HP 6500 A Manual

Set the junk fax mode
By default, Block Junk Fax  mode is turned On. If you do not subscribe to a caller ID
service through your phone provider, or do not  want to use this feature, you can turn off
this setting.
To set the junk fax mode
▲ Press the  Junk Fax Blocker  button, select the Block Junk Fax option, and then
select  On or  Off .
Add numbers to the junk fax list
There are two ways to add a number to your  junk list. You can select numbers from your
caller ID history, or you ca n enter new...

Remove numbers from the junk fax list
If you no longer want to block a fax number, you can remove a number from your junk
fax list.
To remove numbers from the list of junk fax numbers
1.Press  Setup.
2. Press  Basic Fax Setup , and then press Junk Fax Blocker Setup .
3. Press  Remove Number from Junk List .
4. Press the right arrow button to scroll through the numbers you have blocked. When
the number you want to remove appears, press  OK to select it.
5. When the  Delete Another?  prompt appears, do...

NOTE:Fax to PC and Fax to Mac are available for receiving black-and-white faxes
only. Color faxes are printed instead of being saved to the computer.
This section contains the following topics:
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Fax to Pc and Fax to Mac requirements
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Activate Fax to PC and Fax to Mac
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Modify Fax to PC or Fax to Mac settings
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Turn off Fax to PC or Fax to Mac
Fax to Pc and Fax to Mac requirements
• The administrator computer, the computer that activated the Fax to PC or Fax to Mac feature, must be on at all times....

Modify Fax to PC or Fax to Mac settings
You can update the Fax to PC settings from your computer at any time from the Fax
settings page in the Solution Center. You can turn off Fax to PC and disable printing faxes
from the device control panel.
To modify settings from the device control panel
1.Press the  Setup button, select  Basic Fax Setup , and then Fax to PC.
2. Select the setting that you want to change. You can change the following settings:
•View PC hostname : View the name of the computer that...

This section contains the following topics:
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Configure the fax header
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Set the answer mode (Auto answer)
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Set the number of rings before answering
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Change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring
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Set the fax erro r correction mode
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Set the dial type
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Set the redial options
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Set the fax speed
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Set the fax sound volume
Configure the fax header
The fax header prints your name and fax number on the top of every fax you send. HP
recommends that you set up the fax header by using the software...

To set the answer mode to manual or automatic via the embedded Web server
1.Open the embedded Web server, click the  Settings tab, and then click  Basic Fax
Setup  in the left pane.
2. Select  On or  Off  in the  Auto Answer  drop-down menu in the  Other Basic Fax
Settings  section.
Set the number of rings before answering
If you turn on the  Auto Answer setting, you can specify how many rings occur before
incoming calls are automatically answered.
The  Rings to Answer  setting is important if you have...

If you do not have a distinctive ring service, use the default ring pattern, which is All
Rings .
NOTE: The HP fax cannot receive faxes when the main phone number is off the
hook.
To change the answer ring pattern for distinctive ring via the device control panel
1. Verify that the device is set to  answer fax calls automatically.
2. Press  Setup.
3. Press  Advanced Fax Setup , and then press Distinctive Ring .
4. Press the right arrow button to select an option, and then press  OK.
When the phone rings...

To set the dial type via the device control panel
▲Press  Setup, press  Basic Fax Setup , and then use the  Tone or Pulse Dialing
option.
To set the dial type via the embedded Web server
1. Click the  Settings tab, and then click  Basic Fax Setup in the left pane.
2. Make a selection in the  Tone or Pulse Dialing drop-down menu.
3. Click the  Apply button.
Set the redial options
If the device was unable to send a fax because the receiving fax machine did not answer
or was busy, the device attempts to...

Fax speed settingFax speed
Slowv.29 (9600 baud)
To set the fax speed via the device control panel
1.Press  Setup.
2. Select  Advanced Fax Setup , and then press Fax Speed.
3. Select an option using the arrow keys, and then press  OK.
To set the fax speed via the embedded Web server
1. Click the  Settings tab, and then click  Basic Fax Setup in the left pane.
2. Make a selection in the  Fax Speed drop-down menu.
3. Click the  Apply button.
Set the fax sound volume
Use this procedure to increase or...

This section contains the following topics:
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Set up speed-dial entries
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Set up a speed-dial group
Set up speed-dial entries
• Embedded Web server (network connection) : Open the embedded Web server,
click the  Settings  tab, and then click  Fax Speed-dial in the left pane.
◦ To add an entry: Type the required information in the fields in the  Fax Speed-Dial
Entry  section.
◦ To edit an entry: Click the  Edit link beside the entry in the Fax Speed-dial List
section.
◦ To remove an entry: Select one or...