HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium User Manual

• Answering machine: An answering machine that answers voice calls at the same phonenumber you use for fax calls on the printer.
• Voice mail service: A voice mail subscription through your telephone company at the same number you use for fax calls on the printer.
3. From the following table, select the combination of equipment and services applicable to your
home or office setting. Then look up the recommended fax setup. Step-by-step instructions
are included for each case in the sections that follow....

Other equipment or services sharing your fax lineRecommended fax
setup
DSL PBX Distinct
ive ring
serviceVoice
calls
Computer
dial-up
modem Answering
machine
Voice
mail
service
   
 Case J: Sharedvoice/fax line withcomputer modemand answeringmachine
   
 Case K: Sharedvoice/fax line withcomputer dial-upmodem and voicemail
Case A: Separate fax line  (no voice calls received)
If you have a separate phone line on which you receive no voice calls, and you have no other
equipment connected on this phone line,...

To set up the printer with a separate fax line
1.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...

To set up the printer with DSL
1.Obtain a DSL filter from your DSL provider.
2. Using the phone cord supplied in the box with the printer, connect one end to the open port
on the DSL filter, and 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 DSL filter to the printer, you might
not be able to fax successfully....

Case D: Fax with a distinctive ring service on the same line
If you subscribe to a distinctive ring service (through your telephone company) that allows you to
have multiple phone numbers on one phone line, each with a different ring pattern, set up the
printer as described in this section.
Back view of the printer
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1 Telephone wall jack
2 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...

4.(Optional) Change the  Rings to Answer setting to the lowest setting (two rings).
5. Run a fax test.
The printer automatically answers incoming calls that have the ring pattern you selected
( Distinctive Ring  setting) after the number of rings you selected ( Rings to Answer setting). The
printer begins emitting fax reception tones to the sending fax machine and receives the fax.
If you encounter problems setting up the printer with optional equipment, contact your local
service provider or vendor for...

3.Now you need to decide how you want the printer to answer calls, automatically or manually:
• If you set up the printer to answer calls  automatically, it answers all incoming calls and
receives faxes. The printer cannot distinguish between fax and voice calls in this case; if
you suspect the call is a voice call, you need to answer it before the printer answers the
call. To set up the printer to answer calls automatically, turn on the  Auto Answer setting.
• If you set up the printer to answer faxes...

To set up the printer with voice mail
1.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.
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your country/
region.
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...

1Telephone wall jack
2 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.
3 Computer with modem
To set up the printer with a computer dial-up modem
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...

Set up the printer with a computer DSL/ADSL modem
If you have a DSL line and use that phone line to send faxes, follow these instructions to set up
your fax.
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1Telephone wall jack
2 Parallel splitter
3 DSL/ADSL filter
Connect one end of the phone jack that was supplied with the printer to
connect to the 1-LINE port on the back of the printer. Connect the other
end of the cord to the DSL/ADSL filter.
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter
provided for your country/region....