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Lexmark MX617

Lexmark MX617

E‑mail Settings menu

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    E‑mail Server Setup

  • Subject
  • Message
  • File Name

Specify e‑mail server information.

    E‑mail Server Setup

  • Send me a copy
    • Never appears
    • On by default
    • Off by default
    • Always On

Send a copy of the e-mail to the sender.

Note:  Never appears is the factory default setting.

    E‑mail Server Setup

  • Max E‑mail size
    • 0–65535 KB

Specify the maximum e-mail size.

Note:  E-mails above the specified size are not sent.

    E‑mail Server Setup

  • Size Error Message

Send a message when an e-mail is greater than the configured size limit.

    E‑mail Server Setup

  • Limit destinations

Specify a domain name, such as a company domain name, and then limit e‑mail destinations only to that domain name.

Note:  You can only specify one domain.

    E‑mail Server Setup

  • Web Link Setup
    • Server
    • Login
    • Password
    • Path
    • File Name
    • Web Link

Define the e‑mail server Web link settings.

Note:  The characters * : ? < > | are invalid entries for a path name.

    Format

  • PDF (.pdf)
  • TIFF (.tif)
  • JPEG (.jpg)
  • XPS (.xps)
  • RTF (.rtf)
  • TXT (.txt)

Specify the file format.

Notes:

  • PDF (.pdf) is the factory default setting.
  • To use the RTF (.rtf) or TXT (.txt) option, purchase and install the AccuRead OCR solution.

    PDF Settings

  • PDF Version
    • 1.2–1.7
    • A–1a
    • A–1b
  • PDF Compression
    • Normal
    • High
  • Secure PDF
    • Off
    • On
  • Searchable PDF
    • Off
    • On

Configure the PDF settings.

Notes:

  • 1.5 is the factory default setting for PDF Version.
  • Normal is the factory default setting for PDF Compression. This menu item appears only when a hard disk is installed.
  • Off is the factory default setting for Secure PDF and Searchable PDF. Secure PDF requires you to enter your password twice.
  • To use the Searchable PDF option, purchase and install the AccuRead OCR solution.

    Content Type

  • Text
  • Graphics
  • Text/Photo
  • Photo

Specify the content of the original document.

Note:  Text/Photo is the factory default setting.

    Content Source

  • Black/White Laser
  • Color Laser
  • Inkjet
  • Photo/Film
  • Magazine
  • Newspaper
  • Press
  • Other

Specify how the original document was produced.

Note:  Black/White Laser is the factory default setting.

    Color

  • Off
  • On

Specify whether the printer captures and transmits content in color.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

    Resolution

  • 75 dpi
  • 150 dpi
  • 200 dpi
  • 300 dpi
  • 400 dpi
  • 600 dpi

Specify the resolution of the scan in dots per inch.

Note:  150 dpi is the factory default setting.

    Darkness

  • 1–9

Lighten or darken the output.

Note:  5 is the factory default setting.

    Orientation

  • Portrait
  • Landscape

Specify the orientation of the scanned image.

Note:  Portrait is the factory default setting.

    Original Size

  • Letter
  • Legal
  • Executive
  • Folio
  • Statement
  • Oficio (Mexico)
  • Universal
  • Auto Size Sense
  • Mixed Sizes
  • A4
  • A5
  • A6
  • JIS B5
  • Custom Scan Size [x]
  • Book Original
  • Business Card
  • 3  x  5 in.
  • 4  x  6 in.

Specify the size of the original document.

Note:  Letter is the U.S. factory default setting. A4 is the international factory default setting.

    Sides (Duplex)

  • Off
  • Long edge
  • Short edge

Specify the orientation of the original documents loaded in the ADF for two‑sided scanning.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

    JPEG Quality

  • Best for content
  • 5–90

Set the quality of a JPEG photo image in relation to file size and quality of the image.

Notes:

  • Best for content is the factory default setting.
  • 5 reduces the file size and quality of the image.
  • 90 provides the best image quality, but the file size is very large.

