Select the correct fax setup for your home or oice
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 oice
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 55.
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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.
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ISDN: 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 dierent 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
oice setting. Then look up the recommended fax setup. Step-by-step instructions are included for each
case in the sections that follow.
NOTE: You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter.
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 58
Case B: Set up the printer with
DSL on page 59
Case C: Set up the printer with
a PBX phone system or an
ISDN line on page 60
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