Fax setup
Follow these steps to setup fax
- Verify that you have a Fax modem card and that it is
installed correctly
- To do this look in the back of the computer to see if you have the jacks for a phone cord to plug into
- Verify the modem is installed correctly
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- You should see a Modems category
- Double-click the Modems category
- If there is no X, !, or ? the driver is loaded properly
- You should see a Modems category
- Connect the phone line from the wall to the jack in back of
the computer
- Most modems have two jacks
- Line jack (This one goes from the phone line to the modem)
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Phone jack (This one goes from the computer to a phone, so you can still use a phone when the modem is not using it)
- Make sure you have it plugged into the line jack
- Most modems have two jacks
- Install the Fax Software
- Open the Run or Search window (will open in a separate window)
- Type appwiz.cpl
- Click OK
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Select Add/Remove Windows Components
- Check the box next to Fax Services
- Click Next to install the software
- You may be asked to provide the Windows XP CD
- If Welcome to Microsoft Windows window appears, click Exit
- When the installation is complete, click Finish
- Check to see if the Fax is installed
- Access Run or Search window
- Type control printers
- Click OK
- You should see a new printer labeled "Fax"
- Printing a file to this printer is how you'll send faxes
- Configure Fax settings
- Access Accessories
- Click Communications
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Click Fax
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Click Fax Console
- Set the settings accordingly
- Country/Region and Tone or Pulse dialing should be preconfigured for you
- Enter your area code
- Click OK
- Set the settings accordingly
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- Phone and Modem Options window will appear
- Verify the location you just configured is highlighted
- Click OK
- The Fax Configuration Wizard will appear
- The following windows will appear
- First page
- Enter the personal information you want to include on your fax cover pages
- Second page
- Under the Please Select the Fax Device, make sure your modem is listed
- If it isn't selected, select it via the drop-down menu
- Verify the Enable Send option is checked
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If you want to be able to receive faxes, check Enable Receive
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The default setting on receive is
automatically answer incoming calls
- If you are sharing the phone line with a phone, you do not want this enabled
- You will have to manually receive when you want to receive faxes and set the feature to Manual Answer
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The default setting on receive is
automatically answer incoming calls
- Third page
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TSID (Transmitting Subscriber Identification)
- Appears along the top edge of every fax page you send (it usually consists of a name and fax number)
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- Fourth page
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CSID (Subsriber Identification)
- A label that appears on fax machines that sends faxes to you
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- Fifth page
- What happens to the incoming faxes
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Print the fax when it is received
- What printer is used to print the fax
- Store the fax and do not print it
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Print the fax when it is received
- What happens to the incoming faxes
- Sixth page
- Review and edit the settings
- When finished click Finish
- Send a Fax
- In the program that you want to send a fax
- Click File
- Click Print
- Select Fax
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Click Print
- The fax wizard will appear
- Follow the prompts
- The fax wizard will appear
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By default WinXP will always dial a 1 when faxing outside your area code
- If you are required to dial a 1 and the area code
for local calls, you will have to setup a dialing rule
- To do this
- Access Run or Search window
- Type telephon.cpl
- Click OK
- Click Edit
- To do this
- If you are required to dial a 1 and the area code
for local calls, you will have to setup a dialing rule
- In the program that you want to send a fax
- Click the Area Code Rules tab
- Click New
- Enter your area code
- Under rules, check the Dial box (a "1" should already be there for you) as well as the Include the Area Code box
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Click OK
- Receive a Fax
- If you've configured WinXP to automatically answer incoming calls, you do not need to do anything
- If you have it set to manually answer you have to do the
following
- When the bubble appears that you are receiving a
call and you want the fax to answer, click the bubble
- If you are using an answering machine on your
phone line, you have to make sure the computer picks
up the line before the answering machine
- You can do this by setting the number of rings for the fax to be less than the number of rings for your answering machine.
- If you are using an answering machine on your
phone line, you have to make sure the computer picks
up the line before the answering machine
- When the bubble appears that you are receiving a
call and you want the fax to answer, click the bubble