Fax machine is receiving faxes, but sending them directly to memory instead of printing

some new fax machines has, fax memory older models dont, so if your fax machine is old. the fax has been lost, because when printing is one time (dont preserve on fax memory, only the comunication numbers. try talk to your fax senders send again a fax copy,

I found the manuel on line and found out how to print the faxes in memory to release the memory. So next time a big fax comes thru I will try to print and release faxes from memory.

This is an excerpt of the User's Guide for your machine. You can download from here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=1138342&


Print fax confirmation reports
If you need printed confirmation that your faxes were successfully sent, follow these instructions to enable fax confirmation before sending any faxes. Select either On Fax Send or Send & Receive.
The default fax confirmation setting is Off. This means that the HP All-in-One will not print a confirmation report for each fax sent or received. A confirmation message indicating whether a fax was successfully sent appears briefly on the display after
each transaction.
To enable fax confirmation from the control panel
1. Press Setup.
2. Press 2, and then press 1.
This selects Print Report and then selects Fax Confirmation.
3. Press to select one of the following, and then press OK.

Off Does not print a fax confirmation report when you send and
receive faxes successfully. This is the default setting.
On Fax Send Prints a fax confirmation report for every fax you send.
On Fax Receive Prints a fax confirmation report for every fax you receive.
Send & Receive Prints a fax confirmation report for every fax you send and receive.
User Guide 65
Fax
Tip If you choose On Fax Send or Send & Receive, and scan your fax to send from memory, you can include an image of the first page of the fax on the Fax Sent Confirmation report. Press Setup, press 2, and then press 2 again. Select On from the Image on Fax Send Report menu.

If you want to reprint a fax because the print cartridge was empty or if the fax was printed on the wrong type of media, you can try to reprint it. The amount of memory that is available determines the actual number of faxes that are stored for reprinting. ... These faxes are stored continuously.
here's how if you have this accessibility..
Press "Setup" on the control panel of your fax machine. Most fax machines will have an LED display panel on the front of the machine. The panel will usually include on screen prompts and help options. Some fax machines signal the user if they have faxes stored in memory and prompt the user to "print faxes" or "clear memory," but you need to make sure that you don't accidentally clear the memory or you will lose all saved faxes.
Use the arrow keys or number pad as directed by screen prompts to select "Fax Setup Menu" and then press the "OK" or "Start" key.
Enter the security code, PIN, or user authorization code if required. The security code or PIN protects sensitive information and prevents unauthorized use of the fax machine memory. If you haven't set it up you don't have it.
Navigate to "Receive" or "Print Faxes in Memory" and then press the "OK" or "Start" key as directed by the on-screen prompt. The last fax stored in the machine's memory should begin to print.
Repeat the above steps for each fax in memory if you need a different one.
Hope this helps and isn't clear as mud!
Happy new year.
problem? make and model # please.

Hi BrendaAsh,
Thank you for the above information.
Please ask rlandriani to access the user parameters on the fax machine and turn the Quick Memory XMT to "Off" or "Invalid".
This should set the machine for direct manual sending without memory intervention.
Regards
Gavin.

it may be the memory, try switching to direct printing instead of going into memory, if it prints you should change the memory.

Instead of trying to send a fax try to call the number from a different phone. To see if the receiver is busy all the time..

from the Lexmark website:

This issue occurs when the user sends a fax using the flatbed scanner. After the first page is scanned, a message is displayed asking if another page needs to be scanned. The user options are YES or NO.

• If the user chooses YES or NO and the fax starts to dial, they can safely press CANCEL without inducing the problem.
  
• If the user presses the CANCEL button instead of answering the question, all future received faxes will go to memory instead of printing out. NOTE: There is no direct means of recovering a lost fax, but unplugging the machine and reseating the power supply will restore normal operation. An error report will be printed and provide information about the lost fax, which may allow the user to contact the sender and request that the fax be sent again.

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