Fax using HP 8500 all in one printer using an OBI device

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redcatman:
I want to drop my land line and install an OBI device.  However, in addition to making and receiving phone calls, I need to be able to receive and send Faxes with my HP 8500 printer.  Is it possible to set up one of the OBI devices to do that?  The HP printer has a land line connection and needs to get a dial tone to send a fax, as well as sense an incoming call to receive the fax.

 

Rick:
Discussed many times on the forums.  You may have to slow the speed of your fax machine and turn off error correction, but I use mine all the time.

Rick:
Quote from: Rick on October 30, 2013, 05:30:48 am

Assuming you mean having the fax utilize Google Voice instead of a landline.  Discussed many times on the forums.  You may have to slow the speed of your fax machine and turn off error correction, but I use mine all the time.  I do it with an OBi110 but have no landline.

redcatman:
Thanks for the reply. 

I believe I know the answer but I need one more clarification before I buy the OBI 110 and discontinue my land line - In addition to sending a fax, will the Fax printer recognize and pick up an "inbound" fax as it does now on the land line?

Rick:
Yes, but ONLY if you set the machine to answer before Google Voice does at 25 seconds.

If you're home, you can hit the Enter button during the ringing to force the answer.

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