Oki 5780 manual Relay Faxing

Relay Faxing

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 another machine (the relay key station [hub]). The relay key station (hub) then sends the fax to all of the other machines/locations in the area code, at local rates.

Relay faxing allows one machine to send a document to another machine, which then forwards the document to a number of other locations. Two different machines are involved in transmitting a relay fax: the relay initiating station and the relay key station (hub).

The OKIFAX 5780 machine can function as an initiating station.

The OKIFAX 5980 machine can function as an initiating station and a relay key station (hub).

The relay key station (hub) can send a confirmation report to the relay initiating station when the relay fax session is complete. This confirmation report is called the Relay Broadcast Report.

!The relay initiating station and the relay key station (hub) must coordinate efforts before a relay fax can be sent.

!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, OKIFAX 5750/5950 Series, and OKIFAX 5980 are the only OKIFAX machines that can function as relay key stations (hubs).

!If you cannot access Relay Fax features, contact your service dealer. A Service Function setting (Technical Function 36) may require adjustment.

!All machines involved in a Relay Fax should be set to Auto Receive mode. See “Setting Basic Features, Setting the Answering Mode.”

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