Introducing the FaxPress Premier

Congratulations! on the purchase of your FaxPress Premier, and thanks for choosing Castelle.

Castelle's FaxPress Plus network fax servers represent an advanced, state-of-the-art approach to network faxing, offering a complete network faxing solution in one robust, server-class machine.

With integrated file storage for system and fax data files, a multitasking embedded Windows server 2003 SAK 3.0 operating system and pre-installed FaxPress Plus® client and server software, the FaxPress Plus server can support users in various networking environments including Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare, Linux/Unix, and Apple Macintosh. The FaxPress Plus server's powerful and flexible software development kit (SDK) provides tools to develop custom fax applications, while the drop directory and drop fax service offer a convenient way to implement production faxing. Castelle also provides a wide variety of connectors that allow the FaxPress Plus server to work with various e-mail, MFP and office suite applications, such as Exchange 2007, Outlook 2007, Windows Vista, eCopy, Ricoh and Sharp, to name just a few.

As a dedicated network fax servers, the FaxPress Premier provides client workstations with access to incoming and outgoing faxes, phonebooks, transaction logs and other fax-related data via FaxPress Plus®, the Premier client's fax transmission and server administration utility. FaxPress Premier's email gateways provide a variety of fax and email integration options, allowing fax messages to be sent and received directly from a number of mail clients. The FaxPress Premier's Secure Web Interface provides a secure, web-based server configuration, administration, and faxing utility that can be used to manage Premier users and administer Premier units, as well as send and receive faxes.

Specifically designed to help reduce communication costs and facilitate efficient, error-free information exchange, the FaxPress Premier fax servers take care of fax jobs more efficiently, reliably and less expensively than any standalone fax machine or software based fax solution.

FaxPress Plus^®, the FaxPress Plus Server Client Software

As a dedicated network fax server, the FaxPress Plus server provides client workstations with access to incoming and outgoing faxes, phonebooks, transaction logs and other fax-related data via FaxPress Plus, the FaxPress Plus server fax transmission and administration utility.

The FaxPress Plus client software sets new standards for administrative efficiency and convenience, as well as end user features and fax transmission options. FaxPress Plus provides users with tools for sending and receiving faxes, adding and deleting users, setting user properties, configuring FaxPress Premier server settings, managing job queues, as well as creating and accessing phone books and cover pages.

Some additional client-based administration and fax transaction features associated with FaxPress Plus include:

Fax Reporting The FaxPress Premier's Fax Report application software module compiles the FaxPress Premier's fax transaction logs and can generate a variety of graphical reports for system and individual user.

Email Integration The FaxPress Premier's Embedded Email Gateway service runs on the FaxPress Premier server, and allows Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, Novell GroupWise and any SMTP-compatible email system users to send and receive faxes directly from the mail client. An additional email gateway for Lotus Notes is provided on the FaxPress Premier install disc.

Automated, Production Faxing The FaxPress Premier's Drop Directory feature supports easy deployment of automated, production faxing in almost any environment. Third-party applications access the Drop Directory to send outgoing faxes and retrieve incoming faxes. Drop directories are defined in any sharable folders on the network accessible to the Premier.

Drag & Drop Fax Routing The Premier’s drag & drop fax routing feature allows users with Router privileges to route inbound faxes right to users' FaxPress Premier mailboxes with a single mouse click. A Premier user with Router privileges may view only the first page (cover page) of the fax, maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of the fax transaction content.

Microsoft Active Directory Integration The FaxPress Premier's Active Directory Synchronizer allows the administrator the efficiency of creating new Premier users from existing Active Directory users, and the convenience of centralized Active Directory and Premier user management.

System Backup and Restore The FaxPress Premier's backup and restore function allows all FaxPress Premier system files, user information, and fax job data to be backed up to, and restored from, a sharable network folder.

Web Interface Available from any workstation with Internet access and a web browser, the Premier's web interface provides access to both administrative and end-user FaxPress Plus functions. A security feature ensures that all data is fully encrypted across the Internet.

Web Client Printer Available from any networked workstation with a web browser, the FaxPress Plus Web Client Printer enables users to fax without the need to launch or install the FaxPress Plus Windows client. Fax destination and cover page information is applied through the Web Client interface, which is automatically displayed.

Microsoft Integration The FaxPress Premier's seamless Microsoft OS and Office application integration allows users to send faxes from the Send To menus of both Microsoft Office applications and Windows Explorer. Outlook users can send and receive faxes as easily as they send and receive email; fax cover pages can be created and edited using Microsoft Word or WordPad, giving users a great deal of creative flexibility.

FaxPress Premier Hardware Features

The FaxPress Premier fax servers are equipped with the following features.

About the FaxPress Plus CD-ROM

The FaxPress Plus CD-ROM provides:

Documentation

Castelle offers both electronic and printed versions of the FaxPress Premier documentation.

Electronic Documentation

Electronic versions of the FaxPress Premier Getting Started Guide, Administrator Guide, Email Gateways Guide, User Guide and additional documentation are accessible from FaxPress Plus, by clicking the Latest Manual icon.

This same documentation is also provided on Castelle’s web site:

http://www.castelle.com/support/documentation/guides

Printed Documentation

Castelle provides a printed copy of the Getting Started Guide. Printed copies of other FaxPress Premier documentation, including the FaxPress Premier Administrator Guide, the Email Gateway Guide and the User Guide are available for purchase at the Kinko’s DocStore. To purchase printed copies of FaxPress Premier documentation, follow these steps:

http://www.castelle.com/support/documentation/guides

Castelle Resources

Castelle Corporate Headquarters 855 Jarvis Drive, Suite 100 Morgan Hill, CA 95037 www.castelle.com

Castelle North America Toll Free: +1(800) 289-7555 Fax: +1(408) 852-8100 Email: sales@castelle.com

Castelle International Sales Phone: +1 (408) 852-Premier

Technical Support

To qualify for tech support, your FaxPress Premier must be registered with Castelle. Visit Castelle's Customer Services web page at:

http://www.castelle.com/support

for more information about product registration.

Technical support is available by mail, fax, e-mail, or phone from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST).

Phone: +1(408) 852-8080

Fax: +1(408) 852-8180

E-mail: support@castelle.com

For efficient resolution, please be ready to provide the following information to the Castelle technical support representative who answers your call:

Web Site

The Castelle web site provides a point of departure for a variety of information.

Information regarding the following topics is available at http://www.castelle.com/products

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