HP Officejet 6500A Getting Started Guide - Page 13

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English Send a fax from an extension phone 1. Load the document you want to fax in the printer. 4. If the recipient answers the telephone, you can engage in You can fax either from the automatic document feeder (ADF) a conversation before sending the fax. or from the scanner glass. Note: If a fax machine answers the call, you will hear fax tones from the receiving fax machine. Proceed to the next step to transmit the fax 5. When you are ready to send the fax, touch Start Black or Start Color. Note: If prompted, select Send Fax. If you were speaking with the recipient before sending the 2. Touch Fax. fax, inform the recipient that they should press Start on their fax machine after they hear fax tones. The telephone line 3. Dial the number by using the keypad on the phone that is is silent while the fax is transmitting. At this point, you can connected to the printer. hang up the telephone. If you want to continue speaking with Note: Do not use the keypad on the control panel of the printer when manually sending a fax. You must use the the recipient, remain on the line until the fax transmission is complete. keypad on your phone to dial the recipient's number. Receive faxes You can receive faxes automatically or manually. Note: If you receive a legal-size or larger fax and the printer is not currently set to use legal-size paper, the printer reduces the fax so that it fits on the paper that is loaded. If you have disabled the Automatic Reduction feature, the printer prints the fax on two pages. If you are copying a document when a fax arrives, the fax is stored in the printer's memory until the copying finishes. As a result, the number of fax pages that can be stored in memory might be reduced. Learn more! See the user guide for more information about the following topics: • Reprint received faxes from memory • Poll to receive a fax • Forward faxes to another number • Set the paper size for received faxes • Set automatic reduction for incoming faxes • Block junk fax numbers The user guide is available on your computer after you install the software. Set up and use fax 11

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English
Set up and use fax
11
Send a fax from an extension phone
1.
Load the document you want to fax in the printer.
You can fax either from the automatic document feeder (ADF)
or from the scanner glass.
2.
Touch
Fax
.
3.
Dial the number by using the keypad on the phone that is
connected to the printer.
Note:
Do not use the keypad on the control panel of the
printer when manually sending a fax. You must use the
keypad on your phone to dial the recipient’s number.
4.
If the recipient answers the telephone, you can engage in
a conversation before sending the fax.
Note:
If a fax machine answers the call, you will hear
fax tones from the receiving fax machine. Proceed to the
next step to transmit the fax
5.
When you are ready to send the fax, touch
Start Black
or
Start Color
.
Note:
If prompted, select
Send Fax
.
If you were speaking with the recipient before sending the
fax, inform the recipient that they should press
Start
on their
fax machine after they hear fax tones. The telephone line
is silent while the fax is transmitting. At this point, you can
hang up the telephone. If you want to continue speaking with
the recipient, remain on the line until the fax transmission is
complete.
Learn more!
See the user guide for more information about the
following topics:
Reprint received faxes from memory
Poll to receive a fax
Forward faxes to another number
Set the paper size for received faxes
Set automatic reduction for incoming faxes
Block junk fax numbers
The user guide is available on your computer after you
install the software.
Receive faxes
You can receive faxes automatically or manually.
Note:
If you receive a legal-size or larger fax and the
printer is not currently set to use legal-size paper, the
printer reduces the fax so that it fits on the paper that is
loaded. If you have disabled the Automatic Reduction
feature, the printer prints the fax on two pages.
If you are copying a document when a fax arrives, the fax is
stored in the printer’s memory until the copying finishes. As a
result, the number of fax pages that can be stored in memory
might be reduced.