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56 Using the Printer
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NOTE: ISDN (integrated services digital network) and cable modems are not fax modems and are
not supported for faxing.
Send a Fax
1 Make sure your printer is on and an active telephone line is connected to the LINE
connector ( ) on the printer.
2 Load your document on the scanner glass or into the ADF. For help, see “Placing Your
Original Document on the Scanner Glass” on page 38 or “Load an Original Document
Into the ADF” on page 36.
3 Press Mode until the Fax LED is lit.
4 Use the keypad numbers to enter the fax number.
5 Press Black or Color.
The printer scans your document and sends your fax to the number you entered.
NOTE: In order to send a color fax, the machine to which you are sending the fax must also support
color faxes.
Receive a Fax Automatically
NOTE: In order to receive a color fax, the machine from which you are receiving the fax must also
support color faxes and send the fax as a color fax.
1
Make sure your printer is on and an active telephone line is connected to the LINE
connector ( — right side connector) on the printer.
2 Press Mode until the Fax LED is lit.
3 Press Auto Answer until the Auto Answer LED is lit.
4 Press Menu until Answer fax when appears.
5 Press > to scroll through the available options (After 1 ring, After 2 rings,
After 3 rings, or After 5 rings), and press Select when the option you want
appears.
When the number of set rings is detected, the printer automatically receives the fax.
Receive a Fax Manually
1 Make sure your printer is on and an active telephone line is connected to the LINE
connector ( — right side connector) on the printer.
2 Make sure the Auto Answer LED is off.
3 When the printer rings, pick up a telephone and listen for the fax calling tone.