Oki 56801 manual What Your I-Fax Machine Can Do, Installation Requirements, Machine Installation

What Your I-Fax Machine Can Do

I-Fax is a feature with many capabilities.

This unit can:

•send and receive faxes via a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

•send and receive faxes via the Internet (over a LAN)

•print via a Local Area Network (LAN) (Windows only)

•act as an email scanner (see “Backup/Archive (Email Scanning)” on page 83

•act as a Gateway service

•act as a convenience copier

!Important!

Internet faxes differ from traditional faxes in these ways:

Although your OKIFAX has security features, faxes sent over the Internet are more vulnerable to interception than faxes sent over the PSTN.

There is no way to verify that a message has been received by the machine to which it was addressed.

Installation Requirements

Before the machine is used, three processes must be completed.

•Machine Installation

•Network Setup

•Customization

!Installationsystem. and setup requirements may vary from system to

Machine Installation

Installation covers the physical procedures, such as removing the unit from the shipping packaging, connecting the power, telephone, and network lines, installing consumables.

Installation may be performed by anyone.

Refer to “Installation” on page 15” for more information.

Network Setup

Setup covers the network installation procedures, such as establishing the IP Addresses and configuring the network card.

A network administrator will perform setup.

Customization

Customization covers the programming procedures, such as One- Touch keys, machine settings, and network settings.

You can perform some of the customization procedures. Others must be performed by a network administrator.

LAN Topologies and Operating Systems

LAN

10base-T Ethernet

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