User's Manual

258 |Faxing
Receiving a Fax Automatically
To automatically receive a fax, use the Fax, Telephone / Fax, or Ans Machine/Fax
mode. The default setting is Fax mode. See "Receive Mode."
NOTE:
• To use the Telephone / Fax or Ans Machine/Fax mode, you must connect an external
telephone to the phone connector on the rear of the printer. See "Connecting a Telephone or
Answering Machine."
Receiving a Fax Manually
When in the Telephone or Telephone / Fax mode, you can receive the fax manually.
See "Receive Mode."
Using Remote Receive
Use Remote Receive to manually receive a fax from an external telephone without
having to go to the printer.
To manually receive a fax using the external telephone, you must connect an external
telephone to the phone connector on the rear of the printer and also set Remote
Receive to On. See "Connecting a Telephone or Answering Machine."
When you receive a call on the external telephone and hear a fax tone, enter the remote
receive code from the external telephone.
NOTE:
• When entering the remote receive code from the external telephone, press the number keys slowly
in sequence. If you still hear the fax tone from the remote machine, try entering the two-digit code
again.
• The default remote receive code is 00. You can change the two-digit code to a number of your
choice. See "Receive Mode."
• Set the dialing system of your external telephone to DTMF.
Using Manual Receive in On Hook
You can manually receive a fax by tapping Manual Receive in On Hook on the touch
panel.
1 When the external telephone rings, pick up the handset.
2 Make sure that you hear the fax tone, and then press the (Home) button.
3 Tap Fax On Hook Receive Receive.
4 Hang up the hand set of the external telephone.
The printer begins receiving a fax and returns to the standby mode when the reception is
completed.
Receiving Faxes Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection
(DRPD)
The DRPD is a telephone company service which enables a user to use a single telephone
line to answer several different telephone numbers. The particular number someone
uses to call you on is identified by different ringing patterns, which consist of various
combinations of long and short ringing sounds.