HP Pro 8500A - A910a, Pro 8500A Plus - A910g Case I Shared voice/fax line with answering machine

Appendix C

Case I: Shared voice/fax line with answering machine

If you receive both voice calls and fax calls at the same phone number, and you also have an answering machine that answers voice calls at this phone number, set up the printer as described in this section.

Back view of the printer

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1Telephone wall jack

2Use the phone cord provided to connect to the 1-LINE port on the back of the printer

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

3 Answering machine

4Telephone (optional)

To set up the printer with a shared voice/fax line with answering machine

1.Remove the white plug from the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the printer.

2.Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and connect it to the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the printer.

NOTE: If you do not connect your answering machine directly to the printer, fax tones from a sending fax machine might be recorded on your answering machine, and you might not receive faxes with the printer.

3.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.

4.(Optional) If your answering machine does not have a built-in phone, for convenience you might want to connect a phone to the back of your answering machine at the "OUT" port.

NOTE: If your answering machine does not let you connect an external phone, you can purchase and use a parallel splitter (also known as a coupler) to connect both the

answering machine and telephone to the printer. You can use standard phone cords for these connections.

206 Additional fax setup