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.
The machine converts scanned documents to TIFF, PDF, or PDF/A 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, PDF, or PDF/A 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.
Destination |
Line |
Destination specification method |
Device type |
File type |
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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, or PDF/A |
|
Folder |
Internet or LAN |
Folder path |
Computer |
TIFF, PDF, or PDF/A |