HP (Hewlett-Packard) 2405 (Q3086A) User Manual

reference guide

fax setup

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Remove the white plug from the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your 
HP PSC.

Unplug your answering machine from the telephone wall jack, and 
connect it to the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP PSC.

If you do not connect your answering machine directly 

to your HP PSC, fax tones from a sending fax machine might be 
recorded on your answering machine, and you might not be able 
to receive faxes with your HP PSC.

Set your answering machine to answer after 4 or fewer rings. 

Change the Rings to Answer setting on your HP PSC to 6 rings. 
For information on how to change this setting, see 

Using the phone cord supplied in the box with your HP PSC, connect one 
end to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port 
labeled “1-LINE” on the back of your HP PSC.

If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the 

telephone wall jack to your HP PSC, you might not be able to fax 
successfully. This special 2-wire cord is different from the more 
common 4-wire phone cords you might already have in your 
office. For more information about how to tell the difference 
between the cords, see 

(Optional) If your answering machine has no built-in phone, for 
convenience you might want to connect a phone to the back of your 
answering machine at the “out” port.

You set the HP PSC to answer after 6 rings, and you set your answering 
machine to answer after 4 or fewer rings. This ensures that your answering 
machine will always answer before the HP PSC. 

Telephone
wall jack

Use the phone cord 
supplied in the box with 
your HP PSC

Back view of the HP PSC

Answering 
machine

Telephone
(Optional)

IN

OUT