Brother DCP-6690CW Internet fax and Scan to E-mail (For MFC-6490CW)

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Internet fax over view 10
Internet faxing (I-Fax) allows you to send and receive fax documents using the Internet as the transport
mechanism. Documents are transmitted in E-mail messages as attached TIFF-F files. This means that
computers are also able to receive an d send documents, providing that the comput er has as an application
that can generate and view TIFF-F files, you can use Microsoft® Imagin g or a TIFF-F viewer application. Any
documents sent via the machine will automatically be converted into a TIFF-F format. If you wish to send and
receive messages to and from your m achine, your mail application on the comp uter must be able to support
the MIME format.
Note
• You can send/receive I-Fax documents in Letter or A4 format and in Black & White only.
• If yo ur document is in a Ledger or A3 format, it will automatically be re duced to Letter or A4 format when
it is sent.
• If yo u want to send a document in a Ledger or A3 form at, see Scan to E-mailServer overview
(MFC-6490CW) on page134.
• Fo r MFC-5890CN
In order to use this function, please download the necessary software from the Brother Solutions Center.
(http://solutions.brother.com)
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Before sending or receiving an Internet fax you must configure your Brother machine to communicate with
your network and mail server. You must ensure the following: a correctly configured IP address for your
machine, an E-mail address for your machine, the mail server(s) IP address, mailbox name and password for
your Brother machine. If you are unsure of any of these items, please contact your systems Administrator.
For details of how to configure this information, see E-mail/I-FAX (For MFC-6490CW) on page 96.
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