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Question posted by chesstour on January 2nd, 2012

Can't Fax. After Scan And Fax Tones, Machine Always Shows 'receive.'

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User Guide - Page 9

... hang up the telephone. Once you hear fax tones from both machines (this may take several seconds), you want more information, see Set rings to answer on page 23), then switches to FAX receiving. QUICK START QUICK START QUICK START Receive a fax Receive a fax How faxes are received depends on how the Answer Mode/Receive Mode is set . Answer the telephone. 2. Press...
User Guide - Page 11

... page 31). • Fax forwarding: Forward documents to another fax machine (see page 35). • Delayed fax: Send the document at a later time (see page 32). • Send/Receive Polling: Retrieve a waiting fax or hold a fax to the machine. HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS 2 HP Fax basics This chapter lists...
User Guide - Page 17

... occurs. HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS HP FAX BASICS Overview of menu options Overview of menu options Your fax machine has settings that you can set the fax machine to discard any excess image at least 4 to give you time to answer. The tables below shows the options for...
User Guide - Page 18

...Junk Fax, you can program your telephone line by some telephone companies that number to block it. Auto Journal The Auto Journal shows ...Fax protection will start receiving a fax from particular numbers. The settings are connected: Tone or Pulse. 12 HP Fax basics ECM Mode Error correction mode compensates for a single copy on your machine to learn one phone line, each of the fax...
User Guide - Page 24

... a Caller ID service, we recommend that begins with the given letter, the machine shows the message Not Found. 3. Print the phone book 1. If a document is...the number (0 through the phone book 1. If you want appears in the document feeder, the HP Fax sends the fax. Press Menu repeatedly until Phonebook displays and press OK. Search sequentially through 9) on page 18. Press ...
User Guide - Page 28

...received. Adjust volume You can remotely start receiving a fax. 1. Or, press Cancel to stop redialing and the machine returns to manually redial the number immediately, press Start/Enter after the display shows... faxing images/embedded pictures or other documents containing color or gray shades. Whenever you hear a fax tone. • Your fax machine detects the code and starts to receive ...
User Guide - Page 30

... junk fax numbers If you want to register as a junk number are marked by pressing . The machine shows the ...first Caller ID number. 4. Press  to find the Caller ID number you subscribe to Caller ID through the numbers by * at the end of the display. 24 Additional features Use Caller ID Use Caller ID Many countries have the Caller ID system that enables the receiver...
User Guide - Page 31

... displayed. Press OK. Press Favorites repeatedly until BASIC FAX appears and press OK. 2. The machine shows the first junk number. 4. Select Y and press OK when the machine asks if you try to selected fax numbers without the originals. displays and press OK. 3. The document will be scanned into memory. Exceeded Job Memory message appears when you...
User Guide - Page 33

.... Call this order to call placed to the fax number with fax tones, and to answer one of these instructions in AUTO mode. Once set it becomes one of the display. • Now, the HP Fax will be answered if they are in this fax from another fax machine... Be ready to set up again if you...
User Guide - Page 34

... in a different tone to answer on page 23. • In Ready mode, AUTO appears in the right hand corner of rings before it may be a regular telephone call comes in any answer/receive mode. The answer/ receive mode setting determines how the device answers the incoming call , the machine answers and receives the fax automatically. TEL...
User Guide - Page 35

... the right hand corner of the display. • Automatic fax reception is coming through. You can receive a fax only by lifting the handset and pressing Start/Enter. If it detects fax tones, it receives the fax; otherwise, it records the caller's message. • If you have an answering machine attached to the EXT line socket located on the...
User Guide - Page 39

... it into memory and shows POLLING SEND in the display. Poll Code [0000] will be deleted automatically. To cancel Send Polling, see To cancel the scheduled job on page 34. Select Set Polling Send by an unauthorized caller. • Your machine starts scanning the document(s) into the machine. 2. ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING Polling Polling Polling...
User Guide - Page 40

... receive You can dial another fax machine that is ready to be sent to your fax machine. 1. Dial the telephone number of the remote machine that has a document waiting and request it to be polled. Press Start/Enter. 4. Press Menu repeatedly ADVANCED FAX appears and press OK. 2. Select the scheduled job you hear a fax tone from the remote machine. NOTE...
User Guide - Page 41

... the end time and press OK. • The machine returns to Ready mode and FWD will appear in the display at your current location, and if you choose, it can forward any faxes it receives to your new location 4. ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING ADVANCED FAXING Forward faxes Forward faxes While you are away from your home or office...
User Guide - Page 44

...and press OK. The fax header prints your machine is required by law in many countries. Press Menu repeatedly until BASIC FAX appears and press OK... panel button. Press OK when the display shows Fax Number. 3. Select On or Off and press... Enter the fax number to the number and correct it. 4. Set the fax header information Alarm sounds Alarm sounds include the fax tones and beeps....
User Guide - Page 46

... you print it back in memory (approximately 50 pages). Reprinting faxes You may sometimes need to check your machine. A power outage also clears the fax machine memory. 1. This report shows the telephone numbers that have called your changes. As this report shows the most recently received faxes in again clears the memory including all of the operation, the...
User Guide - Page 47

... can clear are also cancelled. The display shows the type of information you can selectively clear information stored in your fax header information. Return all records of new or old. NOTE: Your HP Fax does not have never been printed. • Reprint Old Fax: The machine prints all faxes regardless of transmissions and receptions. When dialing...
User Guide - Page 60

... port in memory to test the fax machine. The chart below shows other problems you will stop answering the phone. The Fax Header must be listed in another call is not answered. No dial tone. voice call is immediately received. The line will stop printing faxes. To print a dial correctly. If the fax memory is seated on page...
User Guide - Page 61

... MAINTENANCE CARE AND MAINTENANCE CARE AND MAINTENANCE CARE AND MAINTENANCE Care and maintenance 55 Check your fax. You are sending can receive your machine by making a copy. If the display shows a Memory Full message, do the following until you receive. See Maintain the print cartridge on page 40. To select each page or on continuation...
User Guide - Page 74

... 6 G getting help 64 H HANDSET port 7 help 64 help list 39 HP Fax parts of pages 2 DRPD 27 E ECM mode 59 menu 12 entering 15 error messages 51 EXT. port 7 extension phone fax receiving 22 F Favorites 25 button 8 fax forwarding 13 fax header 38 fax memory number of pages 5 FAX mode 28 fax name 38 fax number 38 fax problems 54 fax receiving 3 fax tones.

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