HP LaserJet 3055 All in One Printer - Send and receive faxes by using a computer

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Send and receive faxes by using a computer

This section contains basic instructions for sending faxes by using the software that came with the all-
in-one. All other software-related topics are covered in the software Help, which can be opened from
the software-program Help menu.

NOTE

The HP fax software and HP ToolboxFX are not supported for Windows 98 or

Windows Me. The HP ToolboxFX software is not supported for Macintosh.

NOTE

Receiving faxes by using a computer is not supported for Macintosh.

You can fax electronic documents from your computer if you meet the following requirements:

The all-in-one is connected directly to your computer or connected to your computer over a TCP/
IP network.

The all-in-one software is installed on your computer.

You are using Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP, or Mac OS X V10.3 or V10.4.

To send a fax from the software (Windows 2000 or XP)

The procedure to send a fax varies according to your specifications. The most typical steps follow.

1.

Click Start, click Programs (or All Programs in Windows XP), and then click Hewlett-Packard.

2.

Click either HP LaserJet all-in-one, and then click Send fax. The fax software appears.

3.

Enter the fax number of one or more recipients.

4.

Load the document in the automatic document feeder (ADF) input tray.

5.

Include a cover page. (This step is optional.)

6.

Click Send Now, or click Send Later and select a date and time.

NOTE

You can also send a fax from HP ToolboxFX by navigating to the Fax Tasks section

and clicking the Fax Send button.

To send a fax from the software (Mac OS X V10.3 and V10.4)

1.

Load the document into the automatic document feeder (ADF) input tray or the flatbed scanner.

2.

Open HP Director and click Fax. The fax software appears.

3.

Select Fax from the Print dialog.

4.

Enter the fax number of one or more recipients.

5.

Include a cover page (this step is optional).

6.

Click Fax.

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To send a fax from a third-party software program, such as Microsoft Word (all operating

systems)

1.

Open a document in a third-party program.

2.

Click the File menu, and then click Print.

3.

Select the fax print driver from the printer drop-down list. The fax software appears.

4.

Windows users: Complete steps 2 through 5 in the Windows section of

Sending and receiving

faxes by using a computer

.

-or-

Mac users: Complete steps 2 through 6 in either the Mac OS X V10.3 or the Mac OS X V10.4
section of

Sending and receiving faxes by using a computer

.

Receiving faxes to your computer

To receive faxes to your computer, you must turn on the receive-to-PC setting in the software (see
the all-in-one software Help). The receive-to-PC setting can be activated only from one computer. If
for any reason that computer is no longer available, you can use the following procedure to turn the
receive-to-PC setting off from the all-in-one control panel.

1.

On the all-in-one control panel, press

Menu

.

2.

Use the

<

or the

>

button to select Fax functions, and then press .

3.

After you select the Stop Recv to PC setting, any faxes that remain in the all-in-one memory
are printed.

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