Difference between revisions of "Faxing in TCS"

Revision as of 19:39, 11 February 2014

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 the faxwatch list page.
  • The OCR results from the faxes are often hilarious.