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sharing your fax
phone line
Recommended
answer mode
Description
you receive only fax
calls.)
(The Auto
Answer light is
on.)
number of rings, see Set the number of rings
before answering.
A shared voice and fax
phone line and no
answering machine.
(You have a shared
phone line in which you
receive both voice and
fax calls.)
Manual
(The Auto
Answer light is
off.)
The HP all-in-one will not automatically
answer calls. You must receive all faxes
manually by pressing Start Fax Black or
Start Fax Color. For information on receiving
faxes manually, see Receive a fax manually.
You might use this setting if the majority of
calls on this phone line are voice calls and you
rarely receive faxes.
Voice mail service
provided by your
telephone company.
Manual
(The Auto
Answer light is
off.)
The HP all-in-one will not automatically
answer calls. You must receive all faxes
manually by pressing Start Fax Black or
Start Fax Color. For information on receiving
faxes manually, see Receive a fax manually.
An answering machine
and a shared voice and
fax phone line.
Automatic
(The Auto
Answer light is
on.)
The answering machine will answer the call
and the HP all-in-one will monitor the line. If
the HP all-in-one detects fax tones, the HP all-
in-one will receive the fax.
Note This is the recommended setting if you
have an answering machine. Make sure the
answering machine is set up properly with the
HP all-in-one. For information, see Fax setup.
Also, set the number of rings to answer for the
HP all-in-one to a number greater than the
number of rings to answer for the answering
machine. The answering machine must
answer the call before your HP all-in-one. For
more information on setting the number of
rings to answer, see Set the number of rings
before answering.
Distinctive ringing
service.
Automatic
(The Auto
Answer light is
on.)
The HP all-in-one automatically answers all
incoming calls.
Make sure the ring pattern the phone
company set for your fax phone line matches
the Answer Ring Pattern set for the HP all-in-
one. For more information, see Change the
answer ring pattern (distinctive ringing).
Chapter 11
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