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Hp 640 Fax Goes To Recieve Mode When Pressed Start

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User Guide - Page 3

Contents 1 Quick start 1 Load paper 1 Load documents to fax or copy 2 Send a fax 2 Receive a fax 3 Make a copy 3 Make a telephone call 4 2 HP Fax basics 5 The HP 640 Fax 6 Parts of the HP Fax 6 Control Panel of HP Fax 8 The menus 10 Overview of menu options 11 BASIC FAX menu 11 ADVANCED FAX menu 13 TOOLS menu 13 Loudspeaker 13 Navigate the menus 14 Ready mode 14 Menu buttons...
User Guide - Page 8

... more information, see One-touch dialing on page 17. 2 Quick start When the correct number appears, press Start/Enter. Place the document to be sent (up to 10 pages in the document feeder. For more information, see Phone book dialing on page 18. Load the documents face down (printed side toward the machine). Send a fax 1.
User Guide - Page 9

... (this may take several seconds), you should hang up the telephone. Press Copy to start 3 QUICK START QUICK START QUICK START QUICK START FAX or TAM answer mode The fax machine will display. Turn the page face down and insert it into the document feeder. 2. Press Copy. QUICK START QUICK START QUICK START Receive a fax Receive a fax How faxes are received depends on how the Answer...
User Guide - Page 12

The HP 640 Fax The HP 640 Fax Parts of the HP Fax Figure 2-1 Front view 8 7 6 5 Figure 2-2 Rear view 1 1 Document support 2 Paper tray 3 Paper tray cover 1 4 Document guide 2 5 Document feeder 3 6 Handset 4 7 Paper guide 8 Paper support 1 Power cord socket 6 HP Fax basics
User Guide - Page 13

port. Figure 2-3 Bottom view The HP 640 Fax 3 21 1 Connect handset to the HANDSET port. 2 Connect telephone line to the LINE port. 3 Connect answering machine or extension phone to the EXT. HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP Fax basics 7
User Guide - Page 14

... enter special characters when entering a name in text fields. The phone key pad is loaded, pressing this button changes the Receive Mode. Used to the telephone while dialing without the originals. The HP 640 Fax Control Panel of HP Fax Figure 2-4 Control panel of HP Fax 11 13 14 1 15 2 3 16 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 17 8 Label Name and Description 1 Rcv...
User Guide - Page 15

Press OK between options. HP Fax basics 9 Press once to Ready mode. • When entering text or numbers: - Press Copy to copy the document. 16 Start/Enter: Starts a fax job. 17 Cancel: • In a Menu, stops an operation and returns to backspace delete numbers or letters when editing. - Referred to as the arrow keys ...
User Guide - Page 24

... in the display, press Start/Enter. 18 HP Fax basics Search for both faxes and telephone calls. Dial from the phone book Dialing works the same for a particular first letter 1. See Print the phone book on the phone pad. Speed dialing 4. Press the phone pad button labelled with the given letter, the machine shows the message Not...
User Guide - Page 28

Dial the number and press Start/Enter or press Copy. Ringer volume S Press  when the fax is finished, resolution/contrast automatically returns to Ready mode. Whenever you have an extension phone on the same line as your fax machine starts to receive. 22 HP Fax basics Then press to two times. Adjust volume You can remotely start receiving a fax. 1. Automatic fax redial When you ...
User Guide - Page 29

...Ring • Answer/Receive mode: Determines how the HP Fax responds to incoming calls. 1 The "arrow buttons" located at least 4 to give you time to Answer displays and press OK. 3. It then ...HP Fax. • Block Junk Faxes: In conjunction with Caller ID, you can select the number of times and then answers. After the 5 additional rings, the answering machine will occur before the HP Fax...
User Guide - Page 33

... you teach the HP Fax will be answered if they are in this fax from another fax machine... Use  to this service through the options until Distinctive Ring displays and press OK. Call the HP Fax. When you subscribe to scroll through your HP Fax to set it up and use it were set to AUTO mode (AUTO mode on the same...
User Guide - Page 34

... other numbers. • Telephone with few or no document is loaded, press the Rcv.Mode/Contrast button until the desired option displays. • FAX mode • AUTO mode • In Ready mode, FAX appears in , the machine answers it will ring 5 times in any answer/receive mode. If you get a call comes in the right hand corner of rings...
User Guide - Page 35

... by lifting the handset and pressing Start/Enter. otherwise, it records the caller's message. • If you have an answering machine attached to the EXT line socket located on the bottom of the display. • Automatic fax reception is coming through. ADDITIONAL FEATURES • TAM mode • TEL mode Answer/receive mode You must have set the...
User Guide - Page 39

...by an unauthorized caller. • Your machine starts scanning the document(s) into the machine. 2. Setting send polling You can retrieve it when they are in your machine, and the other party can program your document from being retrieved by pressing  and press OK. Advanced faxing 33 ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING Poll Code [0000] will be deleted...
User Guide - Page 40

... shows To poll documents press Start/Enter. 3. The HP Fax receives and prints the polled document. Press Start/Enter. 4. Enter the other fax machine does not have been set. NOTE: If the other fax's Poll Code to retrieve the document, and press OK. Select the scheduled job you hear a fax tone from the remote machine. NOTE: Not all fax machines have polling capability, and...
User Guide - Page 44

... top of the HP Fax (including ringing) on a daily schedule; Press Menu repeatedly until SET UP SOUND appears and press OK. 2. Select On-Daily and press OK. Set the fax header information Alarm sounds Alarm sounds include the fax tones and beeps. 1. Press Menu repeatedly until SET UP SOUND appears and press OK. 2. The fax header prints your machine is required...
User Guide - Page 46

... or unsent faxes. Press Menu repeatedly until REPORTS appears and press OK. 2. Press  to choose Print Fax and press OK. • If there are only old faxes, the machine will inform you print it back in again clears the memory including all of them and return to Ready mode without moving to check your machine. NOTE: Unplugging the fax machine power cord...
User Guide - Page 59

... Job You attempted to answer your poll. Check remote site Check with the other person. System Busy Try again later The fax machine is no number assigned to manually redial by pressing Start/Enter. Poll job exists already You have the option to this One-Touch or two-digit Speed number. To clear the...
User Guide - Page 60

...machine cannot receive faxes manually. Place a document in and is hung up in memory do not Make sure the numbers are programmed correctly. Check that your HP Fax to make sure it . voice call comes in the document feeder, dial 1-888 HP FAX ME (1-888-473-2963) and press Start...cradle properly. correctly. In AUTO mode the machine goes back to fax receive mode if the voice call is ...
User Guide - Page 68

... the telephone network from the HP 640 Fax. If requested, this happens, the telephone company will help protect the HP 640 Fax and the telephone network from abnormal surges on the label. An additional RJ11C connector is sent and an identification of the business or other entity, or other electronic device, including FAX machines, to send any person...

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