Types of Transmissions
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The facsimile function allows you to send documents in the following five ways:
Fax
Specify a fax number to send faxes via a telephone network.
IP-Fax
The IP-Fax function sends or receives documents between two facsimiles directly via a TCP/IP network.
Specify the IP address or host name of the other party's fax machine as an IP-Fax destination.
For details about the function, see Overview of IP-Fax Function
.Internet Fax
The Internet Fax function converts scanned documents to TIFF files and sends them as e-mail attachments to fax machines that can receive Internet Faxes. If the other party's machine supports T.37 full mode, bi-directional exchange of data such as available paper size and resolution is possible.
Specify the e-mail address of the other party's fax machine as an Internet Fax destination.
For details about the function, see Overview of Internet Fax Function
.E-mail
The machine converts scanned documents to TIFF or PDF files and sends them as e-mail attachments to e-mail addresses. You can view fax documents on a computer.
To send a fax, specify an e-mail address.
For details about the function, see Overview of E-mail Transmission Function
.Folder
The machine converts scanned documents to TIFF or PDF files and sends them via a network to a folder directly. You can view fax documents on a computer.
Specify the path to a folder on a network.
For details about the function, see Overview of Folder Transmission Function
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Destination |
Line |
Destination specification method |
Device type |
File type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fax |
Telephone network |
Fax number |
Multi-function peripheral equipped with a facsimile function or fax machine |
- |
IP-Fax |
Internet or LAN |
IP address or host name |
Multi-function peripheral equipped with a facsimile function or fax machine |
- |
Internet Fax |
Internet or LAN |
E-mail address |
Multi-function peripheral equipped with a facsimile function or fax machine |
TIFF |
Internet or LAN |
E-mail address |
Computer |
TIFF/PDF |
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Folder |
Internet or LAN |
Folder path |
Computer |
TIFF/PDF |
