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Setting Up - Connecting Phone Line

Make a line connection and various settings for using the fax functions.

  1. Make sure the printer is turned on.

  2. Press the Setup (Setup) button on the printer.

  3. Use the LeftRight buttons to select Fax settings.

  4. Press the OK button.

    Setup menu screen: Select Fax settings

  5. Make sure Easy setup is selected, and then press the OK button.

    Fax settings screen: Select Easy setup

  6. Make sure Start setup is selected, and then press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Select Start setup

  7. Connect the supplied phone cord to the printer's jack (labeled LINE on the back).

    figure: Phone cord connection (printer)

    • For users in the United Kingdom:

      If the connector of the external device cannot be connected to the jack on the printer, you will need to purchase a B.T. adapter to connect as follows:

      Attach the B.T. adapter to the phone cord connecting the external device, and then connect the B.T. adapter to the external device jack.

  8. Connect the other end of the phone cord to the wall jack.

    <Connection example>

    figure: Phone cord connection example (general phone line)

  9. Press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Connect your Tel socket and the LINE jack on the device's rear side

  10. Remove the cap from the printer's jack (labeled EXT. on the back), and then connect the printer and the telephone with a phone cord.

    figure: Telephone connection

    • If you have only one phone line contract, parallel connection of a telephone and fax machine to different wall jacks (branch connection) is not possible.

      figure: Branch connection

  11. Press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Connect a telephone to the device's EXT port

  12. Press the OK button to perform a connection test for checking if the telephone line is connected correctly.

    Easy setup screen: Start the telephone line connection test

    If none of the above measures solve the problem, the printer may be defective, or the problem may be caused by some other reason.

    As we need to check the detailed status, please contact your nearest Canon service center.

  13. Make sure Sharing FAX/voice is selected, and then press the OK button.

    Use of TEL line screen: Select Sharing FAX/voice

  14. Press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Check the Easy setup results

  15. Check the specified settings, and then press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Check FAX settings

  16. Check if you hear beeps/boops (signal tones) when you dial from your telephone.

    If you do not hear signal tones, set pulse dialing.

The phone line connection is completed.

Next, set the sender information and the date and time. Go to the next page.