HP FAX 1250 Series User Manual page 26

Since your computer dial-up modem shares the phone line with the HP Fax, you will
not be able to use both your modem and the HP Fax simultaneously. For example,
you cannot use the HP Fax for faxing if you are using your computer dial-up modem
to send an e-mail or access the Internet.
Back view of the HP Fax
1 Telephone wall jack
2 Use the phone cord supplied in the box with the HP Fax to connect to the "1-LINE" port
3 Computer with modem
To set up the HP Fax with a computer dial-up modem
1. Remove the white plug from the port labeled 2-EXT on the back of the HP Fax.
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
HP Fax.
3. Using the phone cord supplied in the box with the HP Fax, connect one end to
your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE
on the back of the HP Fax.
4. If your modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically,
turn off that setting.
5. Set the
6. (Optional) Change the
7. Run a fax test.
When the phone rings, the HP Fax will answer automatically after the number of rings
you set in the
to the sending fax machine and receive the fax.
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Note If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone
wall jack to the HP Fax, 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.
Note If you do not turn off the automatic fax reception setting in your
modem software, the HP Fax will not be able to receive faxes.
Answer Mode to Fax.
Rings to Answer
Rings to Answer setting. Then it will begin emitting fax reception tones
setting to the lowest setting (two rings).
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