Receive A Fax; Set The Number Of Rings Before Answering - HP 1240 Series User Manual

receive a fax

By default, your HP Fax automatically receives and prints incoming faxes.
Depending on your Answer Mode setting, the HP Fax can receive faxes
automatically or manually. For more information on Answer Mode, see
answer mode
Note:
manually and respond in person to the incoming fax call. If Fax, FaxTel, or
AnswerMachine is set, you can receive faxes automatically or manually.
You can receive faxes manually from the following:
• A phone directly connected to the HP Fax (on the "2-EXT" port)
•
A phone that is on the same telephone line, but not directly connected to
the HP Fax
•
The front panel
• The handset
Refer to the following topics for information on receiving faxes.
This section contains the following topics:
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set the number of rings before answering

• receive a fax manually using the handset
• receive a fax manually from a phone
• receive a fax manually from the front panel
• poll to receive a fax
set the number of rings before answering
You can specify how many rings should occur before your HP Fax automatically
answers the phone. The default is 2 rings (varies by country/region).
Note:
1 Press Setup.
2 Press 3, then press 3.
This selects Basic Fax Setup and then Rings to Answer.
user guide
on page 24.
If you set the Answer Mode to Tel, you need to receive faxes
on page 29
This setting applies only if you set the Answer Mode to Fax or FaxTel.
Basic Fax Setup
1: Date and Time
2: Fax Header
3: Rings to Answer
4: Fax Paper Size
5: Tone or Pulse Dialing
6: Ring Volume
7: Phone Line Monitor Volume
8: Fax Forwarding Black Only
use the fax features
on page 27
on page 28
on page 28
on page 29
set the
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