Multitech FaxFinder FF100 Manuel utilisateur

FaxFinder®

FF Model Series

V.34 Fax Server

Client Operation Primer

Contents

INTRODUCTION 3

SENDING A FAX 3

RECEIVING A FAX 10

Receiving Faxes from the Fax Attendant (Manual Routing Mode)....................................................................................10

Receiving Faxes Directly from the Admin (Automated Routing Mode).............................................................................12

TECH SUPPORT 14

FaxFinder FF Model Series V.34 Fax Servers

Client Operation Primer

P/N S000407D, Revision D

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Record of Revisions

Revision Date Description

A 04/20/06 Initial Release, Rev A. Applies to all FaxFinders and supersedes previous

model-specific Client Operation Primers.

B 03/09/07 Revised to add FF-120/220 models & generalized for all FF models.

C 04/17/07 Revised tech support listing.

D 11/20/07 Revised tech support listing

Trademarks

FaxFinder, Multi-Tech, and the Multi-Tech logo are registered trademarks of Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. All other brand and

product names mentioned in this publication are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Patents

This device is covered by one or more of the following patents: 6,031,867; 6,012,113; 6,009,082; 5,905,794; 5,864,560; 5,815,567; 5,815,503;

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5,301,274. Other patents pending.

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Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer Sending a Fax

Introduction

Thisguideshowsyouhow to send and receive faxes with your Multi-Tech FaxFinder®unit.

Your FaxFinder is a complete, economical, easy-to-use network fax server. It allows you to receive faxes as emails

and send faxes from any application that can print.

Sending a Fax

To send a fax by printing from an application program on a client PC, follow the steps listed below.

1. The client PC and the FaxFinder server must both be connected to the same Ethernet LAN system. (See the

section “Part B: Configuring the FaxFinder Server” in Chapter 3 of the Administrator User Guide.)

2. The FaxFinder client software must be installed on the PC. (See the section “Installing FaxFinder Client

Software” in Chapter 2 of the Client User Guide or Chapter 5 of the Administrator User Guide.)

First-Time Use Only. When the FaxFinder client software is run for the first time (immediately after software

installation), you, as a new client-user, will be prompted to enter your own User-ID information in the Options |

Identification screen. At a minimum, you must fill in the “Name” and “Fax Number” fields. You will not be able

to access or use the FaxFinder client until this step has been done.

3. The association must be made between the client PC and the FaxFinder Server. (See the section “Associating

Client with Specific FaxFinder Unit(s)” in Chapter 2 of the Client User Guide or Chapter 5 of the Administrator

User Guide.)

This, too, is essentially a one-time event. (That is, you do not need to do this each time you use the

FaxFinder.) However, the association would have to be revised if the FaxFinder’s IP address changed. And it

is possible for the client to be associated with more than one FaxFinder unit.

4. After installation, the FaxFinder Fax Client Software program will be running whenever the PC is on. You can

view the FaxFinder program's main window by clicking on the FaxFinder icon at the lower right of the PC’s

monitor screen in its Application Tray. Then select “Show FaxFinder Client Software.” (Note: The user can shut

down the FaxFinder program by selecting "exit" either from the tray icon or from the main FaxFinder program

screen. If the program has been shut down, it can be restarted from the Windows Start menu.)

Sending a Fax Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer

However, you can send and receive faxes without viewing the main screen.

Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer Sending a Fax

5. At the application program (for example, a word processing program or drawing program), print to the

FaxFinder.

Setting the destination of the printing job varies from program to program. For the common Notepad text

editor program, for example, you must set the destination printer in the Page Setup screen. In most cases,

however, the destination printer can be set in a Print menu that appears when each printing job is initiated.

Leave Properties/Preferences at Default Settings. After the FaxFinder has been chosen as the target

printer, a ‘Properties/Preferences’ screen can be accessed by clicking on either “Properties” or “Preferences”

on the Print dialog box (for most application programs, it’s a “Properties” button; for a few, it’s a

“Preferences” button). However, we strongly advise you not to change any parameters on the Device

Settings tab or the Profile Manager tab of that screen. If you have changed any parameters, click on the

“Restore defaults” button to reset the parameters.

Sending a Fax Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer

6. After the printing has been initiated by the application program, the FaxFinder Send Fax screen will appear.

Click on Address Book. When the Address Book screen appears, click “New.” At the New Contact screen,

enter the recipient’s name, fax number, and any other contact information you want to retain.

The recipient’s fax number should be entered as you would dial it from a phone on the public phone network

(as from a residential phone). Click OK. At the Address Book screen, highlight the recipient in the list and

click “Select.” The party will appear in the “Recipients” list in the FaxFinder Send Fax screen.

