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Save faxes to your PC with the HP Officejet 6500

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  » How to save incoming faxes to your PC
  » How to save outgoing faxes to your PC
  » Purchase the HP Officejet 6500 All-in-One
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  Fax to PC

Introduction

Discover the benefits of the Fax to PC function, and then learn how to set up the HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One to save your incoming and outgoing faxes as digital files, enabling you to do much more with them.

Do more with your fax documents

Man getting the most out of faxes saved to his PC
Having faxes you’ve sent and received save to your PC automatically lets you easily search and edit them with OCR (Optical character recognition) software.
Officejet 6500 Wireless AiO
The HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One offers built-in Ethernet networking, as well as wireless, and a host of additional features to help out in the office.

Even in an e-mail-centric world, faxing is still a frequently used method for transmitting hard copies of important documents such as contracts, purchase orders, signed and legal documents.

The Fax to PC function on the HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One allows you to save faxes as digital files on your PC. Let the time-tested technology of faxing work even harder for you:

  • Keep a digital record of all correspondence to reference when needed—a great tool for small businesses.
  • Access documents onscreen for easy viewing.
  • E-mail faxed documents Once the faxes have been saved to your PC, they’re easy to attach to e-mails.
  • Print multiple copies without the extra step of scanning or copying.
  • Edit, search, and repurpose faxed documents with OCR OCR (Optical character recognition) software adds immense functionality to scanned documents and faxes that have been saved to PC allowing you to edit, search, and repurpose documents as though you’d typed them in yourself!

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How to save incoming faxes to your PC

Settings option screenshot
Step 2: Select Settings once you’ve opened the HP Solution Center.
Fax to PC setup Wizard screenshot
Step 3: Under More Fax Settings, select Fax to PC Setup Wizard.
Pop-up message when faxes are received
A pop-up message will let you know when you’ve received a new fax.

After a one-time setup, your HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One will automatically save received faxes directly to your PC.

Note: You can only save black and white faxes to PC. Color faxes will print out.

Fax to PC setup instructions:

  • Step 1: Open the HP Solution Center


  • Step 2: Select Settings


  • Step 3: Under More Fax Settings, select Fax to PC Setup Wizard


  • Step 4: Follow the onscreen instructions to set up the Fax to PC function


Now that Fax to PC is set up, when you receive a fax, a pop-up message will appear on your PC to let you know that an incoming fax has been stored in the designated folder.

From here, you can open your saved fax document and, if you choose, print a hard copy for your records.
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How to save outgoing faxes to your PC

How to fax options
Step 2: Press the arrow key until Scan & Fax appears. Press OK.
Keep a record of faxes you’ve sent on your PC—useful for both legal proof that you’ve sent them and to help keep you organized. It’s easy to do with the HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One:

Step 1: Press Fax Menu repeatedly until How to Fax appears.

Step 2: Press the arrow key until Scan & Fax appears. Press OK.

Step 3: Choose a destination for the scan.
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Purchase the HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One

The HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One
The HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One is one of several HP All-in-Ones that allow you to save incoming and outgoing faxes directly to your PC.
The HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One

$199.99

  • Save sent and received faxes directly to PC
  • Up to 40% lower cost per color page1, and uses less energy than a laser printer2
  • Built-in wireless and Ethernet networking
  • Printing/copying up to 32 pages/min black, 31 color3
  • Reliable color printing, faxing, scanning, copying

HP makes several other All-in-Ones that feature the ability to save sent and received faxes directly to your PC:


Compare these and other HP printers and All-in-Ones at the HP Printer buying guides.
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Learn more

  • Discover the key features of HP fax machines to learn about more you can do with faxing and what to look for in a fax machine or HP All-in-One.


  • OCR (Optical character recognition Learn more about OCR software, bundled with many HP scanners and All-in-Ones, which lets you edit, search, and repurpose your scanned documents as though you’d typed them in yourself.


  • Home office printing: Get more useful information about choosing the office equipment that’s right for you and tips about how best to use it.
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1 Among majority of color laser AiOs less than $600, 6/08, OJ with highest-capacity cartridges.
2 Among majority of color laser AiOs less than $600, 6/08; energy use based on HP testing using ENERGY STAR® program TEC test method criteria.
3 After first page; see www.hp.com/go/inkjetprinter for details.
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