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Selecting Auto or Manual
Receive Mode for incoming faxes
Before you select the auto or manual Receive Mode setting for
incoming faxes, review the setup information in your Installation
Guide to make sure your system is cabled correctly. Then make your
selection based on the following.
If This Is Your Situation...
Choose
this setting
A separate telephone number for receiving fax calls
only (no voice calls).
Auto.
One telephone number for both phone and fax
calls, and
no
telephone answering machine.
Manual.
One telephone number for both phone and fax
calls, and you
do
have a telephone answering
machine.
Auto.
One telephone number for both phone and fax
calls, and you subscribe to a
distinctive ringing
service
from your telephone company.
Auto, and click the
Distinctive Ring
button in the
Settings box.
Changing the number of rings to answer
When the receive mode is set to Auto, HP OfficeJet answers the call
automatically, after a specified number of rings.
N
To change the setting, click the arrow to the right of the
Rings to
Answer
box to show the desired number, then click on the
number.
Answering machines also have a rings-to-answer feature. If you have
an answering machine connected (according to scenario 3 in the
Installation Guide), make sure the number of
Rings to Answer
in this
dialog box is set to a higher number than that of your answering
machine.
The HP OfficeJet "listens" while the answering machine plays its
greeting. If the HP OfficeJet detects fax tones, it will cut off the
answering machine and receive the fax.