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Set the Fax Detect

Related Models:DocuPrint M225 z / DocuPrint M265 z
If Fax Detect is On: The machine receives a fax call automatically, even if you answer the call. When you see Receiving on the LCD or when you hear “chirps” through the handset you are using, just replace the handset. Your machine will do the rest.
If Fax Detect is Off: If you are at the machine and answer a fax call by lifting the handset, press the buttons in the following table to receive the fax. If you answered at an extension or external telephone, press *51 (*91 for New Zealand).

Applicable Models

To receive the fax

2-Line LCD models

Start and then 2

Touchscreen LCD models

Fax Start and then Receive
  • If this feature is set to On, but your machine does not connect a fax call when you lift an extension or external telephone handset, press the remote activation code *51 (*91 for New Zealand).
  • If you send faxes from a computer on the same telephone line and the machine intercepts them, set Fax Detect to Off.
DocuPrint M225 z
DocuPrint M265 z

DocuPrint M225 z

  1. Press (Fax).
  2. Press Menu.
  3. Press or to display the Fax option, and then press OK.
  4. Press or to display the Setup Receive option, and then press OK.
  5. Press or to display the Fax Detect option, and then press OK.
  6. Press or to display the On (or Off) option, and then press OK.
  7. Press Stop/Exit.

DocuPrint M265 z

  1. Press (Settings)>All Settings>Fax>Setup Receive>Fax Detect.
  2. Press On or Off.
  3. Press .
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