I have 2 phone lines. A main number for my home phone, a second for my HP 6110 all-in-one printer/fax/copier. I would like one line for both with an automatic switch even if I am not home. Can this be accomplished? Thank you
Mine is free from Bellsouth. I do not know about other phone companies.
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Thanks, Joe
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Distinctive ring will solve your problem, unfortunately, there is no way for your fax or phone to determine if it is a fax or phone call unless the phone company gets involved. You can have different ring patterns like double ring or triple ring that allow you to have different phone numbers on one line. You set up distinctive ring (DRPD) answer mode on your fax machine. It is under the Receive.Mode.Conrast. Now the fax machine will handle all calls. Hope this helps.
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Are you pressing the speaker/hook/manual dial switch (not sure of its label)?
Make sure phone line from wall is connected to fax's line socket not the ext. one
Is it in Fax mode? Can you copy OK?
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When the home phone rings I would like to have the line be able to determine toactivate the home message or send it to the fax machine.
Is a fax line expensive?
The best thing to do is call your telephone company and request a fax line. This is a number which is added to your home line and is used for faxing. It will be set up with distinctive ring so that the fax machine will know to answer it when a fax comes in.
By automatic switch do you mean to pick up the fax first or the phone first? That kind of function?
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