Printer User Guide

Faxing 7.17
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Receiving Faxes Using the DRPD
Mode
“Distinctive Ring” 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 is identified by different ringing patterns, which consist of
various combinations of long and short ringing sounds. This
feature is often used by answering services who answer
telephones for many different clients and need to know which
number someone is calling in on to properly answer the phone.
Using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection feature, your fax
machine can “learn” the ring pattern you designate to be
answered by the fax machine. Unless you change it, this ringing
pattern will continue to be recognized and answered as a fax
call, and all other ringing patterns will be forwarded to the
extension telephone or answering machine plugged into the EXT
jack. You can easily suspend or change Distinctive Ring Pattern
Detection at any time.
Before using the Distinctive Ring Pattern Detection option,
Distinctive Ring service must be installed on your telephone line
by the telephone company. To set up Distinctive Ring Pattern
Detection, you will need another telephone line at your location,
or someone available to dial your fax number from outside.
To set up the DRPD mode:
1 Press Menu until “Fax Setup” appears on the top line of the
display.
The first available menu item, “Receive Mode,” displays on
the bottom line.
2 Press the scroll button ( W or X ) until you see “DRPD Mode”
on the bottom line and press
Enter .
3 When “Set” displays on the bottom line, press Enter .
“Waiting Ring” appears on the display.
4 Call your fax number from another telephone. It is not
necessary to place the call from a fax machine.