Use the fax features

Chapter 11 (continued)

Equipment/services

Recommended

Description

sharing your fax line

Auto Answer

 

 

setting

 

 

 

 

 

 

number of rings, see Set the number of rings

 

 

before answering.

 

 

 

A shared voice and fax

Off

The HP all-in-one will not automatically answer

line and no answering

 

calls. You must receive all faxes manually by

machine.

 

pressing Start Black or Start Color. For

(You have a shared

 

information on receiving faxes manually, see

 

Receive a fax manually.

phone line in which you

 

receive both voice and

 

You might use this setting if the majority of calls

fax calls.)

 

on this phone line are voice calls and you rarely

 

 

receive faxes.

 

 

 

Voice mail service

Off

The HP all-in-one will not automatically answer

provided by your

 

calls. You must receive all faxes manually by

telephone company.

 

pressing Start Black or Start Color. For

 

 

information on receiving faxes manually, see

 

 

Receive a fax manually.

 

 

 

An answering machine

On

The answering machine will answer the call and

and a shared voice and

 

the HP all-in-one will monitor the line. If the

fax line.

 

HP all-in-one detects fax tones, the HP all-in-

 

 

one will receive the fax.

 

 

Note This is the recommended default setting

 

 

if you have an answering machine. Make

 

 

sure the answering machine is set up

 

 

properly with the HP all-in-one. For

 

 

information, see Fax setup.

 

 

Also, set your HP all-in-one to answer the

 

 

phone after the answering machine. The

 

 

number of rings to answer for the HP all-in-one

 

 

should be greater than the number of rings to

 

 

answer for the answering machine. You want

 

 

the answering machine to answer before your

 

 

HP all-in-one. For more information on setting

 

 

the number of rings to answer, see Set the

 

 

number of rings before answering.

 

 

 

Distinctive ringing

On

The HP all-in-one automatically answers all

service.

 

incoming calls.

 

 

Make sure the ring pattern the phone company

 

 

set for your fax line matches the Answer Ring

 

 

Pattern set for the HP all-in-one. For more

 

 

information, see Change the answer ring

 

 

pattern (distinctive ringing).

 

 

 

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HP Photosmart 2600/2700 series all-in-one