HP (Hewlett-Packard) 2420 (Q3085A) User Manual

hp psc 2400 series

chapter 13

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To receive faxes manually, you must be available to respond in person to 
incoming fax calls or your HP PSC cannot receive faxes. 

Before you can answer fax calls manually, you must change the Rings to Answer 
setting to No Answer as described in 

page 59. For information on how to receive fax calls manually from your 
attached phone and from an extension phone, see 

If you have a fax line on which you receive no voice calls, and you also have a 
PC modem connected on this line, connect your HP PSC as described in this 
section.

Since your PC modem shares the telephone line with your HP PSC, 

you will not be able to use both simultaneously. For example, while you are 
sending and receiving faxes, you will not be able to e-mail or access the 
Internet.

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

Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your 
PC modem) to a wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the wall jack and 
plug it into the port labeled “2-EXT” on the back of your HP PSC.

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 

Telephone
wall jack

Back view of the HP PSC

PC modem

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