Choose the correct fax setup for your home or office
To fax successfully, you need to know what types of equipment and services (if any)
share the same phone line with the device. This is important because you might need
to connect some of your existing office equipment directly to the device, 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 (see
Set up faxing (parallel
phone systems)
).
a. Serial-type telephone system — See
Serial-type fax setup
.
b. Parallel-type telephone system — Go to step 2.
2. Select the combination of equipment and services sharing your fax line.
•
DSL: A Digital subscriber line (DSL) service through your telephone company.
(DSL might be called ADSL in your country/region.)
•
PBX: A private branch exchange (PBX) phone system or an integrated
services digital network (ISDN) system.
•
Distinctive ring service: A distinctive ring service through your telephone
company provides multiple telephone numbers with different ring patterns.
•
Voice calls: Voice calls are received at the same phone number you use for fax
calls on the device.
•
Computer dial-up modem: A computer dial-up modem is on the same phone
line as the device. If you answer Yes to any of the following questions, you are
using a computer dial-up modem:
◦
Do you send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer software
applications through a dial-up connection?
◦
Do you send and receive e-mail messages on your computer through a dial-
up connection?
◦
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 device.
•
Voice mail service: A voice mail subscription through your telephone company
at the same number you use for fax calls on the device.
3. From the following table, choose 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
device 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 device. 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
Distincti
ve ring
service
Voice
calls
Comput
er dial-
up
modem
Answeri
ng
machine
Voice
mail
service
Case A: Separate fax
line (no voice calls
received)
Case B: Set up the
device with DSL
Case C: Set up the
device 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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Other equipment or services sharing your fax line
Recommended fax
setup
DSL
PBX
Distincti
ve ring
service
Voice
calls
Comput
er dial-
up
modem
Answeri
ng
machine
Voice
mail
service
Case J: Shared voice/
fax line with computer
modem and answering
machine
Case K: Shared voice/
fax line with computer
dial-up modem and
voice mail