❏ Set your printer to Ans/FAX Mode and set Auto Ans. Ans/FAX to specify the time for the TAD to
respond.
❏ When the TAD picks up the call, the printer monitors and takes the line if fax tones are received
and then starts receiving the fax.
❏ If the answering device is off, the printer automatically goes into the fax receive mode after the ring
tone sounds for a predefined time.
❏ If you answer the call and hear fax tones, the printer will answer the fax call if you
❏ Set OnHook to On (you can hear voice or fax tones from the remote machine), and then press
the
(Start) button and hang up the receiver.
❏ Press the two-digit remote receive code and hang up the receiver.
Using a Computer Modem
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2
3
5
4
6
1 To the internet
2Computer
3Printer
4Line
5 Telephone Answering Device
6 Phone
If you want to use your computer modem for faxing or for a dial-up internet connection, connect the
computer modem directly to the back of your printer with the TAD as shown above.
❏ Set your printer to Ans/FAX Mode and set Auto Ans. Ans/FAX to specify the time for the TAD to
respond.
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