MODEL: MX-2300G MX-2300N MX-2700G MX-2700N MX-3500N MX-3501N MX-4500N MX-4501N Scanner Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 · MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE . . . 4 3 BASIC PROCEDURE FOR TRANSMISSION IN SCAN MODE 1 BEFORE USING THE MACHINE AS A NETWORK SCANNER SCANNING TO E-MAIL, FTP, DESKTOP, AND NETWORK FOLDER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 CHANGING THE EXPOSURE AND EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CHANGING THE RESOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 AUTOMATICALLY SCANNING BOTH SIDES OF AN ORIGINAL (2-Sided Original) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 SPECIFYING THE ORIGINAL SCAN SIZE AND SEND SIZE (Enlarge/Reduce). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 · SPECIFYING THE SCAN SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 · SPECIFYING THE SEND SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 CHANGING THE COLOUR MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 CHANGING THE FILE FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 CHANGING THE SUBJECT, FILE NAME, REPLY-TO, AND MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 NETWORK SCANNER FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PREPARATIONS FOR USE AS A NETWORK SCANNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 · MAKE SURE THE MAIN POWER SWITCH IS IN THE "ON" POSITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 · CHECKING THE DATE AND TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 · STORING SENDER INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . 7 · SETTINGS REQUIRED IN THE WEB PAGE. . . . . 7 · STORING DESTINATION ADDRESSES FOR EACH SCAN MODE IN THE ADDRESS BOOK. . . 8 · STORING A DESTINATION FOR SCAN TO DESKTOP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 BASE SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 · BASE SCREENS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 · ADDRESS BOOK SCREEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 · CHANGING THE DISPLAY OF ONE-TOUCH KEYS IN THE ADDRESS BOOK SCREEN . . . . . 15 SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION SEQUENCE. . . . 16 ORIGINAL SIZES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 · ORIGINAL SIZES THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 · THE SIZE OF THE PLACED ORIGINAL . . . . . . . 18 4 BASIC PROCEDURE FOR SCANNING IN USB MEMORY MODE SCANNING TO USB MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 CHANGING THE EXPOSURE AND EXPOSURE MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 CHANGING THE RESOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 AUTOMATICALLY SCANNING BOTH SIDES OF AN ORIGINAL (2-Sided Original) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 SPECIFYING THE ORIGINAL SCAN SIZE AND SEND SIZE (Enlarge/Reduce). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 · SPECIFYING THE SCAN SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 · SPECIFYING THE SEND SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 CHANGING THE COLOUR MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 CHANGING THE FILE FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ENTERING THE FILE NAME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 2 ENTERING DESTINATIONS SPECIFYING DESTINATIONS IN THE ADDRESS BOOK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 · CALLING UP A DESTINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 · CHECKING AND DELETING THE SELECTED DESTINATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 USING A SEARCH NUMBER TO SPECIFY A DESTINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 ENTER THE ADDRESS MANUALLY . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CALLING UP A DESTINATION FROM A GLOBAL ADDRESS BOOK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 USING THE RESEND FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1 5 BASIC PROCEDURE FOR TRANSMISSION IN INTERNET FAX MODE SCANNING MANY ORIGINALS AT ONCE (Job Build) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 SCANNING ORIGINALS OF DIFFERENT SIZES (Mixed Size Original) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 SCANNING THIN ORIGINALS (Slow Scan Mode) . 109 STORING SCAN OPERATIONS (Programs) . . . . . 111 FORWARDING A RECEIVED INTERNET FAX TO AN E-MAIL ADDRESS (Inbound Routing Settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 SENDING A FAX IN INTERNET FAX MODE. . . . . . . 62 CHANGING THE EXPOSURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 CHANGING THE RESOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 AUTOMATICALLY SCANNING BOTH SIDES OF AN ORIGINAL (2-Sided Original) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 SPECIFYING THE ORIGINAL SCAN SIZE AND SEND SIZE (Enlarge/Reduce). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 · SPECIFYING THE SCAN SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 · SPECIFYING THE SEND SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 CHANGING THE FILE FORMAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 CHANGING THE SUBJECT, FILE NAME, AND MESSAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 8 INTERNET FAX FUNCTIONS RECEIVING AN INTERNET FAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 · MANUALLY RECEIVING INTERNET FAXES . . 116 PRINTING FAXES RECEIVED TO MEMORY . . . . . 117 SENDING TWO PAGES AS A SINGLE PAGE (2in1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 CHANGING THE PRINT SETTINGS FOR THE TRANSACTION REPORT (Transaction Report) . . 121 · CHECKING THE ACTIVITY LOG (Image Sending Activity Report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 · INFORMATION APPEARING IN THE RESULT COLUMN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 SENDING AN INTERNET FAX FROM A COMPUTER (PC-I-Fax) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 6 CHECKING THE STATUS OF TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION JOBS JOB STATUS SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 · JOB QUEUE SCREEN AND COMPLETED JOB SCREEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 · OPERATION WHEN A JOB IN THE JOB QUEUE IS COMPLETED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 · CHECKING COMPLETED JOBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 STOPPING A SCAN JOB BEING TRANSMITTED OR WAITING TO BE TRANSMITTED . