user manual
Table Of Contents
- HP 1040/1050 Fax series
- Load paper 1
- Load documents to fax or copy 2
- Send a fax 2
- Receive a fax 3
- Make a copy 3
- Make a telephone call 4
- The HP Fax 1040/1050 6
- The menus 12
- Overview of menu options 13
- Loudspeaker-HP 1040 Fax 16
- Speakerphone-HP 1050 Fax 16
- Navigate the menus 17
- Enter dates, times, text, and telephone numbers 18
- Speed dialing 21
- Paper types and sizes 23
- Document types and sizes 23
- Set document resolution and contrast for a single copy 24
- Adjust volume 25
- Automatic fax redial 26
- Receiving via an extension telephone (HP 1040 Fax only) 26
- Set rings to answer 27
- Use Caller ID 28
- Block junk fax numbers 28
- Scan & Fax Mode 29
- Image TCR 29
- Distinctive ring (DRPD) 30
- Answer/receive mode 31
- Turn on the message center 35
- Record your greeting 36
- Play your greeting 36
- Screen or monitor your calls 37
- Announcement only 37
- Play back messages 37
- Erase messages 38
- Remote Access 39
- Message paging 41
- Record a conversation 41
- Broadcasting 43
- Delayed fax 44
- Polling 45
- To cancel the scheduled job 46
- Forward faxes 47
- Set the date and time 49
- Turn on and off sounds 49
- Set the fax header information 50
- Print reports 51
- Reprinting faxes 52
- Clearing memory 53
- Loudspeaker-HP 1040 Fax 53
- Speakerphone-HP 1050 Fax 53
- Redial a number in memory 54
- Print cartridge information 55
- View ink level 55
- Print the self test 56
- Replace the print cartridge 56
- Clear jammed documents and paper 58
- Maintain the print cartridge 59
- Clean the document scanner area 61
- Adjust the scanner 63
- LCD error messages 63
- Troubleshooting 66
- Paper types and sizes 71
- Document types and sizes 71
- Print cartridge 72
- Product specifications 72
- A sample of ITU #1 test chart (reduced to 60.5%) 74
- Environmental product stewardship program 75
- Regulatory notices 76
- Declaration of conformity 78
- Use Hewlett-Packard support services 79
- Hewlett-Packard LIMITED WARRANTY STATEMENT 80
- Contents
- Quick start
- HP Fax basics
- The HP Fax 1040/1050
- The menus
- Overview of menu options
- Loudspeaker-HP 1040 Fax
- Speakerphone-HP 1050 Fax
- Navigate the menus
- Enter dates, times, text, and telephone numbers
- Speed dialing
- Paper types and sizes
- Document types and sizes
- Set document resolution and contrast for a single copy
- Adjust volume
- Automatic fax redial
- Receiving via an extension telephone (HP 1040 Fax only)
- Additional features
- Digital message center (HP 1050 Fax only)
- Advanced faxing
- Feature reference
- Care and maintenance
- Specifications and regulatory information
- Index

Care and maintenance 56
Print the self test
NOTE: If the HP Fax is low on ink (ink level is 1/8), new faxes that come in will not be
printed. They will be stored in memory. You must manually print the faxes from memory
(see Reprinting faxes on page 52.) until you replace the ink cartridge (see Replace the
print cartridge on page 56.).
TIP: If memory become full before the print cartridge is replaced, the HP Fax will stop
answering the phone. Be sure to print the faxes out of memory regularly if you do not
immediately replace the ink cartridge.
Print the self test
When you want to test if the machine is working correctly, you can check it by printing the
self test.
1. Press Menu repeatedly until
TOOLS
appears and press Start/Enter.
2. Scroll to
Self Test
by pressing !" and press Start/Enter.
The machine runs self test and prints a report which shows the current status of the
machine.
Replace the print cartridge
When you notice that the print becomes light or
ink low
or when
install new ink cartridge
appears in the display, replace the print cartridge. The part number for replacement
cartridges is HP 20.
1. Take out a cartridge from its packaging and carefully remove the tape covering the
printhead.
Hold the cartridge by the colored top or black areas only. Do not touch the copper
area.
2. Press the Access Cartridge button on the control panel.
The cartridge carrier moves to the install position.
1 Access Cartridge
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