    Text Default

  • 5–90

Set the quality of a text image in relation to file size and quality of the image.

Note:  75 is the factory default setting.

    Text/Photo Default

  • 5–90

Set the quality of a text or photo image in relation to file size and the quality of the image.

Note:  75 is the factory default setting.

    Photo Default

  • 5–90

Set the quality of a photo image in relation to file size and the quality of the image.

Note:  50 is the factory default setting.

    E‑mail images sent as

  • Attachment
  • Web Link

Specify how the images are sent.

Note:  Attachment is the factory default setting.

    Use Multi‑Page Tiff

  • On
  • Off

Provide a choice between single-page TIFF files and multiple‑page TIFF files. For a multiple-page scan‑to‑e-mail job, either one TIFF file is created containing all the pages, or multiple TIFF files are created with one file for each page of the job.

Note:  On is the factory default setting.

    TIFF Compression

  • LZW
  • JPEG

Specify the format used in compressing TIFF files.

Note:  LZW is the factory default setting.

    Transmission Log

  • Print log
  • Do not print log
  • Print only for error

Enable printing of a transmission log after each e-mail job.

Note:  Print log is the factory default setting.

    Log Paper Source

  • Tray [x]
  • Multipurpose Feeder

Specify the paper source for printing e-mail logs.

Note:  Tray 1 is the factory default setting.

    E‑mail Bit Depth

  • 1 bit
  • 8 bit

Enable the Text/Photo mode to produce smaller file sizes by using 1‑bit images when Color is set to Off.

Note:  8 bit is the factory default setting.

    Custom Job scanning

  • On
  • Off

Copy a document that contains mixed paper sizes.

Notes:

  • Off is the factory default setting.
  • This menu item appears only when a formatted, working hard disk is installed.

    Scan Preview

  • On
  • Off

Specify whether a preview appears on the display for scan jobs.

Notes:

  • Off is the factory default setting.
  • This menu item appears only when a formatted, working hard disk is installed.

    Allow Save as Shortcut

  • On
  • Off

Save e-mail addresses as shortcuts.

Notes:

  • On is the factory default setting.
  • When set to Off, the Save as Shortcut button does not appear on the e-mail destination screen.

    Background Removal

  • ‑4 to 4

Adjust the amount of background visible on a scanned image.

Note:  0 is the factory default setting.

    Color Balance

  • Cyan‑Red
  • Magenta-Green
  • Yellow-Blue

Enable an equal balance of colors in the output.

    Color Dropout

  • Color Dropout
    • None
    • Red
    • Green
    • Blue
  • Default Red Threshold
    • 0–255
  • Default Green Threshold
    • 0–255
  • Default Blue Threshold
    • 0–255

Specify which color to drop and to adjust the dropout setting for each color threshold.

Notes:

  • None is the factory default setting for Color Dropout.
  • 128 is the factory default setting for each color threshold.

    Contrast

  • 0–5
  • Best for content

Specify the contrast of the output.

Note:  Best for content is the factory default setting.

    Mirror Image

  • Off
  • On

Create a mirror image of the original document.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

    Negative Image

  • Off
  • On

Create a negative image of the original document.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

    Shadow Detail

  • ‑4 to 4

Adjust the amount of shadow detail visible on a scanned image.

Note:  0 is the factory default setting.

    Adjust ADF Skew

  • Auto
  • Off
  • On

Correct the slight skew in the scanned image.

Notes:

  • Auto is the factory default setting.
  • This menu item appears only in some printer models.

    Scan edge to edge

  • Off
  • On

Specify whether the original document is scanned edge-to-edge.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

    Sharpness

  • 1–5

Adjust the amount of sharpness on a scanned image.

Note:  3 is the factory default setting.

    Temperature

  • ‑4 to 4

Specify warm or cool outputs. Cool values generate a bluer output than the default while warm values generate a redder output than the default.

Note:  0 is the factory default setting.

    Use cc:/bcc:

  • Off
  • On

Enable the use of the cc and bcc fields.

Note:  Off is the factory default setting.

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