Two fax machines on one phone line? Does anyone know if I can send/receive faxes on the MX700 if I hook it up to the same phone line that is used in another room for a different fax machine?
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Old thread, but found this suggestion. It requires you have a *long* telephone line: "try plugging that line cord into the "Telephone" jack on the old machine. That is, there will be a single line cord from the wall jack to the "Line" jack on the old (receiving) fax machine, and a long line cord from the "Telephone" jack of the old machine to the "Line" jack of the new machine."
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Imagine my pleasant surprise! This afternoon, I had an email from Canon that indicated that my (registered) MX700 printer was affected by this widely known problem with the FAX picking up the phone. There is now a firmware download available from Canon's website to version 1.08. The firmware updater is available on both Mac and Windows. Hurray!
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i have both i get my fax with no problem also send fax and my computer works find i also have dsl. i have this will help you.
201922
I do not use the fax option either, but I have a dedicated phone line and the machine is connected to it. Why don't you call Brother directly? I found them very helpful with another set up question.
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I don't think it has to have a dedicated fax line. Mine is hooked up to one, but I believe you have a choice. This is a great machine. Very simple to use does a great job, and does not take up a lot of room.
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You can always plug multiple items on one phone line. You can only use one at once. If you receive faxes, you just need to make sure only one is in answer mode.
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I have been told that you can send and receive faxes, but I have no first-hand experience doing it. I purchased the unit to connect my Dish receiver up to my telephone line. That operation works quite well, so it would seem that faxes would also.
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If you have a mac, it cannot send a fax from your computer. You need to print it out first and then send it. A call to canon support confirmed this today. I have an MX330 and was hoping the newer model MX 340 had this upgrade but no, they are sorry mac users.
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My phone - land line- comes through straight talk wireless. No connection to telephone lines. Does anyone know if this printer will send faxes?
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I understand that you have three unique phone numbers, 2 landlines and 1 fax line. You would need the linx for a dedicated fax line, which would be configured as a personal device. The other two phone numbers can be shared on the Ooma telo, which means an incoming call will be routed to both physical phones. You can add a second linx or a HD2 handset if you want all three lines routed to separate physical devices (phones/fax machines).
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I'm looking at the printer right now, and no, It does not have a phone plugin for faxing right from the printer. however, most windows computers with modems allow you to send a fax anyway. (windows xp, 7, 8 im sure)You simply scan the document in and send it fax with a PC. Whenever you go to print a document in windows, the drop-down where you select what printer to print from also has a "fax" option. Selecting that and printing will open up a fax wizard.
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I just bought an MX860 and noticed that, while it can copy and scan 2-sided from the ADF, it cannot *fax* from 2-sided paper. If your originals are 2-sided, you'd have to first copy them 2-sided --> 1-sided, then fax the 1-sided originals.On another discussion thread, someone said they fixed that in the mX870. So now you can fax 2-sided originals from the MX870 ADF.
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I don't know. I had hoped to use it for my fax machine and be able to move it to another room but it did not work for that. The fax would connect but the signal wasn't strong enough to actually receive it before the sending machine disconnected.
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It does need a dedicated phone line. The way around it is to use one of those little splitters. Plug it into your phone jack, then use one for the phone line, another one for the faxes.Or you can install an extra phone jack next to the existing one (if you know how).
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You will need a phone line input in order to use the FAX function. The line can be shared for sending with your home line. Receiving on a shared line is more difficult. There are services on the internet that you can use your PC TO send and receive Fax messages they give you a separate phone number for this. Monthly charges come with this.
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Further to the last response, you have to have a "land line" for the modem to work. If you want to send faxes long distance, you have to have long distance available from your provider and set the pre-dial number (i.e. 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx) or whatever its called. The system does work. Dave
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No. We have it hooked to our main line coming in to the business. But we are still happy with it. Maybe it's possible to use a splitter. I don't know. We don't use our second line but for fax or rair occasion of overflow of calls