Minolta FAX2900 Fax Machine User Manual


 
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9.1 Overview
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Internet Fax & Network Scan Chapter 9
9.1.3 Internet Faxing
Unlike fax machines that use telephone lines, Internet faxing can send
and receive fax images over the Internet. The Internet fax service uses
Internet e-mail services to send and receive fax images. An Internet
fax service transmits scanned images as TIFF-F files attached to e-
mail messages and sends them to the desired Internet fax destination.
The Internet fax service that receives the e-mail messages then prints
the files when they are received.
Since Internet fax uses e-mail to send the fax images, Internet faxes
can also be sent to e-mail addresses as well as other Internet fax
services. The person that receives the Internet fax will receive the fax
images as e-mail attachments using their e-mail software.
Mail server
Intranet
Internet
Internet fax
Client computer
Client computer
Mail server
terminal