HP 8610 E Owners Manual

Set up and change group speed-dial entries
You can store groups of fax numbers as group speed-dial entries .
To set up group speed-dial entries
NOTE:  Before you can create a group sp eed-dial entry, you must have already created at least one
speed-dial entry.
1. From the printer contr ol panel display, touch and slide your finger across the screen and then
touch  Setup.
2. Touch  Fax Setup .
3. Touch  Speed Dial Setup .
4. Touch  Group Speed Dial , and then touch an  unused entry number.
5. Touch the...

1.From the printer contr ol panel display, touch and slide your finger across the screen and then
touch  Setup.
2. Touch  Fax Setup , and then touch Speed Dial Setup .
3. Touch  Delete Speed Dial, touch the entry you want to delete, touch  Delete, and then touch  Yes
to confirm.
NOTE: Deleting a group speed-dial entry  does not delete the individual speed-dial entries.
Print a list of speed-dial entries
To print a list of all of the speed-dial entries that have been  set up, complete the following...

Change fax settings
After completing the steps in the getting started guide that came with the printer, use the following
steps to change the initial setti ngs or to configure other options for faxing.
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Configure the fax header
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Set the answer mode (Auto answer)
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Set the number of ri ngs before answering
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Change the answer ring patte rn for distinctive ring
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Set the dial type
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Set the redial options
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Set the fax speed
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Set the fax sound volume
Configure the fax header
The fax header prints your...

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 hav e an answering machine on the s ame phone line
as the printer, because you want  the answering machine to answer the phone before the printer does.
The number of rings to  answer for the printer should be greater than the number of rings to answer
for the answering machine.
For...

5.A message appears stating that t his setting should not be changed unless you have multiple
numbers on the same telephone line. Touch  Yes to continue.
6. Do one of the following:
● Touch the ring pattern assigned by your telephone company to fax calls.
- Or -
● Touch 
Ring Pattern Detection , and then follow the instructions  on the printer control panel.
NOTE:If the Ring Pattern Detection fea ture cannot detect the ring pattern or if you cancel the
feature before it fin ishes, the ring pattern is...

●An Internet phone service
● A PBX system
● Fax over Internet Protocol (FoIP)
● An integrated services digit
al network (ISDN) service
If you experience problems sendi ng and receiving faxes, try using a lower Fax Speed. The following
table provides the available fax speed settings.
Fax speed setting Fax speed
Fast v.34 (33600 baud)
Medium v.17 (14400 baud)
Slow v.29 (9600 baud)
To set the fax speed
1.From the printer contr ol panel display, touch and slide your finger across the screen and then
touch...

Fax and digital phone services
Many telephone companies provide their customers with digital phone services, such as the following:
● DSL: A Digital subscriber line (D
SL) service through your telephone company. (DSL might be
called ADSL in your country/region.)
● PBX: A private branch exch
ange (PBX) phone system.
● ISDN: An integrated services d
igital network (ISDN) system.
● FoIP: A low-cost phone service that allows you to send and receive faxes with your printer by
using the Internet. This method...

Fax over Internet Protocol
You might be able to subscribe to a low cost phone service that allows you to send and receive faxes
with your printer by using the I nternet. This method is called Fax over Internet Protocol (FoIP).
You probably use a FoIP service  (provided by your telephone company) when you:
● Dial a special access code 
along with the fax number.
● Have an IP converter box that co
nnects to the Internet and provides analog phone ports for the
fax connection.
NOTE: You can only send and...

Fax reports
You can set up the printer to print error reports and confirmation reports automatically for each fax
you send and receive. You can als o manually print system reports as required; these reports provide
useful system information about the printer.
By default, the printer is set t o print a report only if there is a problem sending or receiving a fax.
A confirmation message that indicates whether a f ax was successfully sent appear s briefly on the
control panel display after each...

To include an image of the fax on the report1.From the printer contr ol panel display, touch and slide your finger across the screen and then
touch  Setup.
2. Touch  Fax Setup .
3. Touch  Advanced Fax Setup  and touch Fax Confirmation .
4. Touch  On (Fax Send)  or On (Send and Receive) .
5. Touch  Fax Confirmati on with image.
Print fax error reports
You can configure the printer so that it automatically prints a  report when there is an error during
transmission or reception.
To set the printer to print...