Vista - HP2610 All-in-one fax only works without the internet

gerrieaustin · 09-01-2009

I had a XP for more than 10 years with the hp2610 hooked up and the fax worked until I had a power surge that completely fried the computer. I now have a laptop hp pavilion with the same configuration and printer it doesn't fax anymore.

The fax only works when the printer is hooked up directly the phone port, directly bypassing the computer all together. I have downloaded all the hp2610 all-in-one I can find. I have changed the back of the printer to the other port thinking that would work but it still doesn't work. Any ideas?

09-01-2009

The PC Fax wont work unless a phone line is connected to the PC modem -
thats the way its allways been
Or are you refering to Fax direct from the printer
Did you install the Vista drivers from HP prior to connecting the printer?
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...421139&lang=en

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>
> I had a XP for more than 10 years with the hp2610 hooked up and the fax
> worked until I had a power surge that completely fried the computer. I
> now have a laptop hp pavilion with the same configuration and printer it
> doesn't fax anymore.
>
> The fax only works when the printer is hooked up directly the phone
> port, directly bypassing the computer all together. I have downloaded
> all the hp2610 all-in-one I can find. I have changed the back of the
> printer to the other port thinking that would work but it still doesn't
> work. Any ideas?
>
>
> --
> gerrieaustin

gerrieaustin · 09-02-2009

I originally had the configuration of hooking the phone line into the laptop first and the printer would work. That's the way a "normal" setup works for the printer. But the fax part of this configuration wasn't working that way. It only worked if I bypassed the configuration (laptop) and hooked the phone line into the printer itself. That only tells me that the modem, inside my laptop computer, wasn't working the way it should be. I have a DSL setup also which means I shouldn't have to work with the modem at all. Have I got this all screwed up?

09-01-2009	#1 (permalink)
gerrieaustin Vista Pavilion Entertainment PC 4 posts	HP2610 All-in-one fax only works without the internet I had a XP for more than 10 years with the hp2610 hooked up and the fax worked until I had a power surge that completely fried the computer. I now have a laptop hp pavilion with the same configuration and printer it doesn't fax anymore. The fax only works when the printer is hooked up directly the phone port, directly bypassing the computer all together. I have downloaded all the hp2610 all-in-one I can find. I have changed the back of the printer to the other port thinking that would work but it still doesn't work. Any ideas?
My System Specs

09-01-2009	#2 (permalink)
DL n/a posts	Re: HP2610 All-in-one fax only works without the internet The PC Fax wont work unless a phone line is connected to the PC modem - thats the way its allways been Or are you refering to Fax direct from the printer Did you install the Vista drivers from HP prior to connecting the printer? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...421139&lang=en "gerrieaustin" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:6b0871710e4e71c730dfebbdd1ec68ba@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > I had a XP for more than 10 years with the hp2610 hooked up and the fax > worked until I had a power surge that completely fried the computer. I > now have a laptop hp pavilion with the same configuration and printer it > doesn't fax anymore. > > The fax only works when the printer is hooked up directly the phone > port, directly bypassing the computer all together. I have downloaded > all the hp2610 all-in-one I can find. I have changed the back of the > printer to the other port thinking that would work but it still doesn't > work. Any ideas? > > > -- > gerrieaustin
My System Specs

09-02-2009	#3 (permalink)
gerrieaustin Vista Pavilion Entertainment PC 4 posts	Re: HP2610 All-in-one fax only works without the internet I originally had the configuration of hooking the phone line into the laptop first and the printer would work. That's the way a "normal" setup works for the printer. But the fax part of this configuration wasn't working that way. It only worked if I bypassed the configuration (laptop) and hooked the phone line into the printer itself. That only tells me that the modem, inside my laptop computer, wasn't working the way it should be. I have a DSL setup also which means I shouldn't have to work with the modem at all. Have I got this all screwed up?
My System Specs

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