About Internet Fax; Internet Fax Overview - Xerox ApeosPort-III C7600 User Manual

About Internet Fax

Unlike general fax communications using public phone lines, Internet Fax uses
corporate intranets and the Internet to send or receive scan documents as e-mail
attachments.
Because Internet Fax uses existing corporate intranets and the Internet, the
transmission is less expensive than general fax transmission. By using a fax gateway,
the machine can also communicate with fax machines that do not support the Internet
Fax feature.
Note • This feature is not available for some models. To use the feature, an optional package is
For information on a fax gateway, refer to "Sending an Internet Fax to normal fax machines via a relay
station" (P.152).
For information on how to connect the machine to a network and configure the network environment,
refer to "5 Tools" > "Connectivity & Network Setup" in the Administrator Guide, and the manual
contained in the CD-ROM on the Driver CD Kit.

Internet Fax Overview

The following describes the Internet Fax features of the machine.
Sending Internet Fax
The Internet Fax feature allows you to send documents scanned by the machine as
TIFF-format attachments to Internet Fax-compatible machines.
Important • The TIFF file profiles that can be processed differ depending on the Internet Fax-compatible
• If a document is sent to a computer using the Internet Fax feature, it cannot be opened in
Using Direct Internet Fax feature
An Internet Fax can be sent directly to the Internet Fax-compatible machines without
going through the SMTP server.
You can switch between Internet Fax and Direct Internet Fax in the System Administration mode. For
more information, refer to "5 Tools" > "Fax Service Settings" > "Internet Fax Control" > "Internet Fax
Path" in the Administrator Guide.
Registering e-mail addresses in address numbers
Once you register a recipient's e-mail address in an address number, you do not need
to enter the e-mail address each time you send Internet Fax to the recipient.
Note • To address numbers, you can also register the Internet Fax profile and other settings
For information on how to register e-mail addresses, refer to "5 Tools" > "Setup" > "Add Address Book
Entry" in the Administrator Guide.
necessary. For more information, contact our Customer Support Center.
machine of the recipient. Confirm the profile that can be processed by the recipient's Internet
Fax-compatible machine before specifying a profile. For more information, refer to "Sending
Internet Fax" (P.149)". For profiles, refer to "Internet Fax Profile (Specifying Internet Fax
Profiles)" (P.186).
some cases. When you send a document to a computer, therefore, using the Scan-to-E-mail
feature is recommended.
required for transmission.

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