HP 4215v, 4255, 4215xi Hp officejet 4250 series with handset, How to answer fax calls manually

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Note: If you pick up the phone before the 6th ring and hear fax tones from a sending fax machine, you will need to manually answer the fax call. For information about how to receive fax calls manually from your attached phone and from an extension phone, see receive a fax manually from a phone on page 48.

how to answer fax calls manually

To receive faxes manually, you must be available to respond in person to incoming fax calls or your HP Officejet cannot receive faxes.

6Press the Answer Mode button on the front panel until Tel appears on the display.

The HP Officejet will never answer the call. You must answer the call, and if it is a fax call, manually accept the fax. For information about how to receive fax calls manually from your attached phone and from an extension phone, see receive a fax manually from a phone on page 48.

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!Press the Answer Mode button on the front panel until Fax/Tel appears on the display.

how your hp officejet will answer fax calls

The HP Officejet automatically answers all incoming calls based on the Rings to Answer setting. If the call is a fax call, the HP Officejet will receive the fax.

If the call is a voice call, the HP Officejet will create a special ring to indicate it is a voice call. You will need to answer the incoming voice call using the attached handset. You should not answer voice calls from other telephones on the line. The device cannot tell that you picked up the extension phone and will keep ringing. You will have to press Cancel on the HP Officejet to stop the ringing.

case D: fax line shared with PC modem (no voice calls received)

If you have a fax line on which you receive no voice calls, and you also have a PC modem connected on this line, connect your HP Officejet as described in this section.

Note: Since your PC modem shares the telephone line with your

HP Officejet, you will not be able to use both your PC modem and your HP Officejet simultaneously. For example, while you are sending and receiving faxes, you will not be able to e-mail or access the Internet.

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