Relay Faxing
What is Relay Faxing?
Relay faxing allows one fax machine to send a document to another fax machine, which then
What is an example of Relay Faxing? Imagine that you need to send a fax to a number of locations in another area code. With Relay Faxing, you (the relay initiating station) send one fax (transmission) long distance to one fax (the relay key station). The relay key station then sends the fax to all of the other faxes/locations in the area code, at local rates.
!Relay Faxing is different from group faxing. In Group Faxing, a fax is sent to a preprogrammed group of
locations directly from the fax machine.
At this writing, the OKIFAX 2600 is the only Oki fax machine that can function as a relay key station.
Relay Initiating Station
Your fax machine can act as the relay initiating station, which starts the relay broadcast by sending the original documents.
Before you can program your fax machine to initiate a relay broadcast, you will need to obtain the following information from the operator of the unit you intend to use as a relay key station:
Relay Password
This is the
Relay Group Numbers
These
