Set up backup fax reception – HP Officejet 6500 User Manual

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5. When you hear fax tones from a sending fax machine, do the following:

a. Press START FAX Black or START FAX Color on the device control panel.
b. When prompted, select Fax Receive.

NOTE: Depending on your country/region, the device might receive the fax
automatically when you hear fax tones from the sending fax machine.

6. After the device 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 reception

Depending on your preference and security requirements, you can set up the device to
store all the faxes it receives, only the faxes it receives while the device is in an error
condition, or none of the faxes it receives.

The following Backup Fax Reception modes are available:

On

The default setting. When Backup Fax Reception is On, the device stores
all received faxes in memory. This enables you to reprint all of the faxes
that are saved in memory.

NOTE: When device memory is low, it overwrites the oldest, printed faxes
as it receives new faxes. If the memory becomes full of unprinted faxes, the
device stops answering incoming fax calls.

NOTE: If you receive a fax that is too large, such as a very detailed color
photo, it might not be stored in memory due to memory limitations.

On Error Only

Causes the device to store faxes in memory only if an error condition exists
that prevents the device from printing the faxes (for example, if the device
runs out of paper). The device continues to store incoming faxes as long
as there is memory available. (If the memory becomes full, the device stops
answering incoming fax calls.) When the error condition is resolved, the
faxes stored in memory print automatically, and then they are deleted from
memory.

Off

Faxes 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 deleted, including any unprinted faxes that you might have
received while the device was in an error condition. You must contact the senders to
ask them to resend any unprinted faxes. For a list of the faxes you have received,
print the Fax Log. The Fax Log is not deleted when the device is turned off.

NOTE: If you turn on Fax to PC, set Backup Fax Reception to On. If you set
Backup Fax Reception to On Error Only or Off, then the backup fax reception will
attempt to save color faxes.

To set backup fax reception from the device control panel
1.
Press Setup.
2. Select Advanced Fax Setup, and then select Backup Fax Reception.

Receive a fax

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