About Internet Fax; Precaution For Internet Transmission; Internet Fax Transmission Overview - Toshiba E-studio 520 Scanning Manual

7. Internet Fax

About Internet Fax

When the Scanner Kit or Printer/Scanner Kit is installed, you can perform the Internet
Fax function that provides the ability to transmit a scanned original as an E-mail, with an
attached TIFF-FX (Profile S) file. Since an Internet line is used instead of a phone line,
the communication cost can be reduced.
In this function, an E-mail address is specified in place of a phone number to transmit a
scanned original to the Internet Fax equipment or the client computers.
When the Internet Fax is received, it is automatically output like regular Fax.
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Precaution for Internet Transmission

Transmissions using the Internet Fax function are the same as E-mail transmissions.
Before you start to use the Internet Fax function, it is recommended that you read this
section and understand the precautions for Internet transmission.
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Internet Fax Transmission Overview

The following is an overview of the various transmissions that can be performed using
the Internet Fax function.
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The administrator needs to configure the network settings for Internet Fax to func-
tion. See the Network Administration Guide.
To use the Internet Fax function, the Scanner Kit or Printer/Scanner Kit is required.
The Internet Fax sends a document to the E-mail server of Internet and it does not
send via the PSTN* alike regular facsimile transmissions.
Internet transmission has low security. It is recommended that you use regular fac-
simile transmission when confidential document is sent.
It may take a considerable amount of time for the recipient to receive the document
because of the line traffic in the Internet.
If the document being transmitted has a large amount of data, it may not be suc-
cessfully sent due to the configuration of the E-mail server.
PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) is a global telephone system enables
to communicate in worldwide using copper wires to transmit analog data.
Internet Fax to Internet Fax
The equipment can send a document to another Internet Fax equipment through the
Internet or Intranet. The document is sent as an E-mail.
E-mail Server
E-mail Transmission
LAN
Internet
Intranet
E-mail Server
Scanning Guide — About Internet Fax