Re: receiving faxes silently and voice/fax detection

Richy wrote: 
I'm thinking about buying a Multifunction printer with Fax capability.
Probably the Canon Pixma MP780. I would like it to be able to receive
faxes automatically and store them in it's own memory without printing
or beeping or making any noises whatsoever and without needing to
leave a computer turned on all the time. Then, when it is convenient
for me, I can access the faxes that have been stored in the
multifunction's memory and view them on my computer screen and decide
whether to print them, delete them, save them, etc. This is what I
*want* to do. I don't know whether this is possible.

Currently I subscribe to Verizon voicemail on my land line. (I use
this instead of an actual answering machine because it prevents
callers from ever getting a busy signal.)  I'm concerned that I will
have to drop this service in order to do what I described above with
the multifunction printer/fax. Can anyone tell me whether the
multifunction will be able to "detect" an incoming fax and answer the
call *before* the fourth ring which is when the call gets routed to
the Verizon voicemail service? As well as ignore all voice calls and
allow them to pass to the Verizon voicemail service? Or will I be
forced to drop Verizon voicemail and start using a physical answering
machine again?

In the Canon Manual it says:





If You Want To Receive Faxes Automatically As Well As Voice Calls: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Select <FAX/TEL AUTO SW>.

• When you receive a fax call: The machine will receive the fax
automatically.
• When you receive a voice call: The machine will ring. Pick up the
handset to answer the call.
The telephone does not ring when it receives a fax call.





So, does that mean that the unit is somehow able to detect an incoming
fax while the phone is still ringing - *before* it has answered the
call - and treat it differently than an incoming voice call?
No, the fax machine has detected it is a voice call since the calling party did not answer the tone that you machine will send out. You will have to drop the voice mail service since the machine will pickup or ring for a voice call, and there would be no way to send the call back to voice mail. You might look at distinctive ringing, or a second line.

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