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# Backing Up the Machine's Settings

Click the [Backup Setting] tab on the administrator settings page to create backup files containing the machine's configuration settings. If necessary, these backup files can be used to restore previous configurations.

- When sending the machine for repair, it is important that you create backup files in advance. The machine's settings are returned to the default after repair.

Backup Setting
Item | Description
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Back up Network Settings | Backs up the following settings to a file: Settings under [Network Settings] Settings under [LDAP Server] Settings under the [Administrator] tab of [Administrator Tools] Note that, however, [Max. E-mail Size] setting under [Network Application] will not be backed up here; it will be backed up by [Back up Menu Settings] instead.
Back up Menu Settings | Backs up the settings other than the following to a file: Network settings Scan destinations User restriction settings Fax destinations and Special Sender list IPsec settings [Printer Registration], [Low Humidity Mode], and [Image Density] settings under system settings of the control panel setting menu
Back up Scan Destination | Backs up scan destinations to a file.
Back up Settings of Available Functions | Backs up user restriction settings and counter information for each user to a file.
Back up Address Book | Backs up fax destinations and Special Sender list to a file.
Back up IPsec Settings | Backs up the IPsec settings to a file.

Follow the procedure below to create configuration backup files.

Select the radio button for the type of data you wish to back up.

Enter the administrator password if required.

Click [OK].

Click [Save] in the confirmation dialog box.

Navigate to the location to save the backup file.

Specify a name for the file, and click [Save].

- [Back up IPsec Settings] appears only when the administrator password is specified.