HP 3100 Test your fax setup, Setup, Setup, All Rings, Auto Answer, Rings to Answer, Basic Fax Setup, Rings to Answer, Advanced Fax Setup, Answer Ring Pattern

If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is All Rings.

To change the answer ring pattern from the control panel

1.Verify that your HP All-in-One is set to answer fax calls automatically. For information, see Set the answer mode.

2.Press Setup.

3.Press 4, and then press 1.

This displays the Advanced Fax Setup menu and then selects Answer Ring Pattern.

4.Press to highlight an option, and then press OK.

When the phone rings with the ring pattern assigned to your fax line, the HP All-in- One answers the call and receives the fax.

Set the number of rings before answering

If you set the Auto Answer setting to On, you can specify how many rings should occur before your HP All-in-One automatically answers the incoming call.

The Rings to Answer setting is important if you have an answering machine on the same phone line as your HP All-in-One, because you want the answering machine to answer the phone before the HP All-in-One does. 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.

For example, set your answering machine to answer in four rings or fewer and your HP All-in-One to answer in the maximum number of rings supported by your device. (The maximum number of rings varies by country/region.) In this setup, the answering machine will answer the call and the HP All-in-One will monitor the line. If the HP All- in-One detects fax tones, the HP All-in-One will receive the fax. If the call is a voice call, the answering machine will record the incoming message.

To set the number of rings before answering from the control panel

1.Press Setup.

2.Press 3, and then press 3 again.

This displays the Basic Fax Setup menu and then selects Rings to Answer.

3.Enter the appropriate number of rings by using the keypad, or press or to change the number of rings.

4.Press OK to accept the setting.

Test your fax setup

You can test your fax setup to check the status of your HP All-in-One and to make sure it is set up properly for faxing. Perform this test after you have completed setting up your HP All-in-One for faxing. The test does the following:

●Verifies the correct phone cord is connected to your HP All-in-One

●Checks that the phone cord is plugged into the correct port

●Checks for a dial tone

●Checks for an active phone line

●Tests the status of your phone line connection

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