HP Pro 8500A - A910a, Pro 8500A Plus - A910g, Pro 8500A Premium - A910n Back view of the printer

Appendix C

•If your computer has two phone ports, set up the printer as follows:

Back view of the printer

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1Telephone wall jack

2Use 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.

3 Parallel splitter

4Computer with modem

5Telephone

To set up the printer on the same phone line as a computer with two phone ports

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

2.Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your computer dial-up modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack and plug it into the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the printer.

3.Connect a phone to the "OUT" port on the back of your computer dial-up modem.

4.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.

5.If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off that setting.

NOTE: If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your modem software, the printer cannot receive faxes.

6.Turn off the Auto Answer setting.

7.Run a fax test.

You must be available to respond in person to incoming fax calls, or the printer cannot receive faxes.

212 Additional fax setup