HP Officejet Pro 8600 Premium User Manual

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 inco ming 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...

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 dele te the faxes in memory for security or privacy purposes.
Depending on the sizes of the faxes in memory, you can reprint up to eight of the most
recently printed faxes, if they  are still in memory. For example, you might need to
reprint your...

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 designated fax
machine (for example, if it is not turned on), the printer prints the fax. If you set
up the printer to pri nt error reports for received faxes,  it also prints an error
report.
5. At the prompt, enter the number of the fax machine intended to receive the
forwarded faxes, and then touch  Done. Enter the required information...

When an incoming fax call is received, the printer compares the number to the list of
junk fax numbers to determine if the call should be blocked. If the number matches
a number in the blocked fax numbers list, the fax is not printed. (The maximum number
of fax numbers you can  block varies by model.)
NOTE:This feature is not supported in all countries/regions. If it is not supported
in your country/region,  Junk Fax Blocker does not appear in the  Fax Options or
Fax Settings  menu.
NOTE:If no phone...

Print a Junk Fax Report
Use the following procedure to print a list of blocked junk fax numbers.
To print a Junk Fax Report
1. Touch 
 (right arrow), and then touch  Setup.
2. Touch  Fax Setup , and then touch  Basic Fax Setup .
3. Touch 
 (down arrow), and then touch  Junk Fax Blocker.
4. Touch  Print Reports , and then touch  Junk Fax List.
Receive faxes to your c omputer using HP Digital Fax (Fax to PC and Fax to Mac)
If the printer is connected  to your computer with a USB  cable, you can use HP...

Activate Fax to PC and Fax to Mac
On a computer running Windows, you can use the Digita l Fax Setup Wizard to activate
Fax to PC. On a Macintosh computer, you can use HP Utility.
To set up Fax to PC (Windows)
1. From the computer desktop, click  Start, select  Programs  or All Programs , select
the folder for your HP printer, and then select the option for your HP printer.
2. Double-click  Fax Actions, and then double-click  Digital Fax Setup Wizard .
3. Follow the onscreen instructions.
To set up Fax to...

Turn off Fax to PC or Fax to Mac
1.Touch 
 (right arrow), and then touch  Setup.
2. Touch  Fax Setup , touch Basic Fax Setup , and then touch Fax to PC.
3. Touch  Turn Off .
Set up speed-dial entries
You can set up frequently used fax numbers as speed-dial entries. This lets you dial
those numbers quickly by using the printer’s control panel.
TIP:In addition to creating and managing speed-dial entries from the printer’s
control panel, you can also use tools available on your computer, such as the HP...

4.If you want to change the fax number, type the new number, and then touch  Next.
NOTE: Be sure to include any pauses or other required numbers, such as an
area code, an access code for numbers outside a PBX system (usually a 9 or
0), or a long-distance prefix.
5. If you want to change the name of the speed-dial entry, type the new name, and
then touch  Done.
Set up and change group speed-dial entries
You can store groups of fax numbers as group speed-dial entries.
To set up group speed-dial entries...

Print a list of speed-dial entries
To print a list of all of the speed-dial entries that have been set up, complete the
following steps:
1.Load paper in the tray. For more information, see 
Load media.
2. On the printer’s control panel, touch 
 (right arrow), and then touch  Setup.
3. Touch  Fax Setup , and then touch  Speed Dial Setup.
4. Touch  Print Speed Dial List .
Change fax settings
After completing the steps in the getting started guide that came with the printer, use
the following steps to...