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This document applies to users in MCS, CELS, and ALCF.

==Outgoing Fax from TCS==
*There are 4 CELS Canon copiers configured for sending faxes.  Each one identifies itself with the main CELS fax number (630-252-5986)
**pr-1180 - 1st floor Oasis
**pr-3168 - 3rd floor Oasis
**pr-4165 - 4th floor Oasis
*Canon Fax instructions
**Put your document face up in the scanner feeder.
**Go to the "Send" menu on the copier.
**Select Fax from the available options.
**Enter the phone number, dialing 7 first for an outside line.
**Press the start button.
**A report will print telling you if your fax was sent successfully.

==Incoming Fax to 630-252-5986 (main MCS fax line), 630-252-6585 (ALCF fax line), and 630-252-6104 (admin fax number from 221)==
*Faxes sent to the 3 numbers above will be dropped onto the MCS filesystem (/mcs/incomingfax) to be picked up.
*Files are named according to date and time received.
*Faxes can also be retrieved via the web at https://inside.mcs.anl.gov/fax
**Note that you must be onsite or on VPN to access this site, use your MCS Unix credentials to authenticate to the page
*After your fax has been retrieved, you are encouraged to delete it from the filesystem, which you can do from any MCS workstation.
** cd to /mcs/incomingfax and type ''rm '''filename'''''.  Otherwise, it will be deleted automatically after 30 days.
*You can subscribe to be notified of new faxes at [https://lists.mcs.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/faxwatch the faxwatch list page].
**The OCR results from the faxes are often hilarious.