HP J5780 User Guide - Macintosh - Page 48

Set the answer mode, Set the number of rings before answering

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Chapter 4 (continued) Equipment/services sharing your fax line Distinctive ringing service. Recommended Description Auto Answer setting On The HP All-in-One automatically answers all incoming calls. Make sure the ring pattern the phone company set for your fax line matches the Distinctive Ring setting on the HP All-in-One. Related topics • Set the number of rings before answering • Receive a fax manually • Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ringing Set the answer mode The answer mode determines whether the HP All-in-One answers incoming calls or not. • Turn on the Auto Answer setting if you want the HP All-in-One to answer faxes automatically. The HP All-in-One will answer all incoming calls and faxes. • Turn off the Auto Answer setting if you want to receive faxes manually. You must be available to respond in person to the incoming fax call or the HP All-in-One will not receive faxes. To set the answer mode 1. Press Setup. 2. Press 4, and then press 2. This selects Basic Fax Setup and then selects Rings to Answer. 3. Enter the appropriate number of rings by using the keypad, or press or to change the number of rings. 4. Press OK to accept the setting. Related topics • Receive a fax manually • Choose the recommended answer mode for your setup Set the number of rings before answering If you turn on the Auto Answer setting, you can specify how many rings should occur before the HP All-in-One automatically answers the incoming call. The Rings to Answer setting is important if you have an answering machine on the same phone line as the HP All-in-One, because you want the answering machine to answer the phone before the HP All-in-One does. The number of rings to answer for the HP Allin-One should be greater than the number of rings to answer for the answering machine. For example, set your answering machine to a low number of rings and the HP All-in-One to answer in the maximum number of rings. (The maximum number of rings varies by country/region.) In this setup, the answering machine will answer the call and the HP Allin-One will monitor the line. If the HP All-in-One detects fax tones, the HP All-in-One will receive the fax. If the call is a voice call, the answering machine will record the incoming message. 46 Finish setting up the HP All-in-One

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Equipment/services sharing
your fax line
Recommended
Auto Answer
setting
Description
Distinctive ringing service.
On
The HP All-in-One automatically answers all incoming
calls. Make sure the ring pattern the phone company
set for your fax line matches the
Distinctive Ring
setting on the HP All-in-One.
Related topics
Set the number of rings before answering
Receive a fax manually
Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ringing
Set the answer mode
The answer mode determines whether the HP All-in-One answers incoming calls or not.
Turn on the
Auto Answer
setting if you want the HP All-in-One to answer faxes
automatically
. The HP All-in-One will answer all incoming calls and faxes.
Turn off the
Auto Answer
setting if you want to receive faxes
manually
. You must
be available to respond in person to the incoming fax call or the HP All-in-One will not
receive faxes.
To set the answer mode
1.
Press
Setup
.
2.
Press
4
, and then press
2
.
This selects
Basic Fax Setup
and then selects
Rings to Answer
.
3.
Enter the appropriate number of rings by using the keypad, or press
or
to change
the number of rings.
4.
Press
OK
to accept the setting.
Related topics
Receive a fax manually
Choose the recommended answer mode for your setup
Set the number of rings before answering
If you turn on the
Auto Answer
setting, you can specify how many rings should occur
before the HP All-in-One automatically answers the incoming call.
The
Rings to Answer
setting is important if you have an answering machine on the same
phone line as the HP All-in-One, because you want the answering machine to answer
the phone before the HP All-in-One does. The number of rings to answer for the HP All-
in-One should be greater than the number of rings to answer for the answering machine.
For example, set your answering machine to a low number of rings and the HP All-in-One
to answer in the maximum number of rings. (The maximum number of rings varies by
country/region.) In this setup, the answering machine will answer the call and the HP All-
in-One will monitor the line. If the HP All-in-One detects fax tones, the HP All-in-One will
receive the fax. If the call is a voice call, the answering machine will record the incoming
message.
Chapter 4
(continued)
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Finish setting up the HP All-in-One