Selecting Auto or Manual
Receive Mode for incoming faxes
Before you select the auto or manual Receive Mode setting for incoming faxes, review the setup information in your Installation Guide to make sure your system is cabled correctly. Then make your selection based on the following.
| Choose |
If This Is Your Situation... | this setting |
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A separate telephone number for receiving fax calls | Auto. |
only (no voice calls). |
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One telephone number for both phone and fax | Manual. |
calls, and no telephone answering machine. |
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One telephone number for both phone and fax | Auto. |
calls, and you do have a telephone answering |
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machine. |
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One telephone number for both phone and fax | Auto, and click the |
calls, and you subscribe to a distinctive ringing | Distinctive Ring |
service from your telephone company. | button in the |
| Settings box. |
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Changing the number of rings to answer
When the receive mode is set to Auto, HP OfficeJet answers the call automatically, after a specified number of rings.
NTo change the setting, click the arrow to the right of the Rings to Answer box to show the desired number, then click on the number.
Answering machines also have a
The HP OfficeJet "listens" while the answering machine plays its greeting. If the HP OfficeJet detects fax tones, it will cut off the answering machine and receive the fax.