F-CODE RELAY BROADCAST TRANSMISSION

The F-code relay broadcast function is used to have a relay request fax machine send a fax to a relay fax machine, and then have the relay fax machine send the fax to mulitple end receiving machines. To use this function, the fax numbers of the end receiving machines must be stored in the relay machine.

The relay machine and the relay request machine (original sender of the fax) must both support F-codes; however, the end receiving machines do not need to support F-codes.

Relay request machine (sends document)

1Document is sent from

machine requesting

Sub-address

relay transmission

 

 

Passcode

Relay machine (your machine)

2 Check sub-address and passcode

Match

Does not match

3Document data is

S.F.

read into relay broadcast

 

memory box

 

(reception is permitted).

 

4 Document is successively transmitted

4

 

to end receiving machines programmed

 

in the relay broadcast memory box.

 

Receiving machine A

Receiving machine B

Receiving machine C

The machine that originally sends the document is called the relay request machine, and the machine that has a memory box containing the end receiving machines and which relays the received document to those machines is called the relay machine.

The document sent by the relay request machine is also printed by the relay machine.

For example, corporate headquarters in Seattle wants to send the same document to branch offices in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Jose. If the San Francisco office creates a relay broadcast memory box and programs the Oakland, Berkeley, and San Jose offices as end receiving destinations, the overall phone charges will be lower than if the Seattle office uses the regular broadcast transmission function (p.26). This function can also be combined with a timer setting (p.30) to take advantage of off-peak rates, allowing a further reduction in phone charges.

Transmission by the relay machine is called "F-code relay broadcast transmission", and transmission from the relay request machine to the relay machine is called "F-code relay request transmission".

Note

• For information on Sharp's reqular relay broadcast function, which uses the programmed sender's number and

relay ID code, see "SENDING FAXES USING THE RELAY REQUEST FUNCTION" on page 49.

•To create an F-code relay broadcast memory box and program, edit, and delete end receiving machines, see "F-CODE MEMORY BOX" on page 103. When creating a box, a passcode (SID) can be omitted.

•The relay request machine only bears the expense of sending the document to the relay machine. The relay machine bears the expense of sending the document to each of the end receiving machines.

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