LEXMARK X7170 I have lost my owners manual. I have since changed my phone number. What steps are required to change the fax number that I am sending from in my Lexmark X7170? Help! JB

This article in the Lexmark website on How to Configure the Lexmark X7170 to Receive Faxes might help resolve your problem receiving faxes. Thanks.

Here's the link to download the Lexmark X7170 User's Guide: http://bit.ly/c8EHEn. Go to Faxing for the instructions on how to go through the settings on the printer. For setting the printer to ring to answer at 0, set it to pickup on the 1st ring. To turn off the distinctive ring, set the ring pattern to any. Hope this helps.

Hello. The fax and scan software can only be installed using the the installation cd that came with the printer. The file sizes are big , especially for the scan software, that's why they're not available for download online. If you lost/misplaced the installation cd, I would advise you to call Lexmark. They might send you one for free. Hope I can help you more with that.

Check your phone line by plugging in a spare telephone handset and listen for the dial tone.

Yes,
It is the phone number assigned to the phone line you plugged into the fax machine. You Fax machine is basically a Modem listening to the phone line. Someone dials and if they are sending a fax, the two machine's make squealing noises called a "handsake" then connect sends data.
It is then stored or printed or both.

If you pick up the phone while the two fax machines are connecting.
You will most likely disconnect the data transfer and get an ear full.

Hope this helps!

Most fax machines are set-up to pick up all calls. There isn't a way to know you are receiving a voice call until the fax picks up and doesn't hear the tracer signal that kills our human ears.

You could change the number of rings it takes the fax machine to pickup the call. If you set it to the max, you would have plenty of time to pick-up. this option is normally part of the settings on the machine itself.

The only other options are to unplug the fax when you aren't expecting to receive a message, or get a dedicated fax line. It depends on how much you use the fax.

Hope this helps! Please don't forget to rate the answer!

try to change cableof scanner to pc.

We are having the same problem. I can hear it dial, but when the receiver fax picks up, there is no signal from the Lexmark to let the receiver know that we are sending. All we need is one stupid "BEEP"! So much for plug-and-play.

i have read the manual end to end and I don't think you can.
Only thing I see is this.

Customizing your settings using the Lexmark Fax Solutions You can adjust the fax settings in the Lexmark Fax Solutions. These settings apply to the faxes you send or receive.

1. Click Start Programs Lexmark 7100 Series Lexmark Fax Solutions.
2. Click Adjust speed dial list and other fax settings.
   
3. Click each tab and change the settings as desired.
4. Press Save Settings after you finish your updates. Nothing is saved until you press this button.
5. Click Close.

The following table contains the Setup and Settings tabs for the Lexmark Fax Solutions.
On this tab
You can
Personalize

• Enter your company name and fax number.
• Enter your name, company name, phone number and address as you want them to appear your cover page.
• Select a cover page for your fax.

Send

• Choose to use error correction.
• Choose to use fax header.
• Select a maximum send speed and a print quality for outgoing faxes.
• Choose whether to scan the entire document before dialing the number.
• Select when to print a fax usage report.
• Select when to print a fax activity report

Select when to print an activity report is the only close item I can find. Nothing whatsoever about a confirmation report.

Sending a fax by DSL requires one of two methods: 1. You obtain a DSL line filter suitable for connecting a standard voice telephone to the DSL line, then connect an analog fax modem to the line through the line filter. 2. You hire an Internet E-faxing service. See · http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/fax.htm#internetfax · http://www.slipstick.com/addins/services/fax.htm · http://www.savetz.com/fax Tim