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Overview of menu options
Overview of menu options
Your fax machine has settings that you can change. To find out how the options are
currently set, print the System Data report (see Print reports on page 51.)
To change these settings, see Navigate the menus on page 17.
The tables below shows the options for a menu in the left column and their setting
choices in the right column.
BASIC FAX menu
Option Settings
Rings To Answer You can select the number of rings before answering an incoming call. If you
are using your machine as both a telephone and a fax machine (AUTO or
TAM mode), we suggest you set the ring count to at least 4 (HP 1040) or 2
(HP 1050 with Toll Saver turned on) to give you time to answer.
The number of rings can be 2 to 7.
Caller ID You can see the number of the person calling you. Before using this feature,
Caller ID service must be installed on your telephone line by the telephone
company.
The settings are
On
,
On w/ Junk Fax
, and
Off
. For more information, see
Use Caller ID on page 28.
Set Junk Fax No. If you have Caller ID set to
On w/ Junk Fax
,
you can block faxes from
particular numbers. You must have received a fax from that number to block it.
Even though you have added junk fax numbers, if you turned off the Caller ID
option above, the Junk Fax protection will be removed. The settings are
Add
and
Delete
.
Print Quality Allows you to set the print quality to
Normal
or
Draft.
Paper Size
A4
,
Letter
and
Legal
are the paper sizes you can use to receive faxes and
copy.
Sending Confirm A confirmation report shows whether the transmission was successful or not,
how many pages were sent, etc.
ON
: prints a confirmation report automatically each time you send a fax.
OFF
: never prints a confirmation report (You can print one manually using the
Report/Help button (see Print reports on page 51).
ERROR
: prints only when an error occurs.
Note that this report can include the Image TCR (see Image TCR on page 29).
Image TCR Image TCR prints a sending confirm page with a miniature image of the first
page of the fax.
Auto Reduction When receiving a document as long as or longer than the paper loaded, the
machine can reduce the data to fit your paper. If the fax machine cannot fit the
data into one page with the feature enabled, the data is divided and printed
in actual size on two or more sheets. The settings are
On
and
Off
.