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Setup, Preferences, Auto Answer, Rings to Answer

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Table 6-14 Back view of the printer (continued) Feature Description 7 Use a minimum 26 AWG phone cord to connect to the Fax port on the printer. You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter. To set up the printer on the same phone line as a computer with two phone ports 1. Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your computer dial-up modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack and plug it into the Fax port on the back of the printer. 2. Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack and connect it to the port labeled "OUT" on the back of the computer (the computer dial-up modem). 3. 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. NOTE: You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter. 4. (Optional) If your answering machine does not have a built-in phone, for convenience you might want to connect a phone to the back of your answering machine at the "OUT" port. NOTE: If your answering machine does not let you connect an external phone, you can purchase and use a parallel splitter (also known as a coupler) to connect both the answering machine and telephone to the printer. You can use standard phone cords for these connections. 5. If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off that setting. NOTE: If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your modem software, the printer cannot receive faxes. 6. Touch Fax, Setup, and Preferences. 7. Turn on the Auto Answer setting. 8. Set your answering machine to answer after a low number of rings. 9. Change the Rings to Answer setting on the printer to the maximum number of rings supported by the product. (The maximum number of rings varies by country/region.) 10. Run a fax test. When the phone rings, your answering machine answers after the number of rings you have set, and then plays your recorded greeting. The printer monitors the call during this time, "listening" for fax tones. If incoming fax tones are detected, the printer emits fax reception tones and receives the fax; if there are no fax tones, the printer stops monitoring the line and your answering machine can record a voice message. If you encounter problems setting up the printer with optional equipment, contact your local service provider or vendor for further assistance. 68 Chapter 6 Fax

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Table 6-14
Back view of the printer
(continued)
Feature
Description
7
Use a minimum 26 AWG phone cord to connect to the Fax port
on the printer.
You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter.
To set up the printer on the same phone line as a computer with two phone ports
1.
Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your computer dial-up modem) to a
telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack and plug it into the Fax port
on
the back of the printer.
2.
Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack and connect it to the port labeled "OUT" on
the back of the computer (the computer dial-up modem).
3.
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.
NOTE:
You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter.
4.
(Optional) If your answering machine does not have a built-in phone, for convenience you might want to
connect a phone to the back of your answering machine at the "OUT" port.
NOTE:
If your answering machine does not let you connect an external phone, you can purchase and use a
parallel splitter (also known as a coupler) to connect both the answering machine and telephone to the
printer. You can use standard phone cords for these connections.
5.
If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off that setting.
NOTE:
If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your modem software, the printer
cannot receive faxes.
6.
Touch
Fax
,
Setup
, and
Preferences
.
7.
Turn on the
Auto Answer
setting.
8.
Set your answering machine to answer after a low number of rings.
9.
Change the
Rings to Answer
setting on the printer to the maximum number of rings supported by the
product. (The maximum number of rings varies by country/region.)
10.
Run a fax test.
When the phone rings, your answering machine answers after the number of rings you have set, and then plays
your recorded greeting. The printer monitors the call during this time, "listening" for fax tones. If incoming fax
tones are detected, the printer emits fax reception tones and receives the fax; if there are no fax tones, the
printer stops monitoring the line and your answering machine can record a voice message.
If you encounter problems setting up the printer with optional equipment, contact your local service provider or
vendor for further assistance.
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Chapter 6
Fax