ADVANCED FEATURES

NETWORKING

Overview

This section explains how you can use this machine to distribute fax messages over networks of fax machines.

As we have seen (Sending to More Than One Location, page 51), you can send the same fax message directly from your machine to more than one location. The diagram in that section shows your machine sending the same fax to three locations. This feature is commonly known as Broadcasting.

However, with Broadcasting, you or your organization has to pay for three fax calls. If these are all long distance calls, that can be quite expensive. If you use the networking features provided with this machine, you will be able to reduce costs by sending the fax message only once, to a Transfer Station, and that Transfer Station will distribute your fax message.

ADVANCED

FEATURES

Networking using a

BroadcastingTransfer Station (Transfer Request)

You can take advantage of your machine’s Group Dial, Broadcasting, and Transfer Request features to set up extensive facsimile networks. Such networks can save time and cost if you set them up to perform commonly-used broadcasting operations, especially if long-distance communications are involved.

Cross-references

Groups: see page 30.

Broadcasting: see page 51.

Transfer Request: see page 87.

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