How Can I Enable My Fax to Receive a Fax?
- 1). Plug in the fax machine and turn it on.
- 2). Connect the fax to the phone jack by inserting one end of the phone cord into the port on the fax machine labeled "1-Line or Line." This port may also have a graphic of a telephone wall jack above it. Plug the other end of the phone cord into the phone jack. The fax, or multifunction printer with a fax, must be plugged into the phone jack in order to receive the fax transmission.
- 3). Connect the home or business telephone to the fax machine using another phone cord and plugging the cord into the port on the fax machine labeled "2-EXT or EXT" (this port may have a graphic of a telephone above it). If using an answering machine, connect the answering machine to the fax with a phone cord instead of the telephone. Then connect the telephone to the answering machine with a third phone cord. This step is necessary only if the fax and telephone share the same line.
- 4). Insert paper into the tray and make sure the fax has plenty of ink. The fax can only print the transmission if paper and ink are available.
- 5). Make sure the phone is not busy. If the fax machine is sharing a line with the home or business telephone service, an incoming fax transmission will also cause the phone to ring. That ring will then stop and a fax will be transmitted and printed.
- 6). Change the number of rings required before the fax answers the phone. A fax machine is set to answer a call after so many rings and then accept a transmitted fax. The procedure to change this option differs per fax machine; check the manual if necessary.
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