• Answering machine: An answering machine that answers voice calls at the same phone
number you use for fax calls on the printer.
• Voice mail service: A voice mail subscription through your telephone company at the same
number you use for fax calls on the printer.
3. From the following table, select the combination of equipment and services applicable to your
home or office setting. Then look up the recommended fax setup. Step-by-step instructions are
included for each case in the sections that follow.
NOTE: If your home or office setup is not described in this section, set up the printer as you
would a regular analog phone. Make sure you use the phone cord supplied in the box to connect
one end to your telephone wall jack and the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the back of
the printer. If you use another phone cord, you might experience problems sending and receiving
faxes.
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your country/
region.
Other equipment or services sharing your fax line Recommended fax
setup
DSL PBX Distinct
ive ring
service
Voice
calls
Computer
dial-up
modem
Answering
machine
Voice
mail
service
Case A: Separate fax
line (no voice calls
received)
Case B: Set up the
printer with DSL
Case C: Set up the
printer with a PBX
phone system or an
ISDN line
Case D: Fax with
a distinctive ring
service on the same
line
Case E: Shared
voice/fax line
Case F: Shared
voice/fax line with
voice mail
Case G: Fax line
shared with computer
modem (no voice
calls received)
Case H: Shared
voice/fax line with
computer modem
Case I: Shared voice/
fax line with
answering machine
Appendix C
174 Additional fax setup