Manually Receiving a Fax

Your fax machine will operate differently dependent on the selected receive mode. To manually receive a fax, it is recommended to connect a phone to the fax machine and then answer the call using that extension phone. Click here for instructions to connect a phone to your fax.

TEL Priority Receive Mode

FAX Priority Receive Mode

FAX Only Receive Mode

DRPD Receive Mode

When TEL priority mode is selected:

When the call is a fax: Pick up the handset. If you hear the fax tone, press the FAX button, then the Color or Black button to receive the fax, then hang up the handset.

Note: If an answering machine is connected to the fax, the machine will receive the fax automatically.

When the call is a voice call: The telephone attached to the fax will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.

Note: If an answering machine is connected to the fax, the answering machine will record the incoming message.

For remote receiving: If you are far from your machine, dial 25 (the remote receiving ID) on the telephone attached to the fax to receive faxes.

Note: Telephone being used, such as a base station for a cordless phone, must be connected through the fax for the remote receiving function to work.

Return to receive modes

When FAX priority mode is selected:

When the call is a fax: The machine will receive the fax automatically.

Note: If the machine will not switch to the fax, press the FAX button, then the Color or Black button to receive the fax.

When the call is a voice call: The telephone attached to the fax will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.

For remote receiving: If you are far from your machine, dial 25 (the remote receiving ID) on the telephone attached to the fax to receive faxes.

Note: Telephone being used, such as a base station for a cordless phone, must be connected through the fax for the remote receiving function to work.

Return to receive modes

When FAX only mode is selected:

When the call is a fax: The machine will receive the fax automatically.

When the call is a voice call: The machine will answer as a fax and the caller will hear receive fax tones.

Return to receive modes

When DRPD is selected:

When the fax number is dialed: The machine will receive the fax automatically.

When the non-fax number is dialed: The telephone attached to the fax will ring. Pick up the handset to answer the call.

For remote receiving: If you are far from your machine and the call is a fax, dial 25 (the remote receiving ID) on the telephone attached to the fax to receive faxes.

Note: Telephone being used, such as a base station for a cordless phone, must be connected through the fax for the remote receiving function to work.

Return to receive modes