Will the MFC-9340CDW work with no telephone line connected? The installation instructions say that it needs to be. I don't need FAX, so I have no phone line for it.
201924
You do not need a land line. I dont have one and it works fine. I can even fax by scanning my document and subscribing to a digital fax service.
1570200
Thanks to everyone for the help on this. I am going to try the suggestions and see if that works. I'd really like to be able to do an outbound fax anytime and receive a fax by pressing the receive button.I fear that the fax picking up in the middle of the call may be due to using VOIP with Vonage as it will occasionally make a faxish noixe when a second call comes in. Will report back the results -- ping me on this list by adding a reply if I don't (i get an email on each reply).
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I'm looking at the printer right now, and no, It does not have a phone plugin for faxing right from the printer. however, most windows computers with modems allow you to send a fax anyway. (windows xp, 7, 8 im sure)You simply scan the document in and send it fax with a PC. Whenever you go to print a document in windows, the drop-down where you select what printer to print from also has a "fax" option. Selecting that and printing will open up a fax wizard.
1275928
No, this PC can't be connected to telephone line directly. It can be connected through the router with LAN connection only and through the wireless connection as well. It's very hard to find this kind of laptops today...Rgds
601283
I own this printer. I never used the fax function but I do not believe it is designed to work with VOIP. I welcome any corrections.
647838
For FAX you need the phone wire. Only computer printing and scanning works (sometimes ...) wireless .... but ... don't buy it ... it's just waste of money and time. Today I had to restart this printer twice (shut down ... unplug (!!!) ... wait 1 minute ... replug ... restart ... wait 10 minutes ...).
1192398
No this phone does not require a telephone system or internet. You plug it into a standard phone line just like you would any other land phone.
651671
As for a phone line, you do not have to have landline service, but the Actiontec unit does require a phone jack to access your DSL service. The unit does not have to be connected to a computer constantly. You will need to connect to it initially (I believe wired or wirelessly) to set it up, but any tablet, laptop, desktop, etc. should be fine. Hope this helps!
1424317
There is only one incoming line connection for the base. Possibly if you use a double out going junction connecter it could be done. But I am not sure but I think you can use the base to fax by itself. But I don't know why you would want to. Unless all your incoming phone calls are faxes.
1194445
If I am understanding your question you want to know if you can connect with a old landline. Yes, it works with just an ordinary phone line. The additional phone only needs an outlet and no phone line to work. It receives it's information from the main phone base. If you however mean that you have no landline and want to know if you can use them without phone service the answer is no, you must have service.
1950973
Yes, you connect it to the house line. You might need to configure the program that you use, such as your fax software, to make sure it it pointing to the modem. Windows Uodate should automatically download and install the necessary driver. If it doesn't, try connecting the modem to a different USB port.
781014
The product description says: "Great for sharing a printer, scanner, or other USB device between two computers (one computer has access at a time)." I'm guessing you select the printer function at the printer. Receiving and sending faxes is a separate function that uses the phone line. So, it's likely that you'd send the fax page just completed to the printer via the switch, then fax it using the printer-to-phoneline connection. If you control all the printer functions from you computer, chances are the switch will work. At $14.99 a pop, it's worth giving it a try.
144515
Old thread, but found this suggestion. It requires you have a *long* telephone line: "try plugging that line cord into the "Telephone" jack on the old machine. That is, there will be a single line cord from the wall jack to the "Line" jack on the old (receiving) fax machine, and a long line cord from the "Telephone" jack of the old machine to the "Line" jack of the new machine."
201921
You only need the phone line for the fax, so if you don't need it then there is no problem. We don't have a phone line attached to it.
1952386
yes, requires no phone line, but you can put sim card to the cellular network functions and so we can call when this is activated.
679203
I use it on Windows 8 with the Windows 7 fax program without any problems. I really don't know if the AT&T; internet would be a problem, but my guess is that if you can use your phone on this line, it should be ok.
2058297
It does need a dedicated phone line. The way around it is to use one of those little splitters. Plug it into your phone jack, then use one for the phone line, another one for the faxes. Or you can install an extra phone jack next to the existing one (if you know how).