2045 fax batches

[ash_572]

i have a 2045 that can only fit 80 pages on the adf. i have a customer who does alot of faxing and wishes to fax upto 200 pages at once. i am trying to find a way and have looked in the fax manual to fax such big documents by placing 80 pages at a time without having to keep dialing out the number.

i have tried doing this myself and everytime its done the first batch it sends the fax straight away without scanning my second batch. so i have to dial the number and then fax the second batch.

so how can i do continuous scanning all in one go?

i have tried it on memory transmission but once its scanned the first batch it sends the first batch without scanning my second batch.

[tcs04]

Not sure from memory if you can still see the "special original" option in the fax screen...? If YES, select this, then batch mode, scan the originals using the "Print" button and the press "#" when the last original has fed.

[nmfaxman]

Set the machine to immediate tx and keep adding originals to the feeder until it is done, or setup lanfax.

[ash_572]

special original is not on the fax screen. was looking out for it.

[teebee1234]

I pretty sure Batch mode is there somewhere, not sure 100% though on this model?

5 min later- guess not, found this in the fax op manual...

Limitation
❒ Place all the originals to be sent in
a single stack.
❒ You cannot place originals in the
ADF one page at a time or in
sheaves.

This may be by design due to the memory limitations for faxing, even 80 pages may fill it up before it sends it.
You might try doing immediate transmission, that will require the user to stand there though and manually add to the stack as it gets low - may also have an issue with jamming if their timing isn't right.

Are these documents available in electronic format? If so then they could just send them all using lan fax. Or scan them to a folder and send them using lan fax.
Is scan to email an option for them? Time for them to join the 21'st century and get on the bandwagon. Appeal to her sense of conservation and cost savings if it is and they are just resistant to change.

PS, I can only imaging the receiver getting a 200 page fax, especially if it's a small desktop.

[Mr Spock]

PS, I can only imaging the receiver getting a 200 page fax, especially if it's a small desktop.

Having to replace the ink cartridge every day would get expensive....

[nmfaxman]

Immediate fax establishes contact with the remote fax and sends one page at a time.
With a little practice I can keep that one time call going all day, I just keep adding to the feeder.
It pulls from the top so I would add 10 to 15 pages at a time from under the pile.
As long as there is no jam, (practice) it will never go off hook untill all pages are sent.

[KenB]

200 page faxes?!

Assuming that these calls are long distance, I'd really like to see their phone bills!

For what they must be paying, they could invest in a number of solutions: a network fax server, digital lines, etc...

Again, is there a reason that they need to fax these whoppers? I know that there certainly can be, and it is usually a security issue. (A fax is still more secure than anything you send over the Internet.)

[ash_572]

thanks for help and replies.

i managed to get the customer to agree to see how it goes. what ive shown him to do is that he can do it on immediate tx and manually add some pages himself underneath the stack and hes happy to do that. he doesnt seem to like the idea of just standing there and add sheets because according to him he cant stand there all day adding sheets on the adf.


he is a solicitor and he needs to get all the paper work across to the court and judge. he doesnt want to send a batch split into 3 because of other faxes coming through can mix with his documents. so the judge is not gonna sit there with pages 122-188 missing beacuse of the other fax interupting mixing with his documents.

thats the only problem hes concerned about. apart from that hes in love with the machine.

we may have to set up lan fax in future if hes not happy with manually feeding.

[KenB]

thanks for help and replies.

i managed to get the customer to agree to see how it goes. what ive shown him to do is that he can do it on immediate tx and manually add some pages himself underneath the stack and hes happy to do that. he doesnt seem to like the idea of just standing there and add sheets because according to him he cant stand there all day adding sheets on the adf.


he is a solicitor and he needs to get all the paper work across to the court and judge. he doesnt want to send a batch split into 3 because of other faxes coming through can mix with his documents. so the judge is not gonna sit there with pages 122-188 missing beacuse of the other fax interupting mixing with his documents.

thats the only problem hes concerned about. apart from that hes in love with the machine.

we may have to set up lan fax in future if hes not happy with manually feeding.

Strange, most courts these days are actually demanding files scanned to PDF.

It's really unusual to hear of a court that even accepts faxes of this size.