fax setup

chapter 12

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.

Before you can answer fax calls manually, you must change the Rings to Answer setting to No Answer as described in set the number of rings before answering on page 39. For information about how to receive fax calls manually from your attached phone and from an extension phone, see receive a fax manually on page 40.

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.

Use the phone cord

 

supplied in the box with

 

your HP Officejet

PC with modem

Telephone wall jack

Back view of the HP Officejet

1Remove the white plug from the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP Officejet.

2Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your PC modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack and plug it into the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP Officejet.

3Using the phone cord supplied in the box with your HP Officejet, connect one end to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled “1-LINE” on the back of your HP Officejet.

Caution! If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone wall jack to your HP Officejet, you probably will not be able to fax successfully. This special 2-wire cord is different from the more common 4-wire phone cords you might already have in

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