Test your fax setup – HP Officejet 7410 All-in-One Printer User Manual

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4

Using the phone cord supplied in the box with your HP all-in-one, connect one end
to your telephone wall jack, then connect the other end to the port labeled "1-LINE"
on the back of your HP all-in-one.

Caution

If you do not use the supplied cord to connect from the telephone

wall jack to your HP all-in-one, you might not be able to fax successfully.
This special phone cord is different from the phone cords you might already
have in your home or office. If the supplied phone cord is too short, see

The

phone cord that came with my HP all-in-one is not long enough

for

information on extending it.

5

If your PC modem software is set to receive faxes to your computer automatically,
turn off that setting.

Caution

If you do not turn off the auto fax receive setting in your modem

software, your HP all-in-one will not be able to receive faxes.

6

Set up the HP all-in-one to answer incoming calls manually. Press the

Auto

Answer

button until the light is off.

7

Run a fax test. For information, see the next section,

Test your fax setup

.

You must be available to respond in person to incoming fax calls, or your HP all-in-one
cannot receive faxes. For information on receiving faxes manually, see

Receive a fax

manually

.

Test your fax setup

You can test your fax setup to check the status of your HP all-in-one and to make sure
it is set up properly for faxing. Perform this test after you have completed setting up
your HP all-in-one for faxing. The test does the following:

Checks the fax hardware

Verifies that the phone cord is plugged into the correct port

Checks for a dial tone

Checks for an active phone line

Checks the status of your phone line connection

The HP all-in-one prints a report with the results of the test. If the test fails, review the
report for information on how to fix the problem and rerun the test.

To test your fax setup from the control panel

1

Set up your HP all-in-one for faxing according to the setup instructions in this
chapter.

2

Make sure you have inserted the print cartridges and loaded paper before starting
the test.
For more information, see

Replace the print cartridges

and

Load full-size paper

.

3

Press

Setup

.

4

Press

6

, then press

5

.

This displays the

Tools

menu and then selects

Run Fax Test

.

The HP all-in-one displays the status of the test on the color graphics display and
prints a report.

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Fax setup

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