CHAPTER 8: Sending and Receiving Faxes
Automatically retry sending a fax
Important
Fax is automatically set up to retry three
times at ten minute intervals.
Automatically canceling a fax
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You can set up Fax so it continues to try sending your fax if the receiving fax
machine is busy.
To automatically retry sending a fax:
Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
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If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other
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Hardware. Click View installed printers or fax printers. The Printers and
Faxes window opens.
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If your Control Panel is in Classic View, double-click the Printers and Faxes
icon. The Printers and Faxes window opens.
Right-click Fax, then click Properties. The Fax Properties dialog box opens.
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Click the Devices tab, then click Properties. The Modem dialog box opens.
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Specify the number of retries and the amount of time between retries.
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Click OK.
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If your notebook tried to send a fax and failed to connect to a fax machine, you
can automatically cancel a failed fax.
To automatically cancel a failed fax:
Click Start, then click Control Panel. The Control Panel window opens.
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If your Control Panel is in Category View, click Printers and Other
2
Hardware. Click View installed printers or fax printers. The Printers and
Faxes window opens.
-OR-
If your Control Panel is in Classic View, double-click the Printers and Faxes
icon. The Printers and Faxes window opens.
Right-click Fax, then click Properties. The Fax Properties dialog box opens.
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Click the Devices tab, then click Properties. The Modem dialog box opens.
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Click the Cleanup tab.
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Click to select the Automatically delete failed faxes after check box and
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specify the number of days.
Click OK.
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