HP Officejet 6500A Getting Started Guide - Page 10

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Step 2: Test fax setup Test your fax setup to check the status of the printer and make 1. sure it is set up properly for faxing. The fax test does the following: 2. • Tests the fax hardware • Verifies the correct type of phone cord is connected to the printer • Checks that the phone cord is plugged into the correct port • Checks for a dial tone 3. • Checks for an active phone line • Tests the status of your phone line connection From the printer's control panel, touch right arrow and then touch Setup. Touch Tools, and then touch Run Fax Test. The printer displays the status of the test on the display and prints a report. After the test is finished, the printer prints a report with the results of the test. If the test fails, review the report for information on how to fix the problem and rerun the test. For additional troubleshooting information, see "Problems setting up the printer" on page 17. Once the fax test has run successfully, go to "Step 3: Configure fax settings" on page 8. Step 3: Configure fax settings Change the printer's fax settings to meet your needs after you have connected the printer to a phone line. Note: To use the same fax resolution and lighter/darker settings for all faxes sent from the printer, configure the settings as you wish, and then touch Set as New Defaults. Where can I change fax settings? You can configure fax settings using the following tools: Printer's control panel Touch Fax on the printer's control panel, touch Settings, and then select the setting you want to configure. HP software If you have installed the HP software on your computer, you can configure fax settings using the software that was installed on your computer. For more information about using these tools or settings, see the user guide. If you want to configure this setting... Auto Answer Set the answer mode to On if you want the printer to automatically answer incoming calls and receive faxes. The printer will answer these incoming calls after the number of rings that has been specified in the Rings to Answer setting. Rings to Answer (Optional) Set the number of rings to answer Note: The number of rings to answer for the printer should be greater than the number of rings to answer for the answering machine. ...do this: 1. Touch right arrow and then touch Setup. 2. Touch Fax Setup, and then touch Basic Fax Setup. 3. Touch Auto Answer, and then touch ON. 1. Touch right arrow and then touch Setup. 2. Touch Fax Setup, and then touch Basic Fax Setup. 3. Touch Rings to Answer. 4. Touch up arrow or to change the number of rings. 5. Touch Done, to accept the setting. 8 Set up and use fax

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Set up and use fax
8
Step 3: Configure fax settings
Change the printer’s fax settings to meet your needs after
you have connected the printer to a phone line.
Note:
To use the same fax resolution and lighter/darker
settings for all faxes sent from the printer, configure
the settings as you wish, and then touch
Set as New
Defaults
.
If you want to configure this setting…
…do this:
Auto Answer
Set the answer mode to
On
if you want the printer to
automatically answer incoming calls and receive faxes. The
printer will answer these incoming calls after the number of
rings that has been specified in the
Rings to Answer
setting.
1.
Touch right arrow
and then touch
Setup
.
2.
Touch
Fax Setup
, and then touch
Basic Fax Setup
.
3.
Touch
Auto Answer
, and then touch
ON
.
Rings to Answer (Optional)
Set the number of rings to answer
Note:
The number of rings to answer for the printer
should be greater than the number of rings to answer
for the answering machine.
1.
Touch right arrow
and then touch
Setup
.
2.
Touch
Fax Setup
, and then touch
Basic Fax Setup
.
3.
Touch
Rings to Answer
.
4.
Touch up arrow
or
to change the number of rings.
5.
Touch
Done
, to accept the setting.
Where can I change fax settings?
You can configure fax settings using the following tools:
Printer’s control panel
Touch
Fax
on the printer’s control panel, touch
Settings
,
and then select the setting you want to configure.
HP software
If you have installed the HP software on your computer,
you can configure fax settings using the software that
was installed on your computer.
For more information about using these tools or settings,
see the user guide.
Step 2: Test fax setup
Test your fax setup to check the status of the printer and make
sure it is set up properly for faxing.
The fax test does the following:
• Tests the fax hardware
•
Verifies the correct type of phone cord is connected to the
printer
•
Checks that the phone cord is plugged into the correct
port
•
Checks for a dial tone
•
Checks for an active phone line
•
Tests the status of your phone line connection
1.
From the printer’s control panel, touch right arrow
and
then touch
Setup
.
2.
Touch
Tools
, and then touch
Run Fax Test
. The printer
displays the status of the test on the display and prints a
report. After the test is finished, the printer prints a report
with the results of the test. If the test fails, review the report for
information on how to fix the problem and rerun the test. For
additional troubleshooting information, see ”Problems setting
up the printer” on page 17.
3.
Once the fax test has run successfully, go to ”Step 3:
Configure fax settings” on page 8.