Figure 3-6 LAN fax process
illustrates the LAN fax process. A more detailed description of the LAN
fax method follows.
HP DSS
server
LDAP server
Domain
controller
LANFax
1. Fax job
5b. Print notification
4. Notification files
(.000-.00n)
2. .HPF and .TIF files
5a. E-mail notification
5a
. E
-mail notif
icati
on
3. Fax
Figure 3-6
LAN fax process
Using LAN Fax to send a fax
1.
The device sends the fax job to the HP DSS server along with the fax number, and, if
authentication is used, the authenticated user’s credentials.
2.
HP DSS splits the information into two files and sends them. The .HPF file contains information
such as the fax number, the number of retries, and other information that has been configured
on the
Fax
tab in HP DSS. Along with the .HPF file, the Task Manager sends a .TIFF or .PCL
image file containing the fax content. HP DSS copies the two files to a shared fax folder that is
configured on the LAN fax server and in the HP MFP DSS Configuration Utility.
NOTE
For most LAN fax vendors, the administrator sets up a single folder named
"HPFSCAN" on the LAN fax server. All LAN fax vendors provide an administrative setting
that specifies the path to this shared folder. On the
Fax
tab of the HP MFP DSS
Configuration Utility, the user specifies a folder path, which is the path to this same
HPFSCAN folder.
3.
The LAN fax server converts the .TIFF image(s) into fax format (analog), dials the number(s)
that are included in the .HPF file, and transmits the fax to the receiving fax device. If the
transmission is successful and the receiving fax device indicates success in the T30
communication with the LAN fax server; OR if the LAN fax server exceeds the server’s retry limit
(configured in HP DSS) AND the LAN fax server supports HP’s method for fax notification, the
LAN fax server writes a notification file to the shared fax folder for each fax number dialed.
4.
HP DSS periodically checks the shared fax folder for notification files. If it finds a file, HP DSS
pulls it from the shared fax folder.
5.
Using the information that is stored in the HP DSS log, the HP DSS server sends the
authenticated user an e-mail notification (5a) or prints a notification report at the MFP from
which the fax was sent (5b).
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