Canon PIXMA MX870 Series User manual

Setting Up Your MX870 In
Default Mode (Tel Priority Mode)
Without An Answering Machine
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Connecting The Phone Lines
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(Existing Phone Cord)
Wall Jack Hand Set
(Phone)
Fax to Phone Line Connection
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Before
After
(Phone Cord included with Canon printer)
Wall Jack
(Existing Phone Cord)
Hand Set
(Phone)

Fax to Phone Line Connection
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Wall Jack
(Existing Phone Cord)
Hand Set
(Phone)
•Plug the provided phone cord into the wall jack

Fax to Phone Line Connection
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(Phone Cord included with Canon printer)
Wall Jack
(Existing Phone Cord)
Hand Set
(Phone)
•Plug the provided phone cord into the “L” jack located on the rear of
the multifunction

Fax to Phone Line Connection
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(Phone Cord included with Canon printer)
Wall Jack
(Existing Phone Cord)
Hand Set
(Phone)
•Remove the white plug from the upper jack.

Fax to Phone Line Connection
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(Phone Cord included with Canon printer)
Wall Jack
(Existing Phone Cord)
Hand Set
(Phone)
•Plug the second phone cord into the jack marked with an image of
a “telephone” located on the rear of the multifunction.

Fax to Phone Line Connection
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(Phone Cord included with Canon printer)
Wall Jack
(Existing Phone Cord)
Hand Set
(Phone)
•Plug the second phone cord into the phone

Setting Up The Receive Mode
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Step 1
Turn on the MX870 by pressing the
ON button.
Step 2
Press the FAX button.
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Step 3
The fax standby screen will appear.
Step 4
Press the center FUNCTION button.
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Step 5
The Receive mode settings screen
will appear.
Step 6
Use the UP or DOWN button to
select “TEL priority mode”.
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Step 7
Ensure that “TEL priority mode” is
highlighted.
Step 8
Press the OK button.

Step 9
Your MX870 is now set to Tel
priority mode. Notice that the mode
is listed on the fax standby screen.
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Receiving A Fax
To receive a fax:
•Pick up the handset on the phone connected to the MX870.
•Listen for fax tones.
•When the tones stop hang up the handset.
•The MX870 will receive the fax document.
IMPORTANT:In order to receive a fax, you must pick up the handset on a
phone that is connected to the multifunction.
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