Minolta Scanner Mode - Manual (Page 25)

2 Overview
2-6 Scanner Mode
2.5 Internet Faxing
● As opposed to a normal fax, which transmits through telephone lines,
Internet fax sends and receives fax images through the Internet.
Internet fax uses the Internet electronic mail (e-mail) setup to send and
receive fax images. Image data scanned at an Internet fax terminal is
attached to an e-mail message as a TIFF-F file, then sent to the
recipient's Internet fax terminal. The file attached to the received e-
mail message is printed by the Internet fax terminal on the receiving
end.
In addition, since e-mail is used, the fax can be sent to an individual e-
mail address, not just an Internet fax terminal. In this case, the fax
image arrives at the receiving end as an attachment to an e-mail
message received with the usual mail client software.
Intranet
Internet fax
Internet
Mail server
Client computer
Mail server
terminal
Client computer