Lexmark X746 User manual

E-mail guide
The printer can be used to e-mail scanned documents to one or more recipients.
You can send an e-mail from the printer by typing the e-mail address, using a shortcut number, or using the address book.
Sending an e-mail using the printer control panel
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings)
into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
Note: Make sure the size of the original document and the copy paper size are the same. Failure to set the proper size
may result to a cropped image.
3From the home screen, navigate to:
E-mail > Recipient
4Enter the e‑mail address, or press and then enter the shortcut number.
To enter additional recipients, touch Next Address, and then enter the address or shortcut number you want to add.
Note: You can also enter an e‑mail address using the address book.
5Touch Done > Send It.
Sending an e‑mail using a shortcut number
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings)
into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3Press , enter the shortcut number using the keypad, and then touch .
To enter additional recipients, touch Next address, and then enter the address or shortcut number you want to add.
4Touch Send It.
Sending an e‑mail using the address book
1Load an original document faceup, short edge first into the ADF or facedown on the scanner glass.
Note: Do not load postcards, photos, small items, transparencies, photo paper, or thin media (such as magazine clippings)
into the ADF. Place these items on the scanner glass.
2If you are loading a document into the ADF, then adjust the paper guides.
3From the home screen, navigate to:
E-mail >Recipient(s) > > enter the name of recipient > Browse shortcuts
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4Touch the name of the recipients.
To enter additional recipients, touch Next address, and then enter the address or shortcut number you want to add, or search
the address book.
5Touch Done.
Understanding the e-mail options
Recipients
This option lets you enter the destination of your e-mail. You may enter multiple e‑mail addresses.
Subject
This option lets you enter a subject line for your e-mail.
Message
This option lets you enter a message that will be sent with your scanned attachment.
File Name
This option lets you customize the attachment file name.
Original Size
This option opens a screen where you can choose the size of the documents you are going to e-mail.
•Touch a paper size button to select that size as the Original Size setting. The e‑mail screen appears with the new setting
displayed.
•When “Original Size” is set to Mixed Sizes, you can scan an original document that contains mixed paper sizes.
Resolution
Adjusts the output quality of your e-mail. Increasing the image resolution increases the e-mail file size and the time needed to
scan your original document. Image resolution can be decreased to reduce the e-mail file size.
Color
This option sets the output color for the scanned image. Touch to enable or disable color.
Content
This option lets you specify the content type and source of the original document.
Choose content type from Text, Text/Photo, Photo, or Graphics.
•Text—Use when the content of the original document is mostly text or line art.
•Graphics—Use when the original document is mostly business‑type graphics such as pie charts, bar charts, and animations.
•Text/Photo—Use when the original document is a mixture of text, graphics, and photos.
•Photo—Use when the original document is mostly a photo or an image.
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Choose content source from Color Laser, Black/White Laser, Inkjet, Photo/Film, Magazine, Newspaper, Press, or Other.
•Color Laser—Use when the original document was printed using a color laser printer.
•Black/White Laser—Use when the original document was printed using a mono laser printer.
•Inkjet—Use when the original document was printed using an inkjet printer.
•Photo/Film—Use when the original document is a photo from film.
•Magazine—Use when the original document is from a magazine.
•Newspaper—Use when the original document is from a newspaper.
•Press—Use when the original document was printed using a printing press.
•Other—Use when the original document was printed using an alternate or unknown printer.
Darkness
This option adjusts how light or dark your scanned documents will turn out in relation to the original document.
Send As
This option sets the output (PDF, TIFF, JPEG or XPS) for the scanned image.
•PDF—Creates a single file with multiple pages, viewable with Adobe Reader. Adobe Reader is provided free by Adobe at
www.adobe.com.
•Secure PDF—Creates an encrypted PDF file that protects the file contents from unauthorized access
•TIFF—Creates multiple files or a single file. If Multi-page TIFF is turned off in the Settings menu of the Embedded Web Server,
then TIFF saves one page in each file. The file size is usually larger than an equivalent JPEG.
•JPEG—Creates and attaches a separate file for each page of your original document, viewable by most Web browsers and
graphics programs
•XPS—Creates a single XPS file with multiple pages, viewable using an Internet Explorer-hosted viewer and the .NET
Framework, or by downloading a third party standalone viewer
Page Setup
This option lets you change the Sides (Duplex), Orientation, and Binding settings.
•Sides (Duplex)—This specifies if the original document is printed on only one side or on both sides. This also identifies what
needs to be scanned for inclusion in the e-mail.
•Orientation—This specifies the orientation of the original document, and then changes the Sides and Binding settings to
match the orientation.
•Binding—This specifies if the original document is bound on the long‑edge or short‑edge side.
Scan Preview
This option displays the first page of the image before it is included in the e-mail. When the first page is scanned, the scanning
is paused and a preview image appears.
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Advanced Options
Touching this button opens a screen where you can change the following settings:
•Advanced Imaging—Use to adjust the Background Removal, Color Balance, Color Dropout, Contrast, JPEG Quality, Mirror
Image, Negative Image, Scan Edge to Edge, Shadow Detail, Sharpness, and Temperature settings before you e‑mail the
document.
•Custom Job—Use to combine multiple scanning jobs into a single job.
•Edge Erase—Use to eliminate smudges or information around the edges of a document. You can choose to eliminate an equal
area around all four sides of the paper, or pick a particular edge. Edge Erase will erase whatever is within the area selected,
leaving nothing on that portion of the scan.
•Transmission Log—Use to print the transmission log or transmission error log.
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