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Question posted by btamblyn on July 9th, 2012

Do I Need To Leave Printer Turned On To Receive Incoming Faxes?

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Getting Started Guide - Page 5

... connected using a USB cable, you can turn off fax printing altogether- Note: If the printer is located. In addition, you can receive faxes to computer folders on paper and ink, ...software. You can save incoming, black-and-white faxes to make sure you simplify and streamline your operating system. 5 These scanned documents can forward faxes through a wireless connection ...
Getting Started Guide - Page 10

... person to incoming fax calls, be different from the one ring pattern to voice calls and another phone cord, which can be sure to turn off the Auto Answer feature. 1 Telephone wall jack 2 2 1-LINE port on page 12. 10 When the printer detects the specified ring pattern, it answers the call and receives the fax. English...
Getting Started Guide - Page 12

... the test. answer calls after you want to automatically receive incoming faxes. Touch Done to fix the problem and rerun the test. The fax test does the following tools: Printer's control panel Touch Fax on your computer, you want the printer to configure. Touch Tools, and then touch Run Fax Test. HP software If you have connected the...
Getting Started Guide - Page 13

... telephone company to set distinctive ring. Correction Mode. Touch Fax Setup, and then touch Advanced Fax Setup. 3. Volume Change the volume of the following: feature in the printer's control panel to fax calls. receiving faxes, turn off this setting should use more than one of the printer sounds, including the fax tones. 1. Touch right arrow , and then touch Setup...
Getting Started Guide - Page 15

... on the phone with can receive faxes manually. Set up the phone or remain on the same phone line that you will use for faxing, you have disabled the Automatic Reduction feature, the printer prints the fax on the phone, the person you turn off so that you to answer the incoming call before the voicemail picks...
Getting Started Guide - Page 22

... check if your Fax over IP service, try sending or receiving a fax. • Check the sound quality of the other noise. Connect the printer to an analog phone line and try to use the printer for faxing if an extension phone is not in duration. The printer can cause faxing problems. If you hear noise, turn Error Correction Mode...
User Guide - Page 55

.... With HP Digital Fax, you can save incoming, black-and-white faxes to one or more email addresses for easy sharing and storage, or you can simply walk up HP Digital Solutions • Use the HP Digital Solutions What are only supported by HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus and HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium. HP Digital Fax Never lose important...
User Guide - Page 71

... talk or listen for incoming faxes • Block unwanted fax numbers • Receive faxes to your computer using HP Digital Fax (Fax to PC and Fax to Mac) Receive a fax manually When you are on the phone, the person you are still connected. If you turn off the Auto Answer option, you to answer the incoming call before the printer answers. NOTE: If...
User Guide - Page 72

... resend any unprinted faxes that you receive a fax that prevents the printer from printing (for example, if the printer runs out of unprinted faxes, the printer stops answering incoming fax calls. NOTE: If you might have received, print the Fax Log. Causes the printer to turn the printer off Backup fax for security purposes. For a list of the most recently printed faxes if they are...
User Guide - Page 73

... then select Reprint Faxes in memory from the printer control panel 1. Poll to receive a fax Polling allows the printer to ask another fax number. To set up (or has not changed the default pass code) or the printer cannot receive the fax. Send a test fax to make sure the fax machine is a working fax line. You might need to send a fax that it has...
User Guide - Page 74

... received faxes You can cancel fax forwarding by default, so the image of the incoming fax is loaded in the main tray. Touch (right arrow), and then select Setup. 2. If you set up the printer to a caller ID service through your main tray. Fax forwarding is still On. Faxes can block specific fax numbers so the printer does not print faxes received...
User Guide - Page 130

... might have one of rings than the answering machine. Chapter 9 The printer cannot receive faxes, but can send faxes Solution: • If you are set up to receive faxes automatically take over the phone line to receive all incoming faxes, which prevents the printer from receiving fax calls. • If you have an answering machine on the same phone line with your...
User Guide - Page 132

... machine answers the call , the answering machine records the incoming message. If your answering machine to a low number of rings and the printer to answer in the proper format or the receiving fax machine is correct. If you cannot hear fax tones, the receiving fax machine might not be turned on or connected, or a voice mail service could...
User Guide - Page 133

... phone cord that the Incoming Fax Printing option in the printer control panel is different from the one used for setup and receiving faxes and one end to the coupler, then connect the other end to receive faxes is turned off . Solution: Activate Fax to PC or Fax to receive faxes. Solution: Make sure the computer selected to receive faxes is configured to Mac...
User Guide - Page 207

... calls automatically, turn off the Auto Answer setting. 4. Run a fax test. The printer cannot distinguish between fax and voice calls in the box with the printer to connect to incoming fax calls or the printer cannot receive faxes. If you encounter problems setting up the printer as described in person to the 1-LINE port. Now you need to answer the fax call and...
User Guide - Page 208

... dial-up modem to the port labeled 1-LINE on this section. You must be able to incoming fax calls, or the printer cannot receive faxes. You cannot use the printer for faxing while you are using the same phone line for sending faxes and for a computer dial-up modem, follow these directions for your telephone wall jack, then...
User Guide - Page 213

... for further assistance. You might need to decide how you want the printer to answer calls, automatically or manually: • If you need to connect the supplied phone cord to answer it answers all incoming calls and receives faxes. 6. To set up the printer to answer calls manually, turn on the back of the printer. If you must be...
User Guide - Page 216

If incoming fax tones are no fax tones, the printer stops monitoring the line and your answering machine can record a voice message. if there are detected, the printer emits fax reception tones and receives the fax; Case J: Shared voice/fax line with optional equipment, contact your modem and the printer simultaneously. You can purchase and use a parallel splitter (also known as...
User Guide - Page 221

... fax setup 217 NOTE: If you encounter problems setting up the printer with modem 5 Telephone To set to receive faxes to your computer automatically, turn off...need to connect the supplied phone cord to incoming fax calls, or the printer cannot receive faxes. This special phone cord is set up the printer on setting up the printer for faxing using a serial-type phone system, see the Fax...
User Guide - Page 236

... cartridges for planning purposes only. To solve this error occurs at printer setup, try the following events has occurred: • The printer has been turned off. • The cable connecting the printer, such as a paper jam), the printer saves incoming faxes to memory until prompted to avoid possible printing delays. For more information, see HP inkjet supplies...

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