inuou s l y . Be sure that the recording paper roll is inserted. If not, load in a roll of thermal recording paper as described in Chapter 1. When the AUTO ANS switch on the back control panel is turned off, the telephone rings ten times before reception begi[...]
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T ro ub l es h oo t i n g Copying (continued) No i m ag e app e a r s on t he pap e r ro ll . The paper roll may be inserted upside down. See Chapter 1. Be sure that you inserted the document in the feeder face down. Try copying again. P r in t q ua l i t y o f t he cop y i s poo r. You may be using the wrong type of paper. Use Epson PriorityFax re[...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Telephone (continued) T he t e l e p h on e do e s no t rin g . The ringer switch is off. Move the ringer switch foward. 4-6[...]
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5 Maintenance To maintain optimum printing quality, clean your PriorityFax after every three or four rolls of recording paper you use. Cleaning the Interior To clean the interior of the fax machine, follow these steps: of the Fax Machine WARNING Unplug the machine before cleaning it to avoid electric shock. Unplug the machine. Press down on the rec[...]
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PriorityFax 1000 Manual Cleaning the Exterior of the Fax Machine WARNING Do not use organic solvents, such as benzene or thinner. Use a dry cloth to gently wipe off any excess alcohol from the newly cleaned interior. Replace the recording paper roll as described in Chapter 1. To clean the exterior of the fax machine, use a dry cloth to gently wipe [...]
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6 Technical Specifications Type Transmission Mode Compatibility Coding System Transmission Speed Transmission Time Document input Size Recording Paper Roll Size Recording Paper Roll Type Effective Scanning Width Scanner Method Recorder Type Resolution Gray Scale Document Feeder Paper Cutter Dialing Method Station Memory Power Source Communications [...]
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P riori t y F ax 1000 M a nu a l Operating Environment Dimensions (Including Handset) Weight (Including Handset) 41 - 95º F, 10 - 75% humidity 17.25 ” W x 11” D x 4.7 ” H 13.2 lbs Specifications are subject to change without notice. 6-2[...]
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Glossary Convenience copier A copier used to make occasional, temporary reproductions of documents. Fine resolution 203 x 196 lines per inch, a transmission mode used by fax to transmit images containing a great deal of detail. Gray scale Shades of gray (8 for the PriorityFax) used to provide a faithful reproduction of photographic images. One-touc[...]