Test your fax setup – HP Officejet 6210v All-in-One Printer User Manual

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2

Find the phone cord that connects from the back of your computer (your PC
modem) to a telephone wall jack. Disconnect the cord from the telephone wall
jack and plug it into the port labeled "2-EXT" on the back of your HP all-in-one.

3

Connect a phone to the "OUT" port on the back of your PC modem.

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 selects the

Tools

menu and then selects

Run Fax Test

.

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HP Officejet 6200 series all-in-one

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