HP Officejet Pro 8500A - Manual (Page 78)

If you connect the printer to a line with distinctive ring, have your telephone company
assign one ring pattern to voice calls and another ring pattern to fax calls. HP
recommends that you request double or triple rings for a fax number. When the printer
detects the specified ring pattern, it answers the call and receives the fax.
TIP: You can also use the Ring Pattern Detection feature in the printer’s 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.
If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is All
Rings.
NOTE: The printer cannot receive faxes when the main phone number is off the
hook.
To change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
1. Verify that the printer is set to answer fax calls automatically.
2. On the printer control panel, touch Setup.
3. Touch Fax Setup, and then select Advanced Fax Setup
4. Touch Distinctive Ring.
5. A message appears stating that this setting should not be changed unless you
have multiple numbers on the same telephone line. Touch Yes to continue.
6. Do one of the following:
• Touch the ring pattern assigned by your telephone company to fax calls.
- Or -
• Touch Ring Pattern Detection, and then follow the instructions on the printer’s
control panel.
NOTE: If the Ring Pattern Detection feature cannot detect the ring pattern or
if you cancel the feature before it finishes, the ring pattern is automatically set
to All Rings.
NOTE: If you are using either a PBX phone system that has different ring
patterns for internal and external calls, you must call the fax number from an
external number.
Set the dial type
Use this procedure to set tone-dialing or pulse-dialing mode. The factory-set default is
Tone. Do not change the setting unless you know that your phone line cannot use
tone dialing.
NOTE: The pulse-dialing option is not available in all countries/regions.
To set the dial type
1. Touch right arrow , and then select Setup.
2. Touch Fax Setup, and then select Basic Fax Setup.
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