Brother International MFC-J6945DW Online Users Guide HTML - Page 379

Home > Network > Advanced Network Features > Fax Using the Internet (I-Fax) Fax Using the Internet (I-Fax) Related Models: MFC-J6945DW With Brother's I-Fax program, you can send and receive fax documents using the Internet as the transport mechanism. Documents are transmitted in email messages as attached TIFF files. Your computer can send and receive documents as long as it has an application that can generate and view TIFF files. You can use any TIFF viewer application. Documents sent via the Brother machine will be converted into a TIFF format automatically. If you want to send and receive messages to and from your Brother machine, your computer's email application must support Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). 5 2 1 4 3 6 1. Fax (Sender) 2. Telephone line 3. Your Brother Machine (Receiver/Sender) 4. The Internet 5. A computer receives a forwarded email 6. A fax machine receives a forwarded fax • I-Fax supports sending and receiving documents in Letter or A4 format and in black and white only. • If your document is in Ledger or A3 format, it will be reduced to Letter or A4 format automatically when it is sent. Related Information • Advanced Network Features • Important Information about Internet Fax (I-Fax) • Configure Your Brother Machine for Email or I-Fax • I-Fax Options Related Topics: • Forward Received Email and Fax Messages 371