Front control panel setup button, Setup button – Compaq Printer A1500 User Manual
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Front Control Panel Setup Button
From the Setup button on the All-In-One control panel, you can select the following features. Most of the features along with 
many more features are available from the Compaq A1500 Settings Utility on your computer. 
To access the Setup button features:
1. Press the Setup button. 
2. Press the Menu button to cycle through Setup button features. 
3. Press the Options button to change the settings. 
Setup Button
Menu Options Description
Date/Time
• Month/Day/Year 
• Hour/Minute/AM/PM 
These options allow you to change the date and time.
Print Report
• Fax Confirm 
• Transmit Log 
• Receive Log 
• Speed Send List 
• Self Test 
The Fax Confirm Report prints a report for the last fax sent. 
The Transmit Log lists the faxes that were sent. 
The Receive Log lists the faxes that were received. 
The Speed Send List lists the Speed Send numbers and names. 
The Self Test checks that the printer is functioning correctly. 
Press the Start button to initiate the selected report. 
Maintenance
• Cartridge Clean 
• Cartridge Align 
• Scanner Init 
Use Cartridge Clean when the Self Test page shows a clogged nozzle. 
Use Cartridge Align when the printed text looks jagged. 
Use Scanner Init to recalibrate the scanner after cleaning the scanner or when vertical 
stripes are visible in scanned images. 
Press the Start button to initiate the selected report. 
Paper Size
• Letter 
• Legal 
• A4 
Use this feature for fax printing and standalone copy functions only. The size of paper 
loaded into the paper input tray should always be selected here. 
Ringer Volume
• Silent 
• Low 
• Mid 
• High 
Select Silent for quiet fax reception. When selected, error tones are not generated. 
Use these settings to adjust the ringer volume. 
Fax Print
• Letter Quality 
• Draft Quality 
Use Letter Quality for the best quality print. 
Use Draft Quality to print faster and use less ink. 
Fax Forwarding
• Off 
• Forward 
• Print/Forward 
Fax Forwarding allows you to forward your faxes to another fax machine. Select Off to 
turn Fax Forwarding off, Forward to forward your faxes, and Print/Forward to print 
your faxes locally as well as forward them. .For more information, see the chapter on 
Faxing, and the Using the Compaq A1500 Settings Utility chapter. 
Fax Receive Mode
• Tel 
 
• Ans/Fax 
 
 
• Fax 
 
• DRPD 
The Tel setting allows you to use an extension telephone and start the fax by pressing 
*9* on the handset if an incoming fax is heard. 
The Ans/Fax settings allow an answering machine to be attached to your A1500. When 
a call comes in, the fax senses the fax tones. If it doesn’t sense these tones, then the 
answering machine allows the caller to leave a message. 
The Fax setting should be used when the A1500 is attached to a dedicated Fax 
telephone line. 
The DRPD mode is available once a distinctive ring pattern is learned. 
Setup DRPD
• Learn
Press Start to set the A1500 to learn the next ring pattern. Call the Fax telephone 
number from another telephone within three minutes. You must have the DRPD 
Service enabled by your telephone company. 
