| 摘要 |
In a facsimile transmission method, a facsimile transmission is sent to an encoding unit (9). The encoding unit encodes the facsimile transmission as an electronic message such as an electronic mail message and selects a destination network address to which the message is to be sent. The encoding unit transfers the message to a transmitting server which is part of a digital network such as the internet. The transmitting server sends the message over the network to an access server on the network, where the message is subsequently retrieved by a decoding unit. The decoding unit decodes the facsimile transmission from the electronic message and transmits the facsimile to a facsimile printer, for example over a telephone line. The facsimile transmission may be encrypted by the encoding unit and decrypted by the decoding unit. A destination telephone number may be sent to the encoding unit as a series of DTMF tones. The facsimile is then forwarded by the decoding unit to a facsimile machine at the destination telephone number. |
