Introduction

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Introducing the FaxPress

Castelle's FaxPress network fax servers offer a variety of easy-to-use, economical approaches to network faxing in one reliable server appliance. A complete hardware and software solution, FaxPress requires only 40 MB of disk space for file storage on an existing server or workstation.

Specifically designed to help reduce communication costs and facilitate efficient, error-free information exchange with your customers, suppliers and staff, the FaxPress takes care of your fax jobs faster, more accurately and less expensively than any standalone fax machine, allowing both local and offsite users to send, receive, and manage faxes directly from their workstations.

The time, labor, and money saving features FaxPress offers include:

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faxing straight from desktop applications

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fax management and transmission tracking (i.e. fax history, sender, time sent, destination address, bill-back codes, etc)

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fax reporting

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fax status notification features

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outstanding fax quality and document legibility

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attachment and formatting options

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flexible inbound fax routing to groups' or individuals' fax or email boxes

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document delivery to both fax and email recipients simultaneously

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immediate or scheduled broadcast/batch faxing; scheduling faxes for off-peak hours dramatically reduces document delivery costs

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increased confidentiality and security; incoming faxes can be routed directly to the recipient's desktop

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fax archiving

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least-cost fax routing to minimize telephone charges

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load sharing, for efficient high volume fax transmission.

As a dedicated network fax server, the FaxPress uses a multitasking microprocessor to manage the resources used for faxing operations. The microprocessor manages the FaxPress' outgoing fax and print queues stored on the network file server, monitors and manages the modems, rasterizes outgoing faxes, and sends incoming faxes to the database.

FaxPress, the FaxPress Windows-based administration utility, can be used both to manage FaxPress users and administer FaxPress units, as well as send and receive faxes. The most frequent administrative functions FaxPress performs include, but are not limited to:

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Adding and deleting users

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Setting user properties

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Configuring FaxPress server properties

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Managing outgoing and incoming job queues

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Managing phone books & cover pages

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Sending & Receiving Faxes

FaxPress comes with a complete set of Windows-based client software utilities and drivers to allow users to easily send and receive faxes from their workstations. Depending on users’ preferences, there are five different ways to send and receive faxes using FaxPress:

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Sending and receiving faxes using the FaxPress software utility

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Sending faxes from within any third party Windows application

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Sending and receiving faxes via your email system, e.g., Outlook, Lotus Notes, GroupWise.

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Sending and receiving faxes using your customized application software based on FaxPress APIs

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Production faxing using FaxPress Drop Directories

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Sending and receiving faxes from both personal and corporate phone books

Congratulations on the purchase of your FaxPress network fax server, and thanks for choosing Castelle.

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FaxPress WebHelp

Last Updated: 9/12/2007

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