Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product I-FAX MFC-8460N Brother
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I-Fax (Internet Fax) Last Updated: 16 th May 2007 Author: James Evans (BIE P&S Product Planning) Machines included: HL-4040CN 8 HL-4050CDN 8 HL-4070CDW 8 DCP-9040CN 8 DCP-9045CDN 8 MFC-9440CN 8 MF.
2: How to configure Before sending or receiving an Internet fax you mu st configure your Brother machine to communicate w ith your network and mail server.
5. When you have filled in the necessary information, click on ‘Submit’ 6. After a short while you will be asked if you want to send a test email to ensure a connection had been established with your email server. Pleas e enter an email address and click ‘Submit’.
10. You are now ready to configu re the more advanc ed settings for ‘I-Fax’. T hese a dvanced settings give you access to the email send and receive details, relay function and fax to server. The following instructions guide you through how to configure them.
Relay Function Use this if you want to configure a email broadcast (this will send the ‘I-Faxed’ document to everybody within a specified domain Here you can specify the domains. Specify if you want a relay broadcast report Clicking on ‘Submit’ will return you to the main ‘I-Fax Settings’ menu.
4: How to send an I-fax Sending an Internet fax is the same as sending a normal fax. If you have already programmed the addresses of the destination Internet fax machines as One T ouch or Speed-Dial l.
4.4 - Forwarding received E-mail and fax messages 13 You can forward received E-mail or standard fax messages to another E-mail addre ss or fax machine. Received messages can be forwarded via E-mail to a computer or Internet fax. They can also be forwarded via standard phone lines to another machine.
Relay broadcast from a computer You can also send E-mail from your computer and have it relayed to a conventional fax machine. The method of entering the phone number of the conventional fax mac hine that will receive the relayed E-mail will vary depending on the mail application you are usi ng.
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