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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 other end of phone cord to ADSL modem or splitter.

    <Connection example>

    ADSL modem with built-in splitter

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

    Splitter + ADSL modem

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

  9. Press the OK button.

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

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

    Easy setup screen: Auto select TEL line

  13. Select FAX only, and then press the OK button.

    Use of TEL line screen: FAX only

  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

The phone line connection is completed.

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