HP Officejet Pro 8500 User Manual

answers the call, you can send the fax directly to the fax machine when you hear the
fax tones from the receiving fax machine.
To send a fax manually from a phone
1.Load your originals. For additional information, see 
Load the originals .
2. Dial the number by using the keypad on the phone that is connected to the device.
NOTE: Do not use the keypad on the device control panel when manually
sending a fax. You must use the keypad  on your phone to dial the recipients
number.
3. If the recipient answers...

3.When you hear the dial tone, enter the number by using the keypad on the device
control panel.
4. Follow any prompts that might occur.
TIP: If you are using a calling card to  send a fax and you have your calling
card PIN stored as a speed dial,  when prompted to enter your PIN, press
Speed Dial  to select the speed dial entry where you have your PIN stored.
Your fax is sent when the receiving fax machine answers.
Send a fax using the broadcast fax option (color display models only)
You can send a fax...

Schedule a fax to send later
You can schedule a black-and-white fax to be sent within the next 24 hours. This
enables you to send a black-and-white fax late in the evening, when phone lines are
not as busy or phone rates are lower, for example. The device automatically sends
your fax at the specified time.
You can schedule only one fax to be sent at a time. You can continue to send faxes
normally, however, while a fax is scheduled.
NOTE: You can send only black and white faxes because of memory...

Send a fax to multiple recipients from the device control panel
You can send a fax to multiple recipients at once by grouping individual speed dial
entries into group speed dial entries.
Send a fax to multiple recipients using group speed dial
1.Load your originals. For additional information, see 
Load the originals .
2. Press  Speed Dial repeatedly, until the appropriate group speed dial entry appears.
TIP:You can also scroll through the speed dial entries by touching the
arrows, or you can select a...

NOTE:These settings do not affect copy settings. Copy resolution and lightness/
darkness are set independently from fax resolution and lightness/darkness. Also,
the settings that you change from the device  control panel do not affect faxes you
send from your computer.
This section contains the following topics:
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Change the fax resolution
•
Change the Lighter / Darker setting
•
Set new default settings
Change the fax resolution
The  Resolution  setting affects the transmission speed and quality of faxed...

Change the Lighter / Darker setting
You can change the contrast of a fax to be darker or lighter than the original. This
feature is useful if you are faxing  a document that is faded, washed out, or
handwritten. You can darken the original by adjusting the contrast.
NOTE: The Lighter / Darker  setting applies to black-and-white faxes only.
When you exit the Fax menu, this option returns to the default setting unless you set
your changes as the default.
To change the Lighter / Darker setting from the...

To change the ECM setting from the device control panel
1.Press  Setup.
2. Select  Advanced Fax Setup  and then select Error Correction Mode .
3. Press the right arrow, 
, to select  On or Off.
4. Press  OK.
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 device automatically answers incoming calls and receives faxes
after the number of rings that are...

You can receive faxes manually from a phone that is directly connected to the device
(on the 2-EXT port) or that is on the same phone line, but not directly connected to the
device.
To receive a fax manually
1.Make sure the device is turned on and you have paper loaded in the input tray.
2. Remove any originals from the document feeder tray.
NOTE: The automatic document feeder must be empty to receive a fax. If
there are documents in the document feeder,  then receiving the fax will be
unsuccessful.
3....

OffFaxes are never stored in memory. For example, you might want to turn
off Backup Fax Reception  for security purposes. If an error condition
occurs that prevents the device from printing (for example, the device
runs out of paper), the device stops answering incoming fax calls.
NOTE: If Backup Fax Reception  is enabled and you turn off the device, all faxes
stored in memory are saved. For a list of the faxes you have received, print the
Fax Log .
To set backup fax reception from the device control...

Poll to receive a fax
Polling allows the HP all-in-one to ask another fax machine to send a fax that it has in
its queue. When you use the Poll to Receive feature, the HP all-in-one calls the
designated fax machine and requests the fax from it. The designated fax machine
must be set for polling and have a fax ready to send.
NOTE: The HP all-in-one does not support polling pass codes. Polling pass
codes are a security feature that require the receiving fax machine to provide a
pass code to the device it...