HP Officejet 6500A User Guide - Page 205

Countries/regions with a parallel-type phone system (continued) Portugal Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Taiwan Thailand USA Venezuela Vietnam If you are unsure which kind of telephone system you have (serial or parallel), check with your telephone company. This section contains the following topics: • Choose the correct fax setup for your home or office • Case A: Separate fax line (no voice calls received) • Case B: Set up the printer with DSL • Case C: Set up the printer with a PBX phone system or an ISDN line • Case D: Fax with a distinctive ring service on the same line • Case E: Shared voice/fax line • Case F: Shared voice/fax line with voice mail • Case G: Fax line shared with computer modem (no voice calls received) • Case H: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem • Case I: Shared voice/fax line with answering machine • Case J: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem and answering machine • Case K: Shared voice/fax line with computer dial-up modem and voice mail Choose the correct fax setup for your home or office To fax successfully, you need to know what types of equipment and services (if any) share the same phone line with the printer. This is important because you might need to connect some of your existing office equipment directly to the printer, and you might also need to change some fax settings before you can fax successfully. 1. Determine if your telephone system is serial or parallel (see Set up faxing (parallel phone systems)). a. Serial-type telephone system - See Serial-type fax setup. b. Parallel-type telephone system - Go to step 2. 2. Select the combination of equipment and services sharing your fax line. • DSL: A Digital subscriber line (DSL) service through your telephone company. (DSL might be called ADSL in your country/region.) • PBX: A private branch exchange (PBX) phone system or an integrated services digital network (ISDN) system. • Distinctive ring service: A distinctive ring service through your telephone company provides multiple telephone numbers with different ring patterns. • Voice calls: Voice calls are received at the same phone number you use for fax calls on the printer. • Computer dial-up modem: A computer dial-up modem is on the same phone line as the printer. If you answer Yes to any of the following questions, you are using a computer dialup modem: ◦ Do you send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer software applications through a dial-up connection? ◦ Do you send and receive e-mail messages on your computer through a dial-up connection? ◦ Do you access the Internet from your computer through a dial-up connection? Set up faxing (parallel phone systems) 201