Receiving Faxes By Making A Phone Call - Epson Workforce Pro WF-C8610 Series User Manual

User's Guide
❏ When the ringing stops and the printer automatically switches to receive faxes:
- If the ringing is for a fax: The printer starts receiving faxes.
- If the ringing is for a voice call: You cannot answer the phone. Ask the person to call you back.
Note:
Set the number of rings to answer for the answering machine to a lower number than the number set in Rings to Answer.
Otherwise, the answering machine cannot receive voice calls to record voice messages. For details on setting up the answering
machine, see the manual supplied with the answering machine.
Related Information
"Usage of Manual Mode" on page 131
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Receiving Faxes by Making a Phone Call

You can receive a fax stored on another fax machine by dialing the fax number.
Related Information
"Receiving Faxes by Polling (Polling Receive)" on page 132
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"Receiving Faxes from a Board with a Subaddress (SEP) and Password (PWD) (Polling Receive)" on page 133
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Receiving Faxes by Polling (Polling Receive)
You can receive a fax stored on another fax machine by dialing the fax number. Use this feature to receive a
document from a fax information service.
Note:
❏ If the fax information service has an audio guidance feature that you need to follow to receive a document, you cannot
use this feature.
❏ To receive a document from a fax information service that uses audio guidance, just dial the fax number using the On
Hook feature or the connected telephone, and operate the phone and the printer following the audio guidance.
1. Select Fax on the home screen.
2. Tap (More).
3. Select Extended Fax.
4. Tap the Polling Receive box to set this to On.
5. Tap Close, and then tap Close again.
6. Enter the fax number.
Note:
If you cannot manually enter a fax number, Direct Dialing Restrictions in Security Settings is set to On. Select fax
recipients from the contacts list or the sent fax history.
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7. Tap .
Faxing
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