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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)

    Note

    • 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 an xDSL modem or a splitter.

    <Connection example>

    xDSL modem with built-in splitter

    figure: Phone cord connection example (xDSL line: modem with built-in splitter)

    Splitter + xDSL modem

    figure: Phone cord connection example (xDSL line: external splitter)

  9. Press the OK button.

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

  10. Press the OK button since you will not connect a telephone to the printer.

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

  11. 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.

  12. Select Fax only, and then press the OK button.

    Tel. line use screen: Fax only

  13. Press the OK button.

    Easy setup screen: Check the Easy setup results

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

    Easy setup screen: Check fax settings

  15. 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.