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Installation and Configuration
Setting the Reception Mode for Incoming Calls
The Reception Mode affects how the HP OfficeJet Series 300 answers incoming fax and voice calls. Use the following
instructions to change the Reception Mode setting. Reception mode in an HP OfficeJet Series 300 is set during
installation of the software, but can be changed using the HP OfficeJet Series 300 Manager software by selecting the
Receive Mode in the Receive Fax Setup dialog box as described in the HP OfficeJet Series 300 User’s Guide for the
user’s model. Below is a diagram detailing the steps to change the reception mode using the front panel followed by a
table of the types of setups and the mode to use with each setup.
2. Press the Receive Mode button to display
the current Receive Mode setting, which is
marked with an asterisk (*). (The example
shown is Auto, the factory setting.)
Receive Mode
RECEIVE MODE
Manual
3. Press Receive Mode multiple times to get to
the appropriate setting (see the following table)
(“Manual,” shown at right, is only an example.)
RECEIVE MODE
Auto *
Receive Mode
4. Press Enter/Save to select the displayed setting.
Note that an asterisk (*) denotes the new selection.
5. Press Enter/Save again to return to the Ready
display. Note that the Receive Mode selected is
displayed on the top line next to “Ready.”
Enter/Save
Enter/Save
RECEIVE MODE
Manual *
Ready Manual
Nov-10-95 12:32 PM
1. Make sure the HP OfficeJet Series 300
is turned ON.
Do this: Using these buttons: For this display:
If the user has Set the
this type of setup:
Receive Mode to: And read this note:
Dedicated fax line
(receives only fax calls)
Auto
Shared fax/voice line,
no answering machine,
telephone connected
to HP OfficeJet Series
300
Manual
Shared fax/voice line,
with answering machine
Shared fax/voice line,
with Distinctive Ring
feature (with or without
an answering machine)
Auto
When Auto is selected with a dedicated fax line, the
HP OfficeJet Series 300 answers all incoming calls
after the number of rings specified in the Rings to
Answer setting and sends out fax reception tones to
receive a fax.
When Manual is selected, the HP OfficeJet Series
300 never answers incoming calls. To receive a fax,
pick up the handset of the phone connected to the
HP OfficeJet Series 300, press the Start/Copy but-
ton, then hang up the phone.
When Auto is selected and user has subscribed to a
distinctive ring feature through the user’s phone com-
pany, the HP OfficeJet Series 300 will only answer
incoming calls with any multiple-ringing pattern.
Auto Select the rings to answer for the HP OfficeJet
Series 300 to a number of rings greater than that
selected for the answering machine. The HP
OfficeJet answers all incoming calls after the
number of rings selected if the answering machine
hasn’t answered. If the answering machine answers,
the HP OfficeJet will eavesdrop and take the call if
another fax machine is calling.
Ready Auto
Nov-10-95 12:30 PM