Types of Transmissions

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, 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.

• Cloud Fax

  The machine sends and receives faxes via a cloud fax service provided by an Internet fax service provider.

  Sending faxes to cloud fax destinations is possible when the Fax Application, LAN-Fax, Quick Fax and Web Image Monitor are used. When using Quick Fax, you can specify a Cloud Fax destination by selecting it from the Address Book. When using Web Image Monitor, you can send stored documents via a cloud fax service.