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Internet Faxing (i-FAX) > What is i-FAX?
What is i-FAX?
The i-FAX function sends and receives faxes via the Internet without using a phone line.
The main features of i-FAX are:
• It reduces communication costs since it does not use a phone line.
• Address books (on this machine or on a computer) can be used to specify destinations.
• Faxes can be sent to multiple recipients simultaneously.
• Memory forwarding can be used to forward faxes received by this machine to multiple recipients as Internet faxes.
• E-mail notification of transmission results
• Direct SMTP is supported, which enables direct communication (without going through a mail server) with a machine
that supports Internet fax and is connected via LAN. Real time transmission and reception are possible.
Example of sending i-FAX
i-FAX Transmission Flowchart
The procedure for sending an i-FAX is shown below.
Scan the original on this machine.
Send the fax to the recipient’s E-mail address.
The mail server receives the fax.
The recipient’s fax machines download the fax from the mail server.
NOTE
When Direct SMTP is used, communication does not go through a mail server, and thus a document scanned on your
machine is sent directly to the destination Direct SMTP compliant machine.
Internet
Mail Server
Mail Server
LAN
E-Mail: [email protected]
IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
IP address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Direct SMTP
Internet Fax
This machine
This machine
This machine
E-Mail: [email protected]
