Connecting to a distinctive ring service
A distinctive ring service may be available from your telephone service provider. This service allows you to have
multiple telephone numbers on one telephone line with each telephone number having a different ring pattern.
This may be useful for distinguishing between fax and voice calls. If you subscribe to a distinctive ring service, follow
these steps to connect the equipment:
1 Connect one end of the telephone cable that came with the printer to the printer LINE port .
2 Connect the other end of the telephone cable to an active analog telephone wall jack.
3 Change the Distinctive Rings setting to match the setting you want the printer to answer:
Note: The factory default setting for distinctive rings is On. This allows the printer to answer single, double, and
triple ring patterns.
a On the home screen, touch .
b Touch Settings.
c Touch Fax Settings.
d Touch Analog Fax Settings.
e Touch until Distinctive Rings appears
f Touch Distinctive Rings.
g Touch the arrow for the pattern setting you want to change.
h Touch Submit.
Connecting the printer and a telephone or answering machine to
the same telephone line
1 Connect one end of the telephone cable that came with the printer to the printer LINE port .
2 Connect the other end of the telephone cable to an active analog telephone wall jack .
Faxing
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