Receiving A Fax Using The Control Panel; Receiving A Fax Manually; Receiving A Fax Automatically; Setting Auto Answer To On - Lexmark 9500 Series User Manual

Receiving a fax using the control panel

Receiving a fax manually

1
Make sure the printer is on and is connected to a working telephone line.
2
Make sure that the Auto Answer function 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
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
4
Press * 9 * on the telephone after you answer it and hear fax tones.
5
Hang up the telephone.
The printer receives the 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 156.
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 165.

Setting Auto Answer to On

1
From the control panel, press
2
Press .
The Fax Mode menu appears.
3
Press or repeatedly until you reach Auto Answer.
4
Press or repeatedly until On appears.
5
Press to save and exit.
or repeatedly until Fax is highlighted.
.
or repeatedly until Fax is highlighted.
Faxing using the control panel
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