What Is I-Fax - Kyocera TASKalfa 8000i Operation Manual

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 (refer to page 4-18) can be used to forward faxes received by this machine to multiple
recipients as Internet faxes.
• E-mail notification of transmission results
Example of sending i-FAX from A OFFICE to B OFFICE
PC
PC
E-Mail: AOFFICE@XXX.COM
FAX No: 0612345678
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.
Other fax machines download the fax from the mail server.
A OFFICE
Server
This machine This machine This machine
C OFFICE
FAX
FAX No:0387654321
kyo@abc.com
Inter net
Phone line
8-2
Internet Faxing (i-FAX) (Option)
B OFFICE
PC Server
PC
E-Mail: BOFFICE@XXXX.COM
FAX No: 07556781234