HP Officejet 6500A - Page 10

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.