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 GIVING PRIORITY TO A SCAN TRANSMISSION JOB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 9 SCANNING FROM A COMPUTER (PC SCAN MODE) BASIC SCANNING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 7 CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS SENDING THE SAME IMAGE TO MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS (Broadcast Transmission) . . . . . . 83 · BROADCAST TRANSMISSIONS THAT INCLUDE INTERNET FAX DESTINATIONS . . . . 86 ERASING PERIPHERAL SHADOWS ON THE IMAGE (Erase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 SCANNING AN ORIGINAL AS TWO SEPARATE PAGES (Dual Page Scan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 SENDING AN IMAGE AT A SPECIFIED TIME (Timer Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 WHITENING FAINT COLOURS IN THE IMAGE (Suppress Background) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 SCANNING BOTH SIDES OF A CARD ONTO A SINGLE PAGE (Card Shot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 2 ABOUT THIS MANUAL This manual explains the procedures for using scan mode, Internet fax mode, USB memory mode, and PC scan mode on the machine. Please note · To use the Internet fax function, the Internet fax expansion kit must be installed. · To use the network scanner function on the MX-2300G/2700G, the network scanner expansion kit and 256 MB expansion memory board must be installed. The Internet fax function can be used on these models even if the network scanner expansion kit is not installed. · For information on installing the drivers and software cited in this manual, please refer to the Software Setup Guide and the manuals that are provided with the expansion kits. · To use the network scanner function, basic network scanner settings, server settings including SMTP and DNS server settings, and destinations must be configured in the Web pages. Configure and store the settings as explained in this manual. These settings require a knowledge of your network environment and therefore must be configured by your network administrator. · For information on your operating system, please refer to your operating system manual or the online Help function. · The explanations of screens and procedures in this manual are primarily for Windows® XP. The screens may vary in other versions of Windows. · Wherever "MX-xxxx" appears in this manual, please substitute your model name for "xxxx". · Where this manual shows the "MX-2300/2700 series" or the "MX-3500/4500 series", the following models are indicated: MX-2300/2700 series: MX-2300G, MX-2300N, MX-2700G, MX-2700N MX-3500/4500 series: MX-3500N, MX-3501N, MX-4500N, MX-4501N · This manual contains references to the fax function. However, please note that the fax function is not available in some countries and regions. · Considerable care has been taken in preparing this manual. If you have any comments or concerns about the manual, please contact your dealer or nearest authorised service representative. · This product has undergone strict quality control and inspection procedures. In the unlikely event that a defect or other problem is discovered, please contact your dealer or nearest authorised service representative. · Aside from instances provided for by law, SHARP is not responsible for failures occurring during the use of the product or its options, or failures due to incorrect operation of the product and its options, or other failures, or for any damage that occurs due to use of the product. Warning · Reproduction, adaptation or translation of the contents of the manual without prior written permission is prohibited, except as allowed under copyright laws. · All information in this manual is subject to change without notice. Illustrations and the operation panel and touch panel shown in this manual The peripheral devices are generally optional, however, some models include certain peripheral devices as standard equipment. The explanations in this manual assume that a right tray and stand/2 x 500 sheet paper drawer are installed on the MX-2700N (equipped standard with an automatic document feeder). To further explain certain functions and uses, some explanations assume that additional peripheral devices are installed. The display screens, messages, and key names shown in the manual may differ from those on the actual machine due to product improvements and modifications. 3 MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE Printed manuals and manuals stored in PDF format on the machine's hard drive are provided with the machine. When using the machine, read the appropriate manual for the feature you are using. Printed manuals Manual name Safety Guide Software Setup Guide Quick Start Guide Contents This manual contains instructions for using the machine safely and lists the specifications of the machine and its peripheral devices. This manual explains how to install the software and configure settings to use the machine as a printer or scanner. This manual provides easy-to-understand explanations of all the functions of the machine in a single volume. Detailed explanations of each of the functions can be found in the manuals in PDF format. This manual explains how to remove paper misfeeds and provides answers to frequently asked questions regarding the operation of the machine in each mode. Refer to this manual when you have difficulty using the machine. This manual explains the basic procedures for using the fax function of the machine, and provides an overview of the features of the fax function, troubleshooting procedures, and specifications. For detailed information on using the fax function and the system settings for fax, see the "Facsimile Guide" in PDF format. Troubleshooting Facsimile Quick Reference Guide Operation manuals in PDF format The manuals in PDF format provide detailed explanations of the procedures for using the machine in each mode. To view the PDF manuals, download them from the hard drive in the machine. The procedure for downloading the manuals is explained in "How to download the manuals in PDF format" in the Quick Start Guide. Manual name User's Guide Copier Guide Printer Guide Facsimile Guide Scanner Guide (This manual) Document Filing Guide System Settings Guide Contents This manual provides information, such as basic operation procedures, how to load paper, and machine maintenance. This manual provides detailed explanations of the procedures for using the copy function. This manual provides detailed explanations of the procedures for using the printer function. This manual provides detailed explanations of the procedures for using the fax function and th ...