Oki 5780 manual Components of an Internet Fax

Components of an Internet Fax

A fax sent over the Internet has three components.

·Header

·e-mail (body text)

·Attachment(s): TIFF or PDF

Your ability to receive, view, or print these components will vary according to the settings of different functions.

Header

The header includes

·all routing information for the path your Internet Fax followed from the time it was sent to the time it was received.

·the To, From, and Date information.

The header may include RE: (Subject) information.

The header is automatically generated as part of the Internet Faxing process.

The header defines the format for attachments.

E-mail (body text)

The e-mail is the body text (e-mail message).

Attachment(s): TIFF or PDF

The attachment(s) are the “fax” part of the Internet Fax.

The content of the attachments (TIFF or PDF) is determined by the end user.

!PDF isn’t supported by the T.37 standards. Therefore, you cannot send an attached PDF file to T.37 Internet fax units.

TIFF files (Simple Mode) must be used for attachments or you cannot successfully send to a T.37 Internet fax unit.

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