Operation Manual
Fax WorkCentre
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188 User Guide
Use the Background Suppression option to enhance originals that have colored backgrounds, by 
reducing or eliminating the background on the output. This option is useful when your original is on 
colored paper.
1.  Load your documents face up in the document feeder input tray. Adjust the guide to just touch 
the documents.
Or
Lift up the document feeder. Place the document face down onto the document glass and 
register it to the arrow at the top left corner. Close the document feeder.
2. Press the Clear All button on the control panel to cancel any previous programming selections.
3. Press the Services Home button.
4. Select the Internet Fax button.
5.  If required, select the Internet Fax tab. This is usually the active tab when the Internet Fax 
service opens.
6. Select the New Recipient... button.
7.  Use the touch screen keyboard to enter the e-mail address of the recipient.
• The number of alphanumeric characters that can be entered depends on the size of the 
characters chosen. Once the end of the entry box has been reached no more characters 
can be added.
• To delete a character use the backspace X button.
• Use the special characters button to access special characters such as $ and %.
• Buttons with an icon in the lower right corner have accented or additional characters 
available. Select and hold the button to view related characters in a pop-up menu. Select 
the desired character from the pop-up menu.
•Use the ENG button to access additional language keyboards.
8. Select the Add button.
• If you want to send the document to more than one recipient enter the additional details, 
one recipient at a time, and select the Add button again until all the recipients have been 
added.
9.  If required, select Cc from the To: dropdown menu to copy a recipient on the e-mail. Use the 
touch screen keyboard to enter the recipient details and then select the Add button.
Note: At least one To address must be selected, documents cannot be sent to a Cc address 
alone.
10. Select the Close button to save the information you entered.
11. Select the Advanced Settings tab.
12. Select the Image Enhancement button.
13. Select Auto Suppression from the Background Suppression menu to automatically suppress 
unwanted background.
•If required, select Off to turn the Background Suppression feature off. The Off option is 
particularly useful when the Darken adjustment does not produce a satisfactory output 
from light originals, the original has a gray or colored border, such as a certificate, or you 
want to bring out fine detail that was lost due to a dark edge when using bound originals.
14. Select the OK button.
15. Press the Start button on the control panel to scan the original.
16. Remove the original from the document feeder or document glass when scanning has 
completed.










