HP Officejet Pro 8500A User Manual

6Fax
You can use the printer to send and receive faxes, including color faxes. You can
schedule faxes to be sent at a later time and set up speed-dials to send faxes quickly
and easily to frequently used numbers. From the printer control panel, you can also
set a number of fax options, such as resolution and the contrast between lightness
and darkness on the faxes you send.
NOTE: Before you begin faxing, make sure you have set up the printer correctly
for faxing. You might have already done this as part...

TIP:You can also send a fax manually from a phone or by using monitor dialing.
These features allow you to control the pace of your dialing. They are also useful
when you want to use a calling card to charge the call and you have to respond to
tone prompts while dialing.
To send a standard fax from the printer control panel
1. Load your original print-side down in the right-front corner of the glass or in the
ADF. For more information, see 
Loadanoriginalonthescannerglass or Loadan...

Mac OS X
1.Open the document on your computer that you want to fax.
2. From the  File menu in your software application, click  Print.
3. Select the printer that has  “(Fax)” in the name.
4. Select  Fax Recipients  from the pop-up menu below the  Orientation setting.
NOTE:If you cannot find the pop-up menu, try clicking the blue disclosure
triangle next to the  Printer selection.
5.Enter the fax number and other information in the boxes provided, and then click
Add to Recipients .
6. Select the  Fax...

4.If the recipient answers the telephone, you can engage in a conversation before
sending your fax.
NOTE: If a fax machine answers the call, you will hear fax tones from the
receiving fax machine. Proceed to the next step to transmit the fax.
5. When you are ready to send the fax, touch  Start Black or Start Color .
NOTE:If prompted, select  Send Fax.
If you were speaking with the recipient before sending the fax, inform the recipient
that they should press  Start on their fax machine after they hear...

unavailable. The printer scans the originals into memory and sends them once it is
able to connect to the receiving fax machine. After the printer scans the pages into
memory, you can immediately remove the originals from the document feeder tray or
scanner glass.
NOTE:You can only send a black-and-white fax from memory.
To send a fax from memory
1.Load your originals. For additional information, see 
Loadanoriginalonthe
scannerglass or Loadanoriginalintheautomaticdocumentfeeder(ADF).
2. Touch  Fax, and...

To cancel a scheduled fax
1.Touch the  Send Fax Later  message on the display.
– OR –
Touch Fax, and then select  Fax Options or Fax Settings .
2. Touch Cancel Scheduled Fax  .
Send a fax to multiple recipients
You can send a fax to multiple recipients at once by grouping individual speed dial
entries into group speed dial entries.
To send a fax to multiple recipients using group speed dial
1.Load your originals. For additional information, see 
Loadanoriginalonthe
scannerglass or...

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.)
If you receive a Legal-size or larger fax and the printer is not currently set to use Legal-
size paper, the...

4.If you are currently on the phone with the sender, instruct the sender to press  Start
on their fax machine.
5. When you hear fax tones from a sending fax machine, do the following:
a. Touch  Fax, and then select  Start Black or Start Color .
b . After the printer begins to receive the fax, you can hang up the phone or
remain on the line. The phone line is silent during fax transmission.
Set up backup fax
Depending on your preference and security requirements, you can set up the printer to
store all...

Reprint received faxes from memory
If you set the Backup fax mode to On, the received faxes are stored in memory,
whether the printer has an error condition or not.
NOTE: After the memory becomes full, the oldest, printed faxes are overwritten
as new faxes are received. If all the stored faxes are unprinted, the printer does not
receive any fax calls until you print or delete the faxes from memory. You might
also want to delete the faxes in memory for security or privacy purposes.
Depending on the sizes...

HP recommends that you verify the number you are forwarding to is a working fax line.
Send a test fax to make sure the fax machine is able to receive your forwarded faxes.
To forward faxes from the printer control panel
1.Touch Setup .
2. Touch Fax Settings  or Fax Setup , and then select  Advanced Fax Setup .
3. Touch Fax Forwarding .
4. Touch On (Print and Forward)  to print and forward the fax, or select  On
(Forward)  to forward the fax.
NOTE:If the printer is not able to forward the fax to the...