Chapter 5

Receive a fax

You can receive faxes automatically or manually. If you turn off the Auto Answer option, you must receive faxes manually. If you turn on the Auto Answer option (the default setting), the printer automatically answers incoming calls and receives faxes after the number of rings that are specified by the Rings to Answer setting. (The default Rings to Answer setting is five rings.) For more information, see Change fax settings.

If you receive a Legal-size or larger fax and the printer is not currently set to use Legal- size paper, the printer reduces the fax so that it fits on the paper that is loaded. If you have disabled the Automatic Reduction feature, the printer prints the fax on two pages.

NOTE: If you are copying a document when a fax arrives, the fax is stored in the printer memory until the copying finishes. As a result, the number of fax pages that can be stored in memory might be reduced.

•Receive a fax manually

•Set up backup fax

•Reprint received faxes from memory

•Poll to receive a fax

•Forward faxes to another number

•Set the paper size for received faxes

•Set automatic reduction for incoming faxes

•Block unwanted fax numbers

•Receive faxes to your computer using HP Digital Fax (Fax to PC and Fax to Mac)

Receive a fax manually

When you are on the phone, the person you are speaking with can send you a fax while you are still connected. This is referred to as manual faxing. Use the instructions in this section to receive a manual fax.

You can receive faxes manually from a phone that is:

•Directly connected to the printer (on the 2-EXT port)

•On the same phone line, but not directly connected to the printer

To receive a fax manually

1.Make sure the printer is turned on and you have paper loaded in the main tray.

2.Remove any originals from the document feeder tray.

3.Set the Rings to Answer setting to a high number to allow you to answer the incoming call before the printer answers. Or, turn off the Auto Answer setting so that the printer does not automatically answer incoming calls.

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