Select the correct fax setup for your home or office
To fax successfully, you need to know what types of equipment and services (if any) share the same
phone line with the printer. This is important because you might need to connect some of your
existing office equipment directly to the printer, and you might also need to change some fax settings
before you can fax successfully.
1.
Determine if your telephone system is serial or parallel.
For more information, see Set up faxing (parallel phone systems) on page 182.
a.
Serial-type telephone system—See Serial-type fax setup on page 203.
b.
Parallel-type telephone system—Go to step 2.
2.
Select the combination of equipment and services sharing your fax line.
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DSL: A Digital subscriber line (DSL) service through your telephone company. (DSL might
be called ADSL in your country/region.)
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PBX: A private branch exchange (PBX) phone system or an integrated services digital
network (ISDN) system.
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Distinctive ring service: A distinctive ring service through your telephone company provides
multiple telephone numbers with different ring patterns.
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Voice calls: Voice calls are received at the same phone number you use for fax calls on the
printer.
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Computer dial-up modem: A computer dial-up modem is on the same phone line as the
printer. If you answer Yes to any of the following questions, you are using a computer dial-
up modem:
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Do you send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer software
applications through a dial-up connection?
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Do you send and receive email messages on your computer through a dial-up
connection?
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Do you access the Internet from your computer through a dial-up connection?
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Answering machine: An answering machine that answers voice calls at the same phone
number you use for fax calls on the printer.
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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.
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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
Distinctive
ring service
Voice
calls
Computer dial-
up modem
Answering
machine
Voice mail
service
Case A: Separate fax line
(no voice calls received)
on page 184
Case B: Set up the printer
with DSL on page 185
Case C: Set up the printer
with a PBX phone system or
an ISDN line on page 186
Case D: Fax with
a distinctive ring service on
the same line on page 187
Case E: Shared voice/fax
line on page 188
Case F: Shared voice/fax
line with voice mail
on page 189
Case G: Fax line shared
with computer modem (no
voice calls received)
on page 190
Case H: Shared voice/fax
line with computer modem
on page 193
Case I: Shared voice/fax
line with answering machine
on page 196
Case J: Shared voice/fax
line with computer modem
and answering machine
on page 197
Case K: Shared voice/fax
line with computer dial-up
modem and voice mail
on page 201