When faxing does paper face uup or down

If you have a Brother FAX-525DT, then place the document face down with the leading edge (top) down. The scan unit is on the bottom of the paper path for documents. The manual for the unit is available from Brother's EU division's support. The direct link is http://www.brother.com/pub/eur_fax_doc/fax515_525dt.pdf . The picture for how to position the document to be faxed is on page 55 (page 65 of the PDF).

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Cindy Wells

If you are laying your original on a glass, like in a flatbed scanner, you lay it face down.
If your fax works like my printer, the printed surface is on the bottom tray face down. It It gets sucked into the printer under the roller, around the back of the roller and comes out in the upper tray over the roller and face up. You laid the paper face down.

I hope this might help resolve your question.

on my fax machine, hp brand, the item is placed in face down.
this should apply to other brands.

You can send faxes via the operator panel, the All-In-One Center, or the fax driver.
Using the Operator Panel:

1. Make sure your All-In-One is switched on.
2. Load up to 30 sheets of your original document face down in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder). Note: When you load small paper sizes, place your document in the center of the tray and adjust the paper guides to the edges of the paper.
3. On the operator panel, press Fax.

Using the keypad you can:

• Enter the fax number, and then press Black or Color.
• Press Speed Dial, and then:

- Use the arrow keys to scroll through the list to find the number you want, and then press Black or Color. - Use the keypad to enter a two-digit number (viewable in the upper left of the display), and then press Black or Color.
The All-In-One scans your document and sends your fax to the number you entered.
Using the All-In-One Center:

1. Make sure your All-In-One is attached to a computer.
2. Load up to 30 sheets of your original document face down in the ADF (Automatic Document Feeder). Note: When you load small paper sizes, place your document in the center of the tray and adjust the paper guides to the edges of the paper.
3. From your desktop, double-click the Lexmark 4200 Series All-In-One Center icon. The All-In-One Main Page appears.
4. Under Productivity Tools, click Fax an image or document.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen to complete the task.

For a more comprehensive guide on how to send and receive faxes using your Lexmark X4270 printer, please refer to the Lexmark X4270 User's Guide.

If you are sending fax using the scanner bed, your original document should be placed face down. However, if you are sending faxes using the automatic document feeder, original document should face up.

How to fax: 1. Load your original document face down in the ADF. Adjust the paper guides to the edges of the paper.

2. On the control panel, press Fax. 3. Use the keypad. Enter the fax number and then press Black or Color. The All-In-One scans your document and sends your fax to the number you entered.
For more information, you can also refer the the Lexmark X4200 Series User's Guide. I hope this information has been helpful. Thanks.

Up or down doesn't matter much, as the recipient can always turn the printout around :) But generally putting the documents upside down will make the fax scan the top of the page first.
As far as front/back is concerned, it depends on the construction - if you look at the document feeder you will see a symbol of a sheet with a corner bent, showing the back side. If there are stripes (symbolizing text) on that corner, you must put the document(s) face down; if the stripes are on the rest of "sheet" - put them face up.
In your case most probably it will be face down. You can always check that, and the quality of document scanning (whether the document is not too light for example) by using the "Copy" function of your fax.

if using the feeder probably face up as it will likely pull the document in and invert it to lay face down on the scanning glass.

if you lift up the feeder (like lifting the top of a copy machine), then it would be face down on the glass.

there should be an image on the feeder illustrating how the document should be placed - if it looks like a page with lines on it with a bent corner then it is face up.

It sound like the paper is not getting recognised by the original sensor. Check for an obstruction in the feedpath - piece of paper, paper clip, pin, cockroach, apple core, tube of cake decorator (I've seen it all). Do this by opening the control panel cover (the one you open when you replace your cartridge and look through where the original feeds. Also see if the original sensor arm is in place. In the white plate there will be a black arm. The original sensor arm will be directly behind this sensor.

Hi there check the machine scanner light by putting the original in the feeder and doing a copy. If the printout comes out OK then it either could be the other fax machine you are trying to send it to or you have a intermittent fault with your scanning lamp (Section).

You also must make sure that the original is text face down.

Hope this helps you
Thanks J