User's Guide Faxing Connecting Your Phone Device to the Printer When using the printer and your telephone on a single phone line, connect the telephone to the printer. Note: ❏ If your phone device has a fax function, disable the fax function before connecting. See the manuals that came with the phone device for details. ❏ If you connect an answering machine, make sure the printer's Rings to Answer setting is set higher than the number of rings your answering machine is set to answer a call. 1. Remove the cap from the EXT. port on the back of the printer. 2. Connect the phone device and the EXT. port with a phone cable. 71