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your office. For more information about how to tell the difference between the cords, see I have difficulties when sending faxes and when receiving faxes on page 120.
4If your PC modem’s software is set to automatically receive faxes to your computer, turn off that setting.
Caution! If you do not turn off the auto fax receive setting in your PC modem software, your HP Officejet will not be able to receive faxes.
5(Optional) Change the Rings to Answer setting to 1 ring or 2 rings.
For information about how to change this setting, see set the number of rings before answering on page 39.
how your hp officejet will answer fax calls
When the phone rings, your HP Officejet will answer automatically after the number of rings you set in the Rings to Answer setting. Then it will begin emitting fax reception tones to the sending fax machine and receive the fax.
case E: shared voice/fax line with PC modem
If you receive both voice calls and fax calls at the same phone number, and you also have a PC modem connected on this phone 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
Use the phone cord |
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supplied in the box with | PC with modem |
your HP Officejet |
Telephone
Telephone wall jack
Back view of the HP Officejet | IN | OUT |
1Remove the white plug from the port labeled
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
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