Do you have to have seperate line for your fax machine?

Question

Do you have to have seperate line for your fax machine?

Answer 1

Nope!  When I want to fax from my printer/scanner/fax machine, all I do is unplug my phone from the line, and plug in the cord to my fax machine. When I'm done, switch it back. Of course, if you are planning on having your fax machine set up for continuous use ( either incoming or outgoing faxes) then yes, you would need a separate line for your fax machine.

Answer 2

No, if you know someone is going to fax a document, you just dont answer the phone and it will go straight to the fax.  That is how my mom does it at her store.  (if you have an answering machine or voice mail, I think that would have to be deactivated!)

Answer 3

No you dont need a seperate line for fax machine,you can use a multi jack and use both telephone and fax on the same jack and programme the line in such a way that if you are not picking the phone in 4 or 5 rings it goes to the fax machine.

however if you want a seperate number for the fax machine on the same telephone line you have a feature called Ident a call (distintive ring)where in its a virtual number and you can select different rings for the phone and fax and the fax machine would identify if its a phone call or incoming fax.

Answer 4

No you dont need a seperate line, it helps if you send and receive a lot of faxes but for 1 or 2 pages it isnt necessary.

Answer 5

No, you don't. You can order a feature called "custom Ringing". What this does is give you a second phone number that rings on your same phone line, but it rings with a different pattern than your regular number. Set you fax machine so it answers when it hears that ring. I use this and it works great.