Chapter 12
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:
•Select 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
Select 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.
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
◦Do you send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer software applications through a
◦Do you send and receive email messages on your computer through a
◦Do you access the Internet from your computer through a
•Answering machine: An answering machine that answers voice calls at the same phone number you use for fax calls on the printer.
•Voice mail service: A voice mail subscription through your telephone company at the same number you use for fax calls on the printer.
3.From the following table, select the combination of equipment and services applicable to your home or office setting. Then look up the recommended fax setup.
NOTE: If your home or office setup is not described in this section, set up the printer as you would a regular analog phone. Make sure you use the phone cord supplied in the box to connect one end to your telephone wall jack and the other end to the port labeled
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your country/region.
78 Additional fax setup