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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 Left Right 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)

  8. Connect the other end of the phone cord to a device such as a modem or splitter.

    <Connection example>

    figure: Phone cord connection example (optical line/CATV line/ISDN line)

  9. Press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Connect the tel. socket to the LINE jack on rear side of the device

  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

    Note

    • If connecting a FAXPHONE (telephone with fax functions) to the printer, make one of the following settings to receive faxes correctly.

      figure: FAXPHONE connection
      • See the FAXPHONE manual and disable the fax functions.
      • Turn on the printer's Manual/auto switch, and then set a longer RX start time for the FAXPHONE than for the printer.
        Note: When turning on Manual/auto switch, return to Select how you would like to receive faxes, and then select "Receive all the calls as faxes after the phone rings for a specified period of time."

    • 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. If the telephone line is connected correctly, the telephone line type is identified automatically.

    Easy setup screen: Auto select tel. line

  14. Make sure Sharing fax/tel. is selected, and then press the OK button.

    Tel. line use screen: Select Sharing fax/tel.

  15. Press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Check the Easy setup results

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

    Easy setup screen: Check fax settings

The phone line connection is completed.

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