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07-08-2003, 07:43 PM
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Thanks .. I'll try that .. the more I read about the FAX (Just cked out all
HP's URL) regarding faxes ..and it's grim !
But I'll try what you said ..and 'hope' :)
Quaoar wrote:
moonbeam@earth.com wrote: x-no-archive: yes I just about give up ! I've tried just about everything to get the fax app up and running consistently. I do have an answermachine on the same line, connected to a wall jack in a different room. Have FAX set on 5 rings,AMach. on 3 . Also, have my PC on. After trying all the different options: PC on,FAX on,AMach off PC off,FAX on, AMach on PC off,FAX on, AMach off and if you can understand that <g... Sometimes I can receive a FAX .. sometimes I can send a fax ( a lot of times,I'll try to send (dialing the Proper #) and get the operator telling me 'to try again, not a good #) .. so I can't send ! It seems my FAX w ill do fine with the answer machine on. *sometimes* IS there ANY Absolute Way that one has to set up the PC,Answer Machine AND the printer FAX. ? AM I supposed to have the answer machine plugged into the Printer FAX directly ? Does anyone have this exact model and can tell me how to absolutely set the D*** thing up? many thanks ! I suggest doing the easiest to test the fax itself: disconnect everything on the telephone line except the fax. Test it first this way to see if it can actually be made to function, both send and receive. That's Disconnect, not turn off the power. Then add one telephone device at a time, with the other disconnected from the line. The failure to connect on sending is an indication of too much line resistance or too little line voltage, IMO. [telecom types will be along soon!] So, too many devices are connected, the line itself is not adequate, your service itself is not adequate voltage, etc. Test the number of devices first. There should be a maximum Ringer Equivalence Number, or some other line specification posted by your telephone service, and each piece of equipment should have its equivalence somewhere in the manual, etc. Add up the devices and compare to the max allowable for decent signal. Q
Thanks .. I'll try that .. the more I read about the FAX (Just cked out all
HP's URL) regarding faxes ..and it's grim !
But I'll try what you said ..and 'hope' :)
Quaoar wrote:
moonbeam@earth.com wrote: x-no-archive: yes I just about give up ! I've tried just about everything to get the fax app up and running consistently. I do have an answermachine on the same line, connected to a wall jack in a different room. Have FAX set on 5 rings,AMach. on 3 . Also, have my PC on. After trying all the different options: PC on,FAX on,AMach off PC off,FAX on, AMach on PC off,FAX on, AMach off and if you can understand that <g... Sometimes I can receive a FAX .. sometimes I can send a fax ( a lot of times,I'll try to send (dialing the Proper #) and get the operator telling me 'to try again, not a good #) .. so I can't send ! It seems my FAX w ill do fine with the answer machine on. *sometimes* IS there ANY Absolute Way that one has to set up the PC,Answer Machine AND the printer FAX. ? AM I supposed to have the answer machine plugged into the Printer FAX directly ? Does anyone have this exact model and can tell me how to absolutely set the D*** thing up? many thanks ! I suggest doing the easiest to test the fax itself: disconnect everything on the telephone line except the fax. Test it first this way to see if it can actually be made to function, both send and receive. That's Disconnect, not turn off the power. Then add one telephone device at a time, with the other disconnected from the line. The failure to connect on sending is an indication of too much line resistance or too little line voltage, IMO. [telecom types will be along soon!] So, too many devices are connected, the line itself is not adequate, your service itself is not adequate voltage, etc. Test the number of devices first. There should be a maximum Ringer Equivalence Number, or some other line specification posted by your telephone service, and each piece of equipment should have its equivalence somewhere in the manual, etc. Add up the devices and compare to the max allowable for decent signal. Q