Table B-1 Countries/regions with a parallel-type phone system (continued)

Mexico

Philippines

Poland

 

 

 

Portugal

Russia

Saudi Arabia

 

 

 

Singapore

Spain

Taiwan

 

 

 

Thailand

USA

Venezuela

 

 

 

Vietnam

 

 

 

 

 

If you are unsure which kind of telephone system you have (serial or parallel), check with your telephone company.

This section contains the following topics:

Select the correct fax setup for your home or office

Case A: Separate fax line (no voice calls received)

Case B: Set up the printer with DSL

Case C: Set up the printer with a PBX phone system or an ISDN line

Case D: Fax with a distinctive ring service on the same line

Case E: Shared voice/fax line

Case F: Shared voice/fax line with voice mail

Case G: Fax line shared with computer modem (no voice calls received)

Case H: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem

Case I: Shared voice/fax line with answering machine

Case J: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem and answering machine

Case K: Shared voice/fax line with computer dial-up modem and voice mail

Select the correct fax setup for your home or office

To fax successfully, you need to know what types of equipment and services (if any) share the same phone line with the printer. This is important because you might need to connect some of your existing office equipment directly to the printer, and you might also need to change some fax settings before you can fax successfully.

1.Determine if your telephone system is serial or parallel.

For more information, see Set up faxing (parallel phone systems).

a.Serial-type telephone system—See Serial-type fax setup.

b.Parallel-type telephone system—Go to step 2.

2.Select the combination of equipment and services sharing your fax line.

DSL: A Digital subscriber line (DSL) service through your telephone company. (DSL might be called ADSL in your country/region.)

PBX: A private branch exchange (PBX) phone system.

ISDN: An integrated services digital network (ISDN) system.

144 Appendix B Additional fax setup

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