11 Use the fax features

You can use your HP all-in-one to send and receive faxes, including color faxes. You can set up speed dials to send faxes quickly and easily to frequently used numbers. From the control panel, you can also set a number of fax options, such as resolution.

You should explore the HP Director that came with your HP Image Zone software to take full advantage of all of its features. Using the HP Director, you can send a fax from your computer, include a computer-generated cover page, and quickly set up speed dials. For more information, see the onscreen HP Image Zone Help.

For information on accessing the HP Director and the onscreen help, see Use the HP Image Zone to do more with your HP all-in-one.

Set up the HP all-in-one to receive faxes

Your HP all-in-one can be set up to receive faxes automatically or manually, depending on your home or office setup. If you set up the HP all-in-one to answer faxes automatically, it answers all incoming calls and receives faxes. If you set up the HP all- in-one to answer faxes manually, you must be available to respond in person to the incoming fax call, or your HP all-in-one cannot receive faxes. For more information on receiving faxes manually, see Receive a fax manually.

In certain situations you might want to receive faxes manually. For example, if you share a line between your HP all-in-one and phone and you do not have distinctive ringing or an answering machine, you will need to set up the HP all-in-one to answer fax calls manually. If you subscribe to a voice mail service, you will also need to answer fax calls manually. This is because the HP all-in-one will not be able to distinguish between fax calls and phone calls.

For more information on setting up your office equipment with the HP all-in-one, see Fax setup.

Choose the recommended answer mode for your setup

Refer to the table below to determine how you should answer incoming fax calls based on your home or office setup. From the first column in the table, choose the type of equipment and services applicable to your office setup. Then, look up the appropriate setting in the second column. The third column describes how the HP all-in-one will answer incoming calls.

After you have determined the recommended answer mode setting for your home or office setup, see Set the answer mode for more information.

Equipment/services

Recommended

Description

sharing your fax line

Auto Answer

 

 

setting

 

 

 

 

None.

On

The HP all-in-one automatically answers all

(You have a separate fax

 

incoming calls using the Rings to Answer

line on which you receive

 

setting. For more information on setting the

only fax calls.)

 

 

 

 

 

features fax the Use

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