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CHAPTER 8: SENDING / RECEIVING FAXES OVER THE
INTERNET
1. OVERVIEW
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To send a fax over the Internet, you place a fax file in your subscriber’s Internet (e-mail) mailbox.
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To receive a fax over the Internet, you retrieve a fax file from your own Internet (e-mail) mailbox.
Both these operations are carried out during the same on-line session via an Internet access provider.
Both you and your contact must possess an Internet (e-mail) account.
A faxing session over the Internet takes place as follows:
1. All pending faxes destined for the Internet and stored in the fax machine’s memory are sent out (the
machine’s memory is emptied).
2. All faxes and e-mails sent to your personal Internet mailbox are retrieved and stored in the fax machine’s
memory
Note:
The fax proper is sent as an e-mail attachment.
Depending on the configuration of your fax machine, the process of sending and retrieving faxes over the Internet
may be activated in either of three ways:
1. Three times a day at set times (default setting: 9:00, 12:30 and 17:00): the Internet fax session is
automatically activated at these times.
2. At regular intervals (default setting: every 3 hours): every (n) hours.
Note:
The unit will in fact automatically connect to the Internet (cases 1 and 2) up to 12 minutes before or after the
programmed time, to avoid a flood of Internet accesses resulting in the simultaneous sending of several
pending documents, which would saturate the network.
3. Manually, by pressing MENU followed by 9 and 3 (INTERNET, IMMEDIATE ACCESS) or by pressing
the MENU key followed by the INTERNET key.
You may also program your fax machine’s Internet parameters (see the Settings section) in order to:
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configure the machine to match the parameters of the access provider with whom you have an e-mail
account.
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fine-tune the connection parameters (connection time slot; speed of the data transmission).
2. SENDING A FAX
Faxes sent over the Internet are always loaded into the fax machine’s memory first.
Press the INTERNET key.
Key in the subscriber’s e-mail address or press the REDIAL key.
Press the INTERNET key.
DIALLING USING THE DIRECTORY
You may use the directory to find a subscriber’s e-mail address.
Place your document into the scanner feeder.
Using the keypad, key in the first few letters of a subscriber’s name which is recorded in the directory.
Press the INTERNET key.
DIALLING USING QUICK-DIAL KEYS OR SECURE ONE-TOUCH DIAL KEYS
Proceed as if sending a fax by normal means, but press the INTERNET key instead of FAX/COPY to
begin transmission.
You may use the Fax Broadcast facility to send faxes to several subscribers at a time (fax or Internet - refer to the
Fax broadcast section of the SENDING A FAX chapter).
3. SENDING AN E-MAIL
You can use your fax machine to send a message which you enter using the keypad to an electronic mailbox:
Press MENU, 9, 5 and OK: the display shows the parameters that need to be set.
Enter the e-mail address (or use the directory / quick-dial / one-touch dial numbers).
Press OK.
Key in the subject of the message.
Press OK.
Key in the text of the message using the keypad.
Press OK.
Press the INTERNET key.
