Set the answer mode (auto answer), Set the number of rings before answering – HP Officejet Pro 8500 User Manual

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3. Enter your personal or company name, using the visual keyboard, and then press

Done.

4. Enter your fax number by using the numeric keypad, and then press OK.

To set or change the fax header via the embedded Web server
▲ Select the Settings tab, select Basic Fax Setup from the left pane, and then enter

the Fax Header Name and Fax Number. Click the Apply button.

Set the answer mode (Auto answer)

The answer mode determines whether the device answers incoming calls.

Turn on the Auto Answer setting if you want the device to answer faxes
automatically. The device answers all incoming calls and faxes.

Turn off the Auto Answer setting if you want to receive faxes manually. You must
be available to respond in person to the incoming fax call if the device does not
receive faxes.

To set the answer mode to manual or automatic via the device control panel
▲ Press Auto Answer to turn the light on or off, as appropriate for your setup.

When the Auto Answer light is on, the device answers calls automatically. When
the light is off, the device does not answer calls.

To set the answer mode to manual or automatic via the embedded Web server
1.
Open the embedded Web server, click the Settings tab, and then click Basic Fax

Setup in the left pane.

2. Select On or Off in the Auto Answer drop-down menu in the Other Basic Fax

Settings section.

Set the number of rings before answering

If you turn on the Auto Answer setting, you can specify how many rings occur before
incoming calls are automatically answered.
The Rings to Answer setting is important if you have an answering machine on the
same phone line and you want the answering machine to answer the phone before the
device does. The number of rings to answer for the device should be greater than the
number of rings to answer for the answering machine so that the incoming call will be
answered by the answering machine before the device answers.
For example, set your answering machine to a low number of rings and the device to
answer in the maximum number of rings. (The maximum number of rings varies by
country/region.) In this setup, the answering machine answers the call and the device
monitors the line. If the device detects fax tones, it receives the fax. If the call is a
voice call, the answering machine records the incoming message.

To set the number of rings before answering via the device control panel
1.
Press Setup.
2. Select Basic Fax Setup, and then select Rings to Answer.

Change fax settings

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