Lexmark 9300 Series - Manual (Page 130)

Receiving a fax
Receiving a fax automatically
1 Make sure the printer is on and is connected to a working phone line.
2 Make sure that Auto Answer is on. For more information, see “Setting Auto Answer to On” on page 132.
Note: An indicator, resembling a telephone handset with the word FAX under it, is shown in the top left corner of
the display when Auto Answer is on.
3 Set the number of times the telephone rings before the printer automatically receives faxes. To set this, see “Setting
the number of rings before receiving a fax automatically” on page 135.
Receiving a fax with an answering machine
Note: You must set up the equipment as shown in “Connecting to an answering machine” on page 24.
To receive a fax with an answering machine connected to the printer:
1 Make sure that Auto Answer is on. For more information, see “Setting Auto Answer to On” on page 132.
Note: An indicator, resembling a telephone handset with the word FAX under it, is shown in the top left corner of
the display when Auto Answer is on.
2 Make sure you have set the number of times the telephone rings before receiving a fax automatically. See “Setting
the number of rings before receiving a fax automatically” on page 135.
When a telephone ring is detected, the answering machine picks up the call.
• If the printer detects a fax, it receives the fax and disconnects the answering machine.
• If the printer does not detect a fax, the answering machine receives the call.
3 Set the answering machine to answer incoming calls before the printer does.
For example, if you set the answering machine to answer calls after three rings, set the printer to answer calls after
five rings.
Receiving a fax manually
1 Make sure the printer is on and is connected to a working phone line.
2 Make sure that Auto Answer is off.
Note: An indicator, resembling a telephone handset with the word FAX under it, is shown in the top left corner of
the display when Auto Answer is on.
To disable auto answer:
a From the control panel, press or repeatedly until Fax is highlighted.
b Press .
The Fax Mode menu appears.
c Press or repeatedly until you reach Auto Answer.
d Press or repeatedly until Off appears.
e Press to save and exit.
3 To receive the fax, press .
or
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