Other equipment or services sharing your fax line

 

 

Recommended fax setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DSL

PBX

Distinctive

Voice

Computer dail-

Answering

Voice mail

 

 

 

ring service

calls

up modem

machine

service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case J: Shared voice/fax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

line with computer modem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and answering machine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on page 151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Case K: Shared voice/fax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

line with computer dial-up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

modem and voice mail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on page 154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

If you have a separate phone line on which you receive no voice calls, and you have no other equipment connected on this phone line, set up the printer as described in this section.

Figure B-1Back view of the printer

1

Telephone wall jack

 

 

2

Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the printer to connect to the 1-LINE port.

 

You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your country/

 

region.

 

 

To set up the printer with a separate fax line

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

NOTE: You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your

country/region.

If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone wall jack to the printer, you might not be able to fax successfully. This special phone cord is different from the phone cords you might already have in your home or office.

2.Turn on the Auto Answer setting.

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