Lexmark Prospect Pro205 User Manual

Scenario 2: Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
Follow this setup if you have a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).
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A Digital Subscriber Line splits your regular telephone line into two channels: voice and Internet. Telephone and fax
signals travel through the voice channel, and Internet signals pass through the other channel. This way, you can use
the same line for analog voice calls (including faxing) and digital Internet access.
To minimize interference between the two channels and ensure a quality...

Scenario 3: VoIP telephone service
Follow this setup if you have telephone service from a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) provider.
Tips for this setup:
Connect the printer to the port labeled Phone Line 1 or Phone Port  on the VoIP adapter. The port labeled Phone
Line 2 or Fax Port  is not always active. You may need to pay extra to your VoIP provider if you want to activate the
second phone port.
To make sure that the phone port on the VoIP adapter is active, plug an analog telephone into the phone...

Scenario 4: Digital telephone service through a cable provider
Setup 1: Printer is connected directly to a cable modem
Follow this setup if you normally connect your telephone to a cable modem.
Tips for this setup:

Connect the printer to the port labeled Phone Line 1 or Phone Port  on the cable modem. The port labeled Phone
Line 2 or Fax Port  is not always active. You may need to pay extra to your cable provider if you want to activate
the second phone port.
To make sure that the phone port on the...

Setup 2: Printer is connected to a wall jack; cable modem is installed elsewhere in the house
Follow this setup if your cable provider activated the wall jacks in your house so that you do not have to plug your
devices into the cable modem. Your cable telephone service comes from the wall jacks.
Scenario 5: Country-specific setup
Different countries have different types of telephone wall jacks. The most common wall jack is the Registered Jack-11
(RJ-11), the standard adopted by most countries. You need...

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If the additional device (telephone or answering machine) has an RJ-11 connector, then you can remove the wrap plug
and plug the device into the 
 port of the printer.
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Connecting the printer in countries that use serial connection
In some countries or regions, you need to plug all devices into the wall jack. You cannot plug a telephone or answering
machine into the 
 port of the printer. This is called serial connection.
Austria Germany Portugal
Belgium Ireland Spain
Denmark Italy Sweden
France Netherlands Switzerland
Finland Norway United Kingdom
Warning—Potential Damage: If your country is on the list, then do not remove the wrap plug from the  port of the
printer....

Connecting the printer to a wall jack in Germany
The German wall jack has two kinds of ports. The N ports are for fax machines, modems, and answering machines. The
F port is for telephones.
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Entering your user information
Your user information includes your name or your company name, your fax number (your fax number is your telephone
number, unless you have a dedicated fax telephone line), and the time and date on your fax machine when a
transmission is made. This information appears in the header and footer of the faxes that you send.
In some countries, you cannot send a fax without this information. Some fax machines also block faxes without sender
information, so make sure that you enter...

Configuring the fax settings
You can configure the fax settings through the printer control panel or the fax software. If you configure the fax settings
in the printer control panel, then the fax software imports those settings. The changes appear the next time you launch
the fax software. The printer also saves the settings that you choose in the fax software, unless you set the printer to
block changes made from the computer.
Configuring fax settings using the printer control panel
1From the printer...

From hereYou can
Dialing and SendingSet your fax name and fax number.
Adjust the dialing volume.
Set the dial method, redial time, number of redial attempts,
dialing prefix, and fax sending speed.
Convert sent faxes into modes that receiving fax machines
recognize. Otherwise, such faxes are aborted.
Enable error correction during transmission.
Set whether the printer scans the original document before or
after dialing the recipient.
Set the printer to scan before dialing so that you do not have to
scan...