It seems that you're sharing your home phone line with your Lexmark fax machine. You can adjust the "pick-up" ring from the printer operator panel by pressing the Setup button > Fax Setup > Ringing and Answering > Pick Up On > select your preferred number of rings before the fax answers.
Please note:
If you have an answering machine connected to the same line as the fax, set the answering machine to answer incoming calls before the printer does. Increase the number of rings by a factor of 3 over the answering machine. For example, if the answering machine is set to pick up on 4 rings, set the printer to pick up on 7 rings.
If you have a voicemail feature in the same line as the fax, you may subscribe from your phone service provider for a distinctive ring pattern feature. You can program your printer to have a distinctive ring pattern and phone number for incoming faxes.
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If you have an answering machine connected to the same
line as the fax, set the answering machine to answer incoming calls before the
printer does. Increase the number of rings by a factor of 3 over the answering
machine. For example, if the answering machine is set to pick up on 4 rings,
set the printer to pick up on 7 rings.
If you have a voicemail feature in the same line as the fax, you may subscribe from your phone service provider for a distinctive ring pattern feature. You can program your printer to have a distinctive ring pattern and phone number for incoming faxes.
Below is for when you are using machine in fax mode, is that how you use it or are you also using the answering machine function? ie TAD mode
If desired, you can change the number of rings on which the fax machine
answers incoming calls in FAX mode. Any number from 2 to 5 can be
selected.
1 Press FUNCTION once and 3 times.
Display:
OPTION SETTING
To select FAX mode, press
(with no document
in the feeder) until the arrow in
the display points to FAX.
RESOLUTION/
RECEPTION MODE
RESOLUTION/
RECEPTION MODE
FAX
A.M.
TEL
Using TEL Mode
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2 Press once and once.
3 Press once.
4 Enter the desired number of rings (any
number from 2 to 5).
Example: 3 rings
5 Press to return to the date and time display.
Note: If you are using Distinctive Ring, the fax machine will answer calls after
two rings regardless of the above setting.
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