Mac OS X 10.4 Help
Setting up your Mac to receive faxes
You can receive a fax on your computer, and then save it to disk, email it to someone, or print it. You'll be able to receive faxes even if you aren't around and aren't logged in to your computer.
To receive faxes, your computer must:
- Be connected to an open phone line. No one can be using the phone line to connect to the Internet or make a call.
- Not be in sleep mode.
Your computer can still receive faxes automatically when the login window is displayed.
- Open System Preferences, click Print & Fax, and then click Faxing.
- Select "Receive faxes on this computer," and choose the number of rings before your computer answers a fax.
- If you want to control your computer's fax functions from the menu bar, select "Show fax status in menu bar."
- Type your fax number in the My Fax Number field.
- Choose what to do with the fax after it arrives.
If you want to receive faxes automatically, make sure your computer answers the phone before any other device that may be connected to it, such as a phone answering machine.
If don't want to receive faxes automatically, set the number of rings to the highest number possible, and use the Fax status menu to receive faxes manually.
If you don't want to receive faxes automatically, you must select this option. If you receive faxes automatically, you may want to select this option so you can view status information more easily.
This is used to identify your computer when you send or receive a fax.
You can save it as an image file, email it to someone, and print it to a printer.
To receive a fax manually, wait for the phone to ring, and choose Answer Now from the Fax status menu.