User Guide
Figure 5-3 Back view of the printer
1 Telephone wall jack
2 Connect the phone cord to the port labelled 1-LINE on the back of the printer.
You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter.
To set up the printer with a distinctive ring service
1. Connect one end of the phone cord to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port 
labeled 1-LINE on the back of the printer.
NOTE: You might need to connect the phone cord to your country/region adapter.
2. Turn on the Auto Answer setting.
3. Change the Distinctive Ring setting to match the pattern that the telephone company assigned to your 
fax number.
NOTE: By default, the printer is set to answer all ring patterns. If you do not set the Distinctive Ring to 
match the ring pattern assigned to your fax number, the printer might answer both voice calls and fax 
calls or it might not answer at all.
TIP: You can also use the Ring Pattern Detection feature in the printer control panel to set distinctive 
ring. With this feature, the printer recognizes and records the ring pattern of an incoming call and, based 
on this call, automatically determines the distinctive ring pattern assigned by your telephone company 
to fax calls. For more information, see Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring.
4. (Optional) Change the Rings to Answer setting to the lowest setting (two rings).
5. Run a fax test.
The printer automatically answers incoming calls that have the ring pattern you selected ( Distinctive Ring 
setting) after the number of rings you selected ( Rings to Answer setting). The printer begins emitting fax 
reception tones to the sending fax machine and receives the fax.
If you encounter problems setting up the printer with optional equipment, contact your local service provider 
or vendor for further assistance.
Case E: Shared voice/fax line
If you receive both voice calls and fax calls at the same phone number, and you have no other oice 
equipment (or voice mail) on this phone line, set up the printer as described in this section.
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