User's Manual

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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.
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)
Case B: Set up the printer
with DSL
Case C: Set up the printer
with a PBX phone system or
an ISDN line
Case D: Fax with
a distinctive ring service on
the same line
Case E: Shared voice/fax
line
Case F: Shared voice/fax
line with voice mail
Case G: Fax line shared
with computer modem (no
voice calls received)
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