Fax Server Location

I have a Brother MFC-9450CDN printer and would like to use it with Windows
Fax and Scan in Windows 7, but it is asking for the fax server location, does
anyone know what that would be?

Thanks

Clayton wrote:
> I have a Brother MFC-9450CDN printer and would like to use it with
> Windows Fax and Scan in Windows 7, but it is asking for the fax
> server location, does anyone know what that would be?

Yes - it is a piece of computer equipment equipped with multiple fax
modems. It's doubtful you have one of these.

Otherwise - to use the "Windows Fax and Scan" you need a fax modem - your
multifunction printer probably will be of no use with this software. ;-)

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...-receive-faxes

Not enough specifics?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...sked-questions

"Will my stand-alone fax machine or multifunction printer with fax
capabilities work with Windows Fax and Scan?

No. Windows Fax and Scan works with built-in and external fax modems but it
is not designed to work with stand-alone fax machines or multifunction
printers with fax capabilities. Some printer manufacturers might offer
drivers that allow your printer to function like a fax modem with Windows
Fax and Scan. For more information, contact your printer manufacturer."

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On 6/19/2010 7:57 PM, Clayton wrote:
> I have a Brother MFC-9450CDN printer and would like to use it with Windows
> Fax and Scan in Windows 7, but it is asking for the fax server location, does
> anyone know what that would be?
>
> Thanks

Your only hope is that Brother furnished fax software. Windows has
limited understanding of multifunction devices. Often the multifunction
device mfr does not furnish fax software that runs under windows. And if
they did, it usually dosen't work with the next windows version.

In a limited number of cases, Win fax & Scan may be made to work,
usually if the multifunction device is installed as a local device.
Sometimes, once this is accomplished, the "port" can be switched to a
networked "port". The process and experementation is hardly worth the
effort, given the lack of features in windows built in fax.