HP 1220 Fax manual Connection may affect transmission speed

		HP Fax 1200 Series
Issue	What You Should Do
Fax transmission is slow	•	Does your fax contain a lot of graphics? Complex
		faxes take longer to send because the data has to
		transfer over the phone line.
	• Do you have a noisy phone-line connection? A noisy
		connection may affect transmission speed.
	•	Are you using a high resolution? Use Standard to
		achieve the fastest transmission.
	•	Are you faxing in color? Color faxes require more
		data to be transmitted.
	•	Is something wrong with the receiving fax
		machine? Check with the recipient. The receiving
		fax machine may have a problem.
Faxes are received, but are not	•	Was there an error? Check the front-panel display
printing		for any error messages.
	•	Do you have paper in the input tray or is there a
		paper jam? If the unit runs out of paper or becomes
		jammed, incoming faxes are stored in memory.
		After loading paper or clearing a jam, print the
		faxes stored in memory. (If the memory becomes
		full, the unit will stop answering calls.) For more
		information, see “Reprint the faxes in memory.”
Faxes print out slanted	•	Is the paper feeding properly from the input tray?
		Make sure the input tray is not overfilled. The paper
		must fit within the guides. Make sure the guides do
		not inhibit how the paper moves.
	•	Was the fax sent correctly? Check with the sender.
		The original may not have been loaded correctly
		into the sending fax machine.

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