Sending a Fax with Authentication Information

If user authentication and account track have already been employed, each user needs to send his/her authentication information (the user name and password) to this machine when sending PC-Fax. This limits the users who can send PC-Fax via the machine and prevents unauthorized use by third parties.

When this machine receives a send job from a user who is not authorized to use this machine, or when this machine receives a send job that does not have any authentication information, this machine discards these jobs automatically.

Tips

• A send job that does not have any authentication information refers to a job whose user authentication or account track has not been set correctly in the [Configure] tab in the [Printer properties] screen of the fax driver.

Open the [Configure] tab of the fax driver, and ensure that the user authentication or account track has been set correctly.

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Open the [Printer properties] screen of the fax driver.

• For information on how to display the [Printer properties] screen, refer to How to display the [Printer properties] screen.

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In [Device Option] in the [Configure] tab, check that the User Authentication/Account Track setting is correctly configured for your operating environment.

• If it is not configured correctly, select [User Authentication] or [Account Track] from the list, then change the relevant setting in [Setting].

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Click [OK].

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In the [Basic] tab, click [Authentication/Account Track...].

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When user authentication is enabled, select [Recipient User], then enter the user name and password.

• If access to this machine by public users (unregistered users) is allowed, you can select [Public User] and send a fax without entering the user name and password.

• When using an external authentication server, click [Server Setting...] and select the authentication server.

• If you always use the same user name and password, registering them in advance eliminates the need to enter them each time. For details, refer to Changing the default print settings.

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If account track is enabled, enter the account name and password.

• If you always use the same account name and password, registering them in advance eliminates the need to enter them each time. For details, refer to Changing the default print settings.

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Click [OK].

• If your computer can communicate with this machine, clicking [Verify] executes authentication based on the authentication information that has been input. You can check the authentication information for errors before starting printing.

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To perform MFP authentication when external server authentication is used together, select the [MFP Authentication] check box in the [Other] tab.

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Send a fax.

If the authentication information is correct, the fax is sent.