Receive A Fax Manually From The Front Panel; Poll To Receive A Fax - HP 1240 Series User Manual

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Wait until you hear the HP Fax send answering fax tones, then hang up
the telephone.
The HP Fax receives the fax.

receive a fax manually from the front panel

You can receive faxes manually from the front panel.
1 Remove any originals from the automatic document feeder.
2 Set the
answer incoming calls. Or, set the
number to allow you to answer the incoming call before the HP Fax.
For information on setting the Answer Mode, see
page 24. For information on setting the number of Rings to Answer, see
set the number of rings before answering
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When your HP Fax rings, press
The HP Fax receives the fax.

poll to receive a fax

Polling allows your HP Fax to ask another fax machine to send a fax that it has
in its queue. When you use the Poll to Receive feature, the HP Fax calls the
designated fax machine and requests the fax from it. The designated fax
machine must be set for polling and have a fax ready to send.
1 Remove any originals from the automatic document feeder.
2 Press Fax.
Phone Number appears in the top line of the display.
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Enter the fax number of the other fax machine.
4 Press
5
Press ! until
6 Press
user guide
Answer Mode to Tel so that the HP Fax does not automatically
Fax until How to Fax appears in the top line of the display.
Poll to Receive
appears in the top line of the display.
Start Black or Start Color.
Rings to Answer
setting to a high
set the answer mode
on page 27.
Start Black Start Color.
or
use the fax features
on
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