HP Officejet 6500A - Plus e-All-in-One Printer - Test and Configure Fax Settings

Set up and use fax8
Step 3: Congure 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, congure
the settings as you wish, and then touch Set as New
Defaults.
If you want to congure 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 specied 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 congure 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 congure.
HP software
If you have installed the HP software on your computer,
you can congure 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
• Veries 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 nished, the printer prints a report
with the results of the test. If the test fails, review the report for
information on how to x 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:
Congure fax settings” on page 8.