Use the fax features

Chapter 11 (continued)

Equipment/services

Recommended

Description

sharing your fax phone

answer mode

 

line

 

 

 

 

 

(You have a separate fax

 

number of rings, see Set the number of rings

phone line on which you

 

before answering.

receive only fax calls.)

 

 

 

 

 

A shared voice and fax

Manual

The HP all-in-one will not automatically answer

phone line and no

(The Auto Answer

calls. You must receive all faxes manually by

answering machine.

light is off.)

pressing Start Fax Black or Start Fax Color.

(You have a shared

 

For information on receiving faxes manually,

 

see Receive a fax manually.

phone line in which you

 

receive both voice and

 

You might use this setting if the majority of calls

fax calls.)

 

on this phone line are voice calls and you rarely

 

 

receive faxes.

 

 

 

Voice mail service

Manual

The HP all-in-one will not automatically answer

provided by your

(The Auto Answer

calls. You must receive all faxes manually by

telephone company.

light is off.)

pressing Start Fax Black or Start Fax Color.

 

 

For information on receiving faxes manually,

 

 

see Receive a fax manually.

 

 

 

An answering machine

Automatic

The answering machine will answer the call and

and a shared voice and

(The Auto Answer

the HP all-in-one will monitor the line. If the

fax phone line.

light is on.)

HP all-in-one detects fax tones, the HP all-in-

 

one will receive the fax.

 

 

 

 

Note This is the recommended setting if you

 

 

have an answering machine. Make sure

 

 

the answering machine is set up properly

 

 

with the HP all-in-one. For information,

 

 

see Fax setup.

 

 

Also, set the number of rings to answer for the

 

 

HP all-in-one to a number greater than the

 

 

number of rings to answer for the answering

 

 

machine. The answering machine must answer

 

 

the call before your HP all-in-one. For more

 

 

information on setting the number of rings to

 

 

answer, see Set the number of rings before

 

 

answering.

 

 

 

Distinctive ringing

Automatic

The HP all-in-one automatically answers all

service.

(The Auto Answer

incoming calls.

 

light is on.)

Make sure the ring pattern the phone company

 

 

set for your fax phone line matches the Answer

 

 

Ring Pattern set for the HP all-in-one. For more

 

 

information, see Change the answer ring

 

 

pattern (distinctive ringing).

 

 

 

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