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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)
Case H: Shared voice/fax line
with computer modem
Case I: Shared voice/fax line
with answering machine
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