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Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring, Set the dial type, Set the redial options

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Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring Many phone companies offer a distinctive ring feature that allows you to have several phone numbers on one phone line. When you subscribe to this service, each number is assigned a different ring pattern. You can set up the printer to answer incoming calls that have a specific ring pattern. If you connect the printer to a line with distinctive ring, have your telephone company assign one ring pattern to voice calls and another ring pattern to fax calls. HP recommends that you request double or triple rings for a fax number. When the printer detects the specified ring pattern, it answers the call and receives the fax. TIP: You can also use the Ring Pattern Detection feature in the printer control panel to set distinctive ring. With this feature, the printer recognizes and records the ring pattern of an incoming call and, based on this call, automatically determines the distinctive ring pattern assigned by your telephone company to fax calls. If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is All Standard Rings. NOTE: The printer cannot receive faxes when the main phone number is off the hook. To change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring 1. Ensure that the printer is set to answer fax calls automatically. For more information, see To set the answer mode. 2. From the printer control panel display, touch Fax. 3. Touch Setup, and then select Preferences. 4. Touch Distinctive Ring. 5. Touch one ring pattern and then follow the onscreen instruction. NOTE: If you are using a PBX phone system that has different ring patterns for internal and external calls, you must call the fax number from an external number. Set the dial type Use this procedure to set tone-dialing or pulse-dialing mode. The factory-set default is Tone. Do not change the setting unless you know that your phone line cannot use tone dialing. NOTE: The pulse-dialing option is not available in all countries/regions. To set the dial type 1. From the printer control panel display, touch Fax. 2. Touch Setup, and then touch Preferences. 3. Touch Dial Type. 4. Touch to select Tone or Pulse. Set the redial options If the printer was unable to send a fax because the receiving fax machine did not answer or was busy, the printer attempts to redial based on the settings for the redial options. Use the following procedure to turn the options on or off: 44 Chapter 6 Fax

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Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
Many phone companies offer a distinctive ring feature that allows you to have several phone numbers on one
phone line. When you subscribe to this service, each number is assigned a different ring pattern. You can set up
the printer to answer incoming calls that have a specific ring pattern.
If you connect the printer to a line with distinctive ring, have your telephone company assign one ring pattern to
voice calls and another ring pattern to fax calls. HP recommends that you request double or triple rings for a fax
number. When the printer detects the specified ring pattern, it answers the call and receives the fax.
TIP:
You can also use the Ring Pattern Detection feature in the printer control panel to set distinctive ring. With
this feature, the printer recognizes and records the ring pattern of an incoming call and, based on this call,
automatically determines the distinctive ring pattern assigned by your telephone company to fax calls.
If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is
All Standard Rings
.
NOTE:
The printer cannot receive faxes when the main phone number is off the hook.
To change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
1.
Ensure that the printer is set to answer fax calls automatically.
For more information, see
To set the answer mode
.
2.
From the printer control panel display, touch
Fax
.
3.
Touch
Setup
, and then select
Preferences
.
4.
Touch
Distinctive Ring
.
5.
Touch one ring pattern and then follow the onscreen instruction.
NOTE:
If you are using a PBX phone system that has different ring patterns for internal and external calls,
you must call the fax number from an external number.
Set the dial type
Use this procedure to set tone-dialing or pulse-dialing mode. The factory-set default is
Tone
. Do not change the
setting unless you know that your phone line cannot use tone dialing.
NOTE:
The pulse-dialing option is not available in all countries/regions.
To set the dial type
1.
From the printer control panel display, touch
Fax
.
2.
Touch
Setup
, and then touch
Preferences
.
3.
Touch
Dial Type
.
4.
Touch to select
Tone
or
Pulse
.
Set the redial options
If the printer was unable to send a fax because the receiving fax machine did not answer or was busy, the printer
attempts to redial based on the settings for the redial options. Use the following procedure to turn the options on
or off:
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Chapter 6
Fax