Additional recipients can be added. The same fax message will be sent to all recipients.

Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer Sending a Fax

Streamlined Approach. You can also add a recipient in the FaxFinder SendFax screen by clicking +to launch

the Enter a Fax Recipient screen where you can enter Name and Fax Number only. You can then choose to

send the fax with or without adding the recipient to your Address Book.

You can also access the Address Book directly to add and edit entries. At the FaxFinder Fax Client Software

screen, go to Edit | Add Contact.

Sending a Fax Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer

7. If you want to include a cover page with your fax, click in the “Use Cover Page” checkbox. Enter information as

needed in the “Subject” and “Cover Page Notes” fields.

Automated fields, like sender information (individual name, company name, street address, phone number, fax

number, etc.) should be entered in the Address Book. The Address Book is accessible in the “Options” menu

of the FaxFinder Fax Client Software screen. For more information about addresses and the automated

fields used in cover pages, see Chapter 3 of the Client User Guide.

The “Cover Page Style” chosen will determine how this information will appear on the fax cover page. You can

select a standard style from the “Cover Page Style” drop-down menu or create a style of your own in the

Template Editor. To access the Template Editor software, click on the “View/Edit” button. (For more

information, see the section “Creating or Modifying Cover Page Styles” in Chapter 3 of the Client User Guide.)

Click on the “Preview Fax” button to check the fax before you send it. The Mult-Tech Tiff Viewer program will

appear.

In it, you can view both the cover page and the main fax page(s). (For more information on this, see the

section “Using the Multi-Tech Tiff Viewer” in Chapter 3 of the Client User Guide.) When satisfied with your fax,

close the Multi-Tech Tiff Viewer program and return to the FaxFinder Send Fax screen.

Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer Sending a Fax

8. At the FaxFinder Send Fax screen, click on the “Send Fax” button to send the fax.

9. Confirmation of having sent the fax(es) successfully will appear in the “Fax Log” tab of the FaxFinder Fax

Client Software screen.

Receiving a Fax Multi-Tech FaxFinder Client Operation Primer

Receiving a Fax

The FaxFinder Server delivers incoming faxes to client PCs in their email inboxes.

To receive a fax from the FaxFinder system, you simply open the email message received from the FaxFinder

Administrator or forwarded from a party who serves as a “Fax Attendant” for your network. The way you receive

fax emails (either directly from the Administrator or as forwarded from the Attendant) depends on the kind of phone

service you have (whether through a PBX or not and depending also on PBX features).

If your FaxFinder system runs with a compatibly equipped PBX, you can receive faxes directly from the

Administrator in what is called “Automated Routing Mode.”

If your FaxFinder system runs on one or more regular phone lines (called “POTS” lines) or runs with a PBX that

cannot re-route the fax calls as required, then you will receive faxes as forwarded from a Fax Attendant. This is

called “Manual Routing Mode.”

The fax email you receive will have a file attached, either in PDF format or TIF format (as set in the FaxFinder

server program). You use a viewer program that supports that file format to open and view the fax message. For

PDF files, the viewer could be any commercial viewer (like Foxit or Adobe Acrobat) or any open source PDF viewer

(like the GNU Ghostgum viewer). For TIF files, the TIFF viewer program you use could be either the Multi-Tech Tiff

Viewer or a graphic file viewer included with or installed in your PC. (The Multi-Tech Tiff viewer is included on the

Product CD and installed with other client programs. During installation, you can choose to associate all Tiff files

with the Multi-Tech Tiff Viewer or with another program.) In your email program, double-click on the file attached to

the email message. The PDF or Tiff viewer program will come up automatically displaying the fax file.

You can then view the fax message, print it, save it, forward it (note that forwarding is supported for TIF files only),

etc., as needed.

Since faxes received through the FaxFinder are transformed into email attachments, they can be directed

anywhere email goes. The final recipient can be inside the office or across the ocean.

So then, in Automated Routing Mode, faxes come directly to client/users; in Manual Routing Mode, all faxes come

to an attendant who forwards them to the intended recipient.

In this section, we will explain fax reception in Automated Routing Mode and in Manual Routing Mode

separately.

Receiving Faxes from the Fax Attendant (Manual Routing Mode)

In Manual Routing Mode, all faxes are emailed to an attendant using a single fax number.

1. The incoming fax arrives in the attendant’s email inbox as a message with an attachment.

2. The attendant uses email to forward the message to the appropriate recipient. Recipients could be on the local

Ethernet network or outside of it.

3. The recipient opens the email message. The incoming fax message takes the form of a graphic file attachment.

The FaxFinder Server has assigned the file an automatic file name.

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