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
-
- You should see a Modems category
- Double-click the Modems category
- If there is no X, !, or ? the driver is loaded
properly
- 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)
-
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
- Install the Fax Software
- Open the
Run or Search window (will open in
a separate window)
- Type appwiz.cpl
- Click OK
-
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
-
Click Fax
-
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
- 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
- Third page
-
TSID (Transmitting
Subscriber Identification)
- Appears along the top edge of every
fax page you send (it
usually consists of a name and fax
number)
- Fourth page
-
CSID (Subsriber
Identification)
- A label that appears on fax machines
that sends faxes to you
- Fifth page
- What happens to the incoming faxes
-
Print the fax when it is received
- What printer is used to print
the fax
- Store the fax and do not print
it
- 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
-
Click Print
- The fax wizard will appear
- Follow the prompts
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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
- 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
-
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.
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