HP 1200 series Basic Manual page 65

Before using the fax features, verify that the connections are correctly established.
1 Press Start Fax, Black or Color, and listen for a dial tone.
2 If you do not hear a dial tone, check the connections.
Press Cancel to hang up.
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If you are using an office-equipment configuration other than the standard configuration
explained on your Setup Poster, check the following topics for additional information.
If you use voice mail from the phone company (that is, you dial a phone number and
press buttons on your phone to hear messages), you must be available to respond to
incoming fax calls, unless you subscribe to a distinctive-ring service.
Choose one of the following:
• If you want your HP Fax to respond automatically whenever you answer the phone
and hear fax tones, verify that Auto Answer is enabled. (The light next to Auto
Answer is on when the feature is enabled. Press the Auto Answer button to turn it
on or off.) If you pick up the phone and hear fax tones, stay on the line until your
HP Fax connects, and then hang up.
Set the Rings to Answer setting, described under "Set the Rings to Answer setting,"
higher than the number of rings selected for your voice mail system. This allows
your voice-mail system to answer your voice calls.
• If you do not enable Auto Answer and you answer a phone and hear fax tones, press
1 2 3 on your phone to accept the fax. With Auto Answer off, you must be available
to respond to the incoming call; otherwise, your HP Fax cannot receive faxes.
If you use an answering machine (that is, you press buttons on a separate machine to
hear your phone messages) and it is not available for connection to your HP Fax, verify
that Auto Answer is disabled on the front panel. (The light next to Auto Answer is off
when the feature is disabled. Press the Auto Answer button to turn it on or off.)
Chapter 8—Additional setup information
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