HP office jet 6950 - Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring; Set the dial type

3. Touch Rings to Answer .
4. Touch to set the number of rings.
5. Touch Done .
Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
Many phone companies oer a distinctive ring feature that allows you to have several phone numbers on one
phone line. When you subscribe to this service, each number is assigned a dierent ring pattern. You can set
up the printer to answer incoming calls that have a specic ring pattern.
If you connect the printer to a line with distinctive ring, have your telephone company assign one ring pattern
to voice calls and another ring pattern to fax calls. HP recommends that you request double or triple rings for
a fax number. When the printer detects the specied ring pattern, it answers the call and receives the fax.
TIP: You can also use the Ring Pattern Detection feature in the printer control panel to set distinctive ring.
With this feature, the printer recognizes and records the ring pattern of an incoming call and, based on this
call, automatically determines the distinctive ring pattern assigned by your telephone company to fax calls.
If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is All Standard Rings .
NOTE: The printer cannot receive faxes when the main phone number is o the hook.
To change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
1. Ensure that the printer is set to answer fax calls automatically.
For more information, see Set the answer mode (Auto answer) .
2. From the printer control panel display, touch Fax .
3. Touch Setup , and then select Preferences .
4. Touch Distinctive Ring .
5. A message appears stating that this setting should not be changed unless you have multiple numbers
on the same telephone line. Touch Yes to continue.
6. Select the ring pattern assigned by your telephone company for fax calls.
If you do not know your assigned ring pattern or it is not in the list, touch Ring Pattern Detection, and
then follow the onscreen instructions.
NOTE: If the Ring Pattern Detection feature cannot detect the ring pattern or if you cancel the feature
before it nishes, the ring pattern is automatically set to the default, which is All Standard Rings .
NOTE: If you are using a PBX phone system that has dierent ring patterns for internal and external
calls, you must call the fax number from an external number.
Set the dial type
Use this procedure to set tone-dialing or pulse-dialing mode. The factory-set default is Tone. Do not change
the setting unless you know that your phone line cannot use tone dialing.
NOTE: The pulse-dialing option is not available in all countries/regions.
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