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4. Enter your personal or company name, and then touch Done.
5. Enter your fax number, and then touch Done.
Set the answer mode (Auto answer)
The answer mode determines whether the printer answers incoming calls.
• Turn on the Auto Answer setting if you want the printer to answer faxes automatically. The printer
answers all incoming calls and faxes.
• Turn off the Auto Answer setting if you want to receive faxes manually. You must be available to respond
in person to the incoming fax call or else the printer does not receive faxes.
To set the answer mode
1. Touch
(Right arrow), and then touch Setup.
2. Touch Fax Setup, and then touch Basic Fax Setup.
3. Touch Auto Answer, and then select On or Off.
Set the number of rings before answering
If you turn on the Auto Answer setting, you can specify how many rings occur before incoming calls are
automatically answered.
The Rings to Answer setting is important if you have an answering machine on the same phone line as the
printer, because you want the answering machine to answer the phone before the printer does. The number of
rings to answer for the printer should be greater than the number of rings to answer for the answering machine.
For example, set your answering machine to a low number of rings and the printer to answer in the maximum
number of rings. (The maximum number of rings varies by country/region.) In this setup, the answering machine
answers the call and the printer monitors the line. If the printer detects fax tones, it receives the fax. If the call is
a voice call, the answering machine records the incoming message.
To set the number of rings before answering
1. Touch
(Right arrow), and then ttouch Setup.
2. Touch Fax Setup, and then touch Basic Fax Setup.
3. Touch Rings to Answer.
4. Touch
(Up arrow) or (Down arrow) to change the number of rings.
5. Touch Done to accept the setting.
Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
Many phone companies offer a distinctive ring feature that allows you to have several phone numbers on one
phone line. When you subscribe to this service, each number is assigned a different ring pattern. You can set up
the printer to answer incoming calls that have a specific ring pattern.
If you connect the printer to a line with distinctive ring, have your telephone company assign one ring pattern to
voice calls and another ring pattern to fax calls. HP recommends that you request double or triple rings for a fax
number. When the printer detects the specified ring pattern, it answers the call and receives the fax.
TIP: You can also use the Ring Pattern Detection feature in the printer control panel to set distinctive ring.
With this feature, the printer recognizes and records the ring pattern of an incoming call and, based on this
call, automatically determines the distinctive ring pattern assigned by your telephone company to fax calls.
If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is All Rings.
NOTE: The printer cannot receive faxes when the main phone number is off the hook.
To change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
1. Verify that the printer is set to answer fax calls automatically.
2. Touch
(Right arrow), and then touch Setup.
3. Touch Fax Setup, and then select Advanced Fax Setup.
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