HP Officejet 4500 - Choose the correct fax setup for your home or office

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Choose the correct fax setup for your home or office

To fax successfully, you need to know what types of equipment and services (if any) share the same
phone line with the device. This is important because you might need to connect some of your
existing office equipment directly to the device, and you might also need to change some fax settings
before you can fax successfully.
1. Determine if your telephone system is serial or parallel (see

Set up faxing (parallel phone

systems)

).

a. Serial-type telephone system — See

Serial-type fax setup

.

b. Parallel-type telephone system — Go to step 2.

2. Select the combination of equipment and services sharing your fax line.

DSL: A Digital subscriber line (DSL) service through your telephone company. (DSL might
be called ADSL in your country/region.)

PBX: A private branch exchange (PBX) phone system or an integrated services digital
network (ISDN) system.

Distinctive ring service: A distinctive ring service through your telephone company provides
multiple telephone numbers with different ring patterns.

Voice calls: Voice calls are received at the same phone number you use for fax calls on the
device.

Computer dial-up modem: A computer dial-up modem is on the same phone line as the
device. If you answer Yes to any of the following questions, you are using a computer dial-
up modem:

Do you send and receive faxes directly to and from your computer software applications
through a dial-up connection?

Do you send and receive e-mail messages on your computer through a dial-up
connection?

Do you access the Internet from your computer through a dial-up connection?

Appendix C

Countries/regions with a parallel-type phone system (continued)

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Answering machine: An answering machine that answers voice calls at the same phone
number you use for fax calls on the device.

Voice mail service: A voice mail subscription through your telephone company at the same
number you use for fax calls on the device.

3. From the following table, choose the combination of equipment and services applicable to your

home or office setting. Then look up the recommended fax setup. Step-by-step instructions are
included for each case in the sections that follow.

NOTE: If your home or office setup is not described in this section, set up the device as you
would a regular analog phone. Make sure you use the phone cord supplied in the box to connect
one end to your telephone wall jack and the other end to the port labeled 1-LINE on the back of
the device. If you use another phone cord, you might experience problems sending and receiving
faxes.
You might need to connect the supplied phone cord to the adapter provided for your country/
region.

Other equipment or services sharing your fax line

Recommended fax
setup

DSL

PBX

Distinct
ive ring
service

Voice
calls

Computer
dial-up
modem

Answering
machine

Voice
mail
service

Case A: Separate fax
line (no voice calls
received)

Case B: Set up the
device with DSL

Case C: Set up the
device with a PBX
phone system or an
ISDN line

Case D: Fax with a
distinctive ring
service on the same
line

Case E: Shared
voice/fax line

Case F: Shared
voice/fax line with
voice mail

Case G: Fax line
shared with computer
modem (no voice
calls received)

Case H: Shared
voice/fax line with
computer modem

Case I: Shared voice/
fax line with
answering machine

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Other equipment or services sharing your fax line

Recommended fax
setup

DSL

PBX

Distinct
ive ring
service

Voice
calls

Computer
dial-up
modem

Answering
machine

Voice
mail
service

Case J: Shared
voice/fax line with
computer modem
and answering
machine

Case K: Shared
voice/fax line with
computer dial-up
modem and voice
mail