Fax Line Saver
If you don’t use your fax machine enough to justify paying for its own outside
line, you can put the fax on its own extension if you don’t mind manually
transferring calls to it (figure 6-2).
lines
A B C D
206
MODULES
ext
e x t
ext
Z
X
Y
FAX
Figure 6-2 Fax Machine Line Saver
To set up:
1. Set the Line Ringing for all the lines on extension X to “no ring.”
2. Set the Automatic Line Selection for extension X so that the outside lines
are first; e.g., line A, line B, line C, line D. (When the fax machine makes a
call, it automatically connects to an available line.)
See instructions for Line Ringing on p. 3-4 and Automatic Line Selection on
p. 3-3.
To use: The person at extension Y or Z answers a call and hears a fax machine
signaling on the other end. Realizing that a fax call is coming in, this person
transfers the call to extension X—the fax machine extension. If the person at
extension Y or Z answers a call from someone who wants to send a fax, he or
she should transfer the call to the fax machine extension. When the fax machine
answers, it sends the fax tone, at which point the caller should press his or her
fax machine’s [
Start
] button. To send a fax with this setup, simply lift the handset
on the fax machine—an outside line will be automatically selected.
Using Optional Equipment
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