HP Officejet 6500A Plus - Manual (Page 220)

7 Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the printer to connect to the
1-LINE port.
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region.
1. Remove the white plug from the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the printer.
2. Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your computer dial-up
modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall jack and plug it
into the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the printer.
3. Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and connect it to the port
labeled "OUT" on the back of the computer (the computer dial-up modem).
4. Using the phone cord supplied in the box with the printer, connect one end 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 supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for
your country/region.
If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone wall jack to the printer,
you might not be able to fax successfully. This special phone cord is different from the
phone cords you might already have in your home or office.
5. (Optional) If your answering machine does not have a built-in phone, for convenience you
might want to connect a phone to the back of your answering machine at the "OUT" port.
NOTE: If your answering machine does not let you connect an external phone, you can
purchase and use a parallel splitter (also known as a coupler) to connect both the
answering machine and telephone to the printer. You can use standard phone cords for
these connections.
6. If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off that
setting.
NOTE: If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your modem software,
the printer cannot receive faxes.
7. Turn on the Auto Answer setting.
8. Set your answering machine to answer after a low number of rings.
9. Change the Rings to Answer setting on the printer to the maximum number of rings
supported by the product. (The maximum number of rings varies by country/region.)
10. Run a fax test.
When the phone rings, your answering machine answers after the number of rings you have set,
and then play your recorded greeting. The printer monitors the call during this time, "listening" for
fax tones. If incoming fax tones are detected, the printer emits fax reception tones and receive the
fax; if there are no fax tones, the printer stops monitoring the line and your answering machine
records a voice message.
If you encounter problems setting up the printer with optional equipment, contact your local
service provider or vendor for further assistance.
Appendix C
(continued)
216 Additional fax setup