Receive faxes
You can receive faxes automatically or
manually.
Note: If you receive a legal-size fax
and the printer is not currently set
to use legal-size paper, the printer
reduces the fax so that it fits on the
paper that is loaded. If you have
disabled the Automatic Reduction
feature, the printer prints the fax on
two pages.
If you are copying a document when a
fax arrives, the fax is stored in the printer's
memory until the copying finishes. As a
result, the number of fax pages that can be
stored in memory might be reduced.
Receive a fax automatically
If you turn on the Auto Answer option (the
default setting) from the printer's control
panel, the printer automatically answers
incoming calls and receives faxes after
the number of rings specified by the Rings
to Answer setting. For information about
configuring this setting, see "Step 3:
Configure fax settings" on Page 11.
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Fax
Learn more!
See the user guide for more information
about the following topics:
•
Reprint received faxes from memory
•
Poll to receive a fax
•
Forward faxes to another number
•
Set the paper size for received faxes
•
Set automatic reduction for
incoming faxes
•
Block junk fax numbers
The user guide is available on your
computer after you install the software.
Faxes and your voice
mail service
If you subscribe to a voicemail service
on the same phone line that you will
use for faxing, you cannot receive faxes
automatically. Instead, you must receive
make sure the Auto Answer setting
is turned off so that you can receive
faxes manually. Be sure you initiate the
manual fax before the voicemail picks
up the line.
If you want to receive faxes
automatically instead, contact your
telephone company to subscribe to a
distinctive ring service or to obtain a
separate phone line for faxing.