HP 2400 - Manual (Page 135)

reference guide
fax setup
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fa
x setup
1 Remove the white plug from the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your
HP PSC.
2 Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and
connect it to the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP PSC.
Caution! If you do not connect your answering machine directly
to your HP PSC, fax tones from a sending fax machine might be
recorded on your answering machine, and you might not be able
to receive faxes with your HP PSC.
3 Set your answering machine to answer after 4 or fewer rings.
4 Change the Rings to Answer setting on your HP PSC to 6 rings.
For information on how to change this setting, see
set number of rings
before answering on page 59.
5 Using the phone cord supplied in the box with your HP PSC, connect one
end to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port
labeled “1-LINE” on the back of your HP PSC.
Caution! If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the
telephone wall jack to your HP PSC, you might not be able to fax
successfully. This special 2-wire cord is different from the more
common 4-wire phone cords you might already have in your
office. For more information about how to tell the difference
between the cords, see
I have difficulties when sending faxes and
when receiving faxes on page 145.
6 (Optional) If your answering machine has no built-in phone, for
convenience you might want to connect a phone to the back of your
answering machine at the “out” port.
how your hp psc will answer fax calls
You set the HP PSC to answer after 6 rings, and you set your answering
machine to answer after 4 or fewer rings. This ensures that your answering
machine will always answer before the HP PSC.
Telephone
wall jack
Use the phone cord
supplied in the box with
your HP PSC
Back view of the HP PSC Answering
machine Telephone
(Optional)
IN OUT