Samsung Laser Printers - Network PC Fax (White paper)

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Fax Transmission History
The Samsung Network PC Fax Transmission History window represents a list of records describing each
attempt to send a fax through selected network host. This means history records keep information on fax
messages sent to one of PC Fax devices (
Network PC Fax printers) installed on the given system. Originator of
any fax message can be a local user of this system or a network client accessed
Network PC Fax printer
shared by the current host.
The Samsung Network PC Fax Transmission History window can be opened in diverse ways. Network PC Fax
software installs a shortcut for accessing the history from Start menu. When using this shortcut, the history
window displays faxes sent through the current host. When the history window is opened from
Printing
Preferences of a network printer shared by another host, the history view relates to that remote host.
Each fax message passes a few sequential steps from the time of creating the message until completion of
sending it to recipient. At first a document that should be sent to recipient is printed on
Samsung Network PC
Fax printer, then cover page can be added and finally the PC Fax message is forwarded to MFP device. After
that the MFP device starts dialing the recipient's phone number and sending the fax to it.
The fax transmission history displays the following information on fax messages:
Column Name
Description
Date
Contains date and time of the last status update of this fax
Number
Keeps phone number of the fax recipient
Fax
Shows the model name of MFP
User
Contains user name of the fax originator
Computer
Displays name of the computer from which the fax was sent
Document Name
Exposes the name of print job
Pages
Shows the number of pages in the given fax message
Status
Represents current state of the fax message
Fax messages can be in one of the following states:
• Sending - the fax was transferred to MFP device, but the device hasn't reported its status yet.
• Sent - the fax has been successfully sent to the recipient.
• Error - an error occurred during fax transmission.
• No answer - there was no response when dialing the fax recipient.
• Line error - an error occurred on the phone line during fax transmission.
• Line busy - the target phone number is busy, redialing.
• Stop pressed - "Stop" button was pressed on the control panel of the device, fax sending was
interrupted.
• Memory full - the fax couldn't be sent due to lack of memory either at the host or at the device side.
• Permission fail - the fax couldn't be sent due to the issue of account permission.
• Received - the received fax message.
The header of Status column has an arrow on the right. Click the arrow to choose display filter based on the
status of fax message.