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HEWLETT-PACKARD HP 2140 Fax - Page 3 Questions & Answers
How can I set up
Use the fax setup wizard from the HP toolbox , when it asks if you have an answering machine connected to the fax line say yes. Or setup a distinctive ring from you phone company and set the fax machine to answer double rings only. Use fax setup wizard to do this as well.
I cant send or recieve
Unplug the HP from the phone line.
Connect any regular phone, do you have a calling signal? Can you outdial and receive calls?
If so... Check if you're plugging the phone cable to the "LINE" not "EXT".
Our HP 2140 fax under distinctive ring setting
Was the fax plugged into another telephone line? Maybe a power surge?
My solution would be to reconfigure the fax from scratch to learn the ring pattern.
From the Manual:
Step 1-Teach the HP Fax the ring pattern
The HP Fax will learn the ring pattern when you call it from another telephone or fax
machine.
1. Be ready to call the fax machine.
2. Press Menu repeatedly until BASIC FAX displays and press OK.
3. Use LEFT ARROW - RIGHT ARROW BUTTONS to scroll through the options until DRPD Mode displays and press OK.
Call this fax from another fax machine... Waiting Ring...
will display.
4. Call the HP Fax.
DRPD OK will display when the pattern has been learned and the HP Fax will return
to Ready mode.
Step 2-Set up distinctive ring (DRPD) answer mode
Once you have activated distinctive ring, it becomes one of the answering modes you
can select by pressing the Mode/Contrast button.
Press Mode/Contrast repeatedly until DRPD Mode appears in the display.
• In Ready mode, DRPD appears in the right hand corner of the display.
• Now, the HP Fax will manage calls and faxes as if it were set to AUTO mode
(AUTO mode on page 28)
TIP: Distinctive ring must be set up again if you reassign your fax number
or connect the machine to another telephone line. Once set up again (that
is, the fax machine has learned the ring pattern and the answering mode is
correctly set), you should test the fax machine by calling the fax number
and another number on the same line. The machine should respond
appropriately to a call placed to the fax number with fax tones, and to a
normal telephone call with the expected ring pattern.
My 2140 HP Fax will
you might need to update your driver, which you can do at the following site.
http://www.driversquad.com/driver.php?option=o&prodid=172&cust=HP+USB+download_AD_search.swagbucks.com_1&channel=&subid=201_US*DR_o&roia=!iicYvq1BAAKLOkMAAAYOVQAAZT5CAABnCA-A
or if all else fails, re-install your software, which you can also do through HP's website
When I make a copy
This is a problem I"ve encountred before...You may have had a thunderstorm & lightning caused a
surge which has blown a cercuit on the scanner bar. If it is only 1 week old, then it coul also be a factory fault and the agents should repair it for you under warrenty. (that"s if it wasn"t lightning)
Not finding what you are looking for?
illustration of removing the old cartridge
illustration of preparing a new cartridge
CAUTION:
Do not touch the copper-colored contacts or re-tape the cartridge.
Figure 4: Do not touch contacts
warning not to touch the cartridge contacts
illustration of holding the cartridge with label on top
1 - Insert cartridge
2 - Push cartridge up
3 - Push cartridge in
illustration of install the cartridge
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illustration of alignment page printing
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