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sharing your fax phone
line
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answer mode
Description
(You have a separate fax
phone line on which you
receive only fax calls.)
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.
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).
Set the answer mode
The answer mode determines whether your HP all-in-one answers incoming calls or
not. If you set up the HP all-in-one to answer faxes automatically (the Auto Answer
light is on), it answers all incoming calls and receives faxes. If you set up the HP all-in-
one to answer faxes manually (the Auto Answer light is off), you must be available to
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User Guide 85
Use the fax features