Flow Of The Computer Faxing Operation - Konica Minolta Bizhub C252 Operation Manual

Overview

Flow of the computer faxing operation

Conventionally, faxes are sent by loading an original into a fax machine and
sending it.
With computer faxing, you can send a fax directly from your computer
without using any paper.
Transmission commands sent from the application are received by the
printer driver.
Data is transmitted to this machine over a parallel interface (IEEE 1284) when
this machine is used as a local printer, over a USB interface when this
machine is used as a USB printer, or over an Ethernet interface (TCP/IP,
IPX/SPX, AppleTalk) when this machine is used as a network printer. The
data is then delivered from this machine to the printer controller, which
performs image rasterization (development of output characters and images
to bitmap data). Finally, this data is stored in the memory of this machine and
transmitted like a conventional fax job.
Parallel interface
Print
bizhub C252
Used as a
local printer
Application
Printer driver
(IEEE 1284)
PS/PCL processing (rasterizing)
Computer
Used as a
USB printer
Application
Printer driver
USB
Machine
Printer controller
Used as a
network printer
Application
Printer driver
Ethernet (TCP/IP,
IPX/SPX,
or Apple Talk)
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