HP Officejet Pro 6830 - Select the correct fax setup for your home or office

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Select the correct fax setup for your home or office

Case A: Separate fax line (no voice calls received)

Case B: Set up the printer with DSL

Case C: Set up the printer with a PBX phone system or an ISDN line

Case D: Fax with a distinctive ring service on the same line

Case E: Shared voice/fax line

Case F: Shared voice/fax line with voice mail

Case G: Fax line shared with computer modem (no voice calls received)

Case H: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem

Case I: Shared voice/fax line with answering machine

Case J: Shared voice/fax line with computer modem and answering machine

Case K: Shared voice/fax line with computer dial-up modem and voice mail

Select the correct fax setup for your home or office

To fax successfully, you need to know what types of equipment and services (if any) share the same

phone line with the printer. This is important because you might need to connect some of your

existing office equipment directly to the printer, and you might also need to change some fax settings

before you can fax successfully.
1.

Determine if your telephone system is serial or parallel.
For more information, see Set up faxing (parallel phone systems).
a.

Serial-type telephone system—See Serial-type fax setup.

b.

Parallel-type telephone system—Go to step 2.

2.

Select the combination of equipment and services sharing your fax line.

DSL: A Digital subscriber line (DSL) service through your telephone company. (DSL might

be called ADSL in your country/region.)

PBX: A private branch exchange (PBX) phone system.

ISDN: An integrated services digital network (ISDN) system.

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Distinctive ring service: A distinctive ring service through your telephone company provides

multiple telephone numbers with different ring patterns.

Voice calls: Voice calls are received at the same phone number you use for fax calls on the

printer.

Computer dial-up modem: A computer dial-up modem is on the same phone line as the

printer. If you answer Yes to any of the following questions, you are using a computer dial-

up modem:

Do you send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer software

applications through a dial-up connection?

Do you send and receive email messages on your computer through a dial-up

connection?

Do you access the Internet from your computer through a dial-up connection?

Answering machine: An answering machine that answers voice calls at the same phone

number 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.

NOTE: If your home or office setup is not described in this section, set up the printer as you would

a regular analog phone. Make sure you use the phone cord supplied in the box to connect one end to

your telephone wall jack and the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the back of the printer. If you

use another phone cord, you might experience problems sending and receiving faxes.
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your country/region.

Other equipment or services sharing your fax line

Recommended fax setup

DSL

PBX

Distinctive

ring service

Voice

calls

Computer dial-

up modem

Answering

machine

Voice mail

service

Case A: Separate fax line

(no voice calls received)

Case B: Set up the printer

with DSL

Case C: Set up the printer

with a PBX phone system or

an ISDN line

Case D: Fax with

a distinctive ring service on

the same line

Case E: Shared voice/fax

line

Case F: Shared voice/fax

line with voice mail

Case G: Fax line shared

with computer modem (no

voice calls received)

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Other equipment or services sharing your fax line

Recommended fax setup

DSL

PBX

Distinctive

ring service

Voice

calls

Computer dial-

up modem

Answering

machine

Voice mail

service

Case H: Shared voice/fax

line with computer modem

Case I: Shared voice/fax

line with answering machine

Case J: Shared voice/fax

line with computer modem

and answering machine

Case K: Shared voice/fax

line with computer dial-up

modem and voice mail