HP Officejet J5740 All-in-One Printer - Manual (Page 48)

Equipment/services sharing
your fax line Recommended
Auto Answer
setting Description
Distinctive ringing service. On The HP All-in-One automatically answers all incoming
calls. Make sure the ring pattern the phone company
set for your fax line matches the Distinctive Ring
setting on the HP All-in-One.
Related topics
• Set the number of rings before answering
• Receive a fax manually
• Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ringing
Set the answer mode
The answer mode determines whether the HP All-in-One answers incoming calls or not.
• Turn on the Auto Answer setting if you want the HP All-in-One to answer faxes
automatically. The HP All-in-One will answer all incoming calls and faxes.
• Turn off the Auto Answer setting if you want to receive faxes manually. You must
be available to respond in person to the incoming fax call or the HP All-in-One will not
receive faxes.
To set the answer mode
1. Press Setup.
2. Press 4, and then press 2.
This selects Basic Fax Setup and then selects Rings to Answer.
3. Enter the appropriate number of rings by using the keypad, or press or to change
the number of rings.
4. Press OK to accept the setting.
Related topics
• Receive a fax manually
• Choose the recommended answer mode for your setup
Set the number of rings before answering
If you turn on the Auto Answer setting, you can specify how many rings should occur
before the HP All-in-One automatically answers the incoming call.
The Rings to Answer setting is important if you have an answering machine on the same
phone line as the HP All-in-One, because you want the answering machine to answer
the phone before the HP All-in-One does. The number of rings to answer for the HP All-
in-One should be greater than the number of rings to answer for the answering machine.
For example, set your answering machine to a low number of rings and the HP All-in-One
to answer in the maximum number of rings. (The maximum number of rings varies by
country/region.) In this setup, the answering machine will answer the call and the HP All-
in-One will monitor the line. If the HP All-in-One detects fax tones, the HP All-in-One will
receive the fax. If the call is a voice call, the answering machine will record the incoming
message.
Chapter 4
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46 Finish setting up the HP All-in-One