HP Officejet 5510 - receive a fax manually

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receive a fax manually

on

page 40.

For information on setting up your HP Officejet with other office equipment, such
as answering machines and voice mail, see

fax setup

on page 91.

1

Press

Setup

.

2

Press

3

, then press

3

again.

This selects Basic Fax Setup and then selects Auto Answer.

3

Press

to

select

On

or

Off

.

Select

On

to receive faxes automatically (the default).

Select

Off

to receive faxes manually. For more information on receiving

faxes manually, see

receive a fax manually

on page 40.

4

Press

OK

to accept the setting.

receive a fax manually

If you set up your HP Officejet to receive faxes manually, you will need to respond
in person to the incoming fax call. You can receive the incoming fax from a
telephone that is directly connected to your HP Officejet or from one that is on
the same phone line as your device.

For information on setting up your HP Officejet with your telephone, see

fax

setup

on page 91.

1

Remove any originals in the automatic document feeder of your
HP Officejet.

2

Set the HP Officejet to manually receive fax calls by turning

Auto Answer

off. Or, set the number of

Rings to Answer

option to a high number to

allow you to answer the fax call before the HP Officejet.
For information on setting up the HP Officejet to answer fax calls manually,
see

set up the hp officejet to receive faxes automatically or manually

on

page 39. For information on setting the number of Rings to Answer, see

set the number of rings before answering

on page 39.

3

When your HP Officejet rings, pick up the handset of a telephone that is
connected to it, or is on the same telephone line.

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reference guide

use the fax features

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fa

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4

If you hear fax tones, do one of the following:

If your phone is plugged into the back of the HP Officejet, press

Fax

,

and then

Start Black

or

Start Color

.

If your phone is not plugged into the back of the HP Officejet but is on
the same telephone line, press

1 2 3

on your phone.

If you are currently on the telephone with the sender, instruct them to
press Start on their fax machine. Once you hear fax tones, press

Fax

,

and then press

Start Black

or

Start Color

.

5

Wait for the fax tones, and then hang up the telephone.