General routing options

Independent of what routing method you use, you must set-up general routing options.

Screenshot 57 - Routing properties - specifying default fax routers

Specifying default routers

1. In the GFI FAXmaker configuration program, right-click on the Routing node and select 'Properties'. This will bring up the routing properties dialog. In this dialog you can specify users/mailboxes that should receive un-routed faxes and users/mailboxes that should receive all faxes.

2. To configure users that should receive all faxes, go to the `Receive all faxes' tab. Click Add and specify the user/mailbox that should receive all faxes.

3. To configure users that must route inbound faxes, click on the `default routers' tab. Click Add and specify the user/mailbox that should receive all faxes.

Note that the difference between a user that is a default router and a user that is configured to receive all faxes is that the default router will ONLY receive faxes that have not been routed. For example, if you use DID routing, but receive a fax on a DID number that is not set-up in GFI FAXmaker, then the default router will receive the fax. This would be the case for a general fax line. Users specified in the `Receive all faxes' tab will receive ALL faxes, whether they have been routed or not.

TIP: Use the Receive all faxes feature to create an exchange store/public mailbox of all inbound faxes.

Creating printers to route to

Screenshot 58 - Creating a printer to be used in routes

You can also specify that a fax received on a particular line or route is printed on a particular printer. If you wish to do this, you must define the printers that you wish to use in inbound routes centrally. This allows you to change the printer without having to reconfigure all the routes. To define printers which you wish to use in routes:

1. In the GFI FAXmaker configuration, right click on the advanced > printers node and select `New'. Enter a name for the printer.

2. Now double-click on the printer in the right-hand pane. The general properties dialog appears. This allows you to configure what printer or printer cassette to use based on the size of the fax received. For example, you can specify to print legal size faxes on a printer set up to print legal pages. You can also force that all faxes, independent of their size be printed on a particular paper size.

To print all faxes on the same printer with the same settings, select A4 only, Letter only or legal only. Then specify the printer and its settings in the corresponding printer settings, by clicking on the button, located besides the selected paper size.
To print all faxes on different printers or with different printer settings depending on the paper size, select `Nearest size' and configure the printer settings for all 3 paper formats.

After you have created the printer, you will be able to select it when creating an inbound fax route.