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● If your telephone system is not using a standard dial tone, such as some private branch exchange (PBX) systems, this might cause the test to fail. This does not cause a problem sending or receiving faxes. Try sending or receiving a test fax. ● Check to make sure the country/region setting is set appropriately for your country/region. If the country/ region setting is not set or is set incorrectly, the test might fail and you might have problems sending and receiving faxes. ● Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check if your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do not hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the printer to an analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax. After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready for faxing. If the Dial Tone Detection test continues to fail, contact your telephone company and have them check the phone line. The "Fax Line Condition" test failed ● Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check if your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do not hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the printer to an analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax. ● Check the connection between the telephone wall jack and the printer to make sure the phone cord is secure. ● Connect one end of the phone cord to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the Fax port on the back of the printer. ● Other equipment, which uses the same phone line as the printer, might be causing the test to fail. To find out if other equipment is causing a problem, disconnect everything from the phone line, and then run the test again. - If the Fax Line Condition Test passes without the other equipment, then one or more pieces of the equipment is causing problems; try adding them back one at a time and rerunning the test each time, until you identify which piece of equipment is causing the problem. - If the Fax Line Condition Test fails without the other equipment, connect the printer to a working phone line and continue reviewing the troubleshooting information in this section. ● If you are using a phone splitter, this can cause faxing problems. (A splitter is a two-cord connector that plugs into a telephone wall jack.) Try removing the splitter and connecting the printer directly to the telephone wall jack. After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready for faxing. If the Fax Line Condition test continues to fail and you experience problems faxing, contact your telephone company and have them check the phone line. Troubleshoot fax problems What kind of fax problem are you having? The display always shows Phone Off Hook ● HP recommends using a 2-wire phone cord. 112 Chapter 9 Solve problems

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If your telephone system is not using a standard dial tone, such as some private branch exchange (PBX)
systems, this might cause the test to fail. This does not cause a problem sending or receiving faxes. Try
sending or receiving a test fax.
Check to make sure the country/region setting is set appropriately for your country/region. If the country/
region setting is not set or is set incorrectly, the test might fail and you might have problems sending and
receiving faxes.
Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check if
your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do not
hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the printer to an
analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax.
After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready for
faxing. If the
Dial Tone Detection
test continues to fail, contact your telephone company and have them check the
phone line.
The "Fax Line Condition" test failed
Make sure you connect the printer to an analog phone line or you cannot send or receive faxes. To check if
your phone line is digital, connect a regular analog phone to the line and listen for a dial tone. If you do not
hear a normal sounding dial tone, it might be a phone line set up for digital phones. Connect the printer to an
analog phone line and try sending or receiving a fax.
Check the connection between the telephone wall jack and the printer to make sure the phone cord is
secure.
Connect one end of the phone cord to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the Fax
port
on the back of the printer.
Other equipment, which uses the same phone line as the printer, might be causing the test to fail. To find out
if other equipment is causing a problem, disconnect everything from the phone line, and then run the test
again.
If the
Fax Line Condition Test
passes without the other equipment, then one or more pieces of the
equipment is causing problems; try adding them back one at a time and rerunning the test each time,
until you identify which piece of equipment is causing the problem.
If the
Fax Line Condition Test
fails without the other equipment, connect the printer to a working phone
line and continue reviewing the troubleshooting information in this section.
If you are using a phone splitter, this can cause faxing problems. (A splitter is a two-cord connector that plugs
into atelephone wall jack.) Try removing the splitter and connecting the printer directly to the telephone wall
jack.
After you resolve any problems found, run the fax test again to make sure it passes and the printer is ready for
faxing. If the
Fax Line Condition
test continues to fail and you experience problems faxing, contact your telephone
company and have them check the phone line.
Troubleshoot fax problems
What kind of fax problem are you having?
The display always shows Phone Off Hook
HP recommends using a 2-wire phone cord.
112
Chapter 9
Solve problems