A Little Offbase But Does Apply to XP

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Hi and excuse me if this is not kosher to this category but I had no
where to turn too. I want to connect an all in on fax/copy/printer and
modem to same phone line. SO would I run a line to modem first then
out to printer with the line in.

Or would I slpit ther line with a 2 line inline splitter and one for
modem on pc and the other to the printer for it to answer fax. How
would the fax know to answer vs. the phone ringing then from the wall.
Hope somebody can shed some light on me for this. Nick
 
You'd be better to run separate lines to the wall jack. The fax machine
should have a setting for how many rings to answer on, or if it answers at
all. On most machines, you can set it to not answer, and if you pick up the
phone and hear a fax machine, just press the Start button on the fax. If
your phone company provides "distinctive ring" service, you may want to see
if your fax machine supports it, as well.
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Doug; Thanks for the help so much. I think I just sent a fax to test
the connections to my wife's office and it seemed like it went
through. Tomorrow she will respond back and test the other way. SO far
seems great. Thanks for your help as the software was not clear on
this setup like you explained. Nick
 
You'd be better to run separate lines to the wall jack. The fax machine
should have a setting for how many rings to answer on, or if it answers at
all. On most machines, you can set it to not answer, and if you pick up the
phone and hear a fax machine, just press the Start button on the fax. If
your phone company provides "distinctive ring" service, you may want to see
if your fax machine supports it, as well.
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Another thing you can do if you go the distinctive ring route is to get a
device that detects the ring patterns and routes the call to the appropriate
reciever - you should be able to find them in the big office stores. With
this you won't have the problem of picking up the phone and
hearing/interrupting fax.

Val
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You'd be better to run separate lines to the wall jack. The fax machine
should have a setting for how many rings to answer on, or if it answers at
all. On most machines, you can set it to not answer, and if you pick up the
phone and hear a fax machine, just press the Start button on the fax. If
your phone company provides "distinctive ring" service, you may want to see
if your fax machine supports it, as well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Another thing you can do if you go the distinctive ring route is to get a
device that detects the ring patterns and routes the call to the appropriate
reciever - you should be able to find them in the big office stores. With
this you won't have the problem of picking up the phone and
hearing/interrupting fax.

Val
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Val; When you say seperate lines does that mean I can use a 4 way
splitter from wall jack to each appliance. One for phone, answer
machine, pc modem and fax machine. Correct. Nick
 
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