Sending a Fax with Your Printer from a Mac

Article ID: ART166077

Date published: 07/26/2016

Date last updated: 10/21/2019

Description

This article explains how to send a fax with your MAXIFY printer from a Mac.

Solution

You can send the faxes using the printer from Mac.

To sending the fax from Mac, add your printer as AirPrint printer to Mac.

Checking Your Environment

First, check your environment.

AirPrint Operation Environment
Mac running the latest version of Mac OS
Requirement
Mac and the printer must be connected to the same network over a LAN.

Adding Printer as AirPrint Printer to Your Mac

Open System Preferences, and select Printers & Scanners (Print & Scan) on your Mac.
Select + to display the printer list.
Select the printer's name listed as Bonjour Multifunction.
Select Secure AirPrint or AirPrint from Use.
Select Add.

Sending a Fax from Mac

Note

This function supports only monochrome transmission.

Make sure that the printer is turned on.
Open a document that you want to fax with an application.
Open the Print dialog.
To open the Print dialog, you typically select Print... from the File menu of your application software.
Select Canon XXX series - Fax (where "XXX" is your printer's name) from Printer list.
Specify fax paper settings as needed.
Enter fax/telephone numbers in To:.

Enter the dialing prefix and specify the cover page settings as needed.
Select Fax.
The printer dials automatically and sends the fax.

Note
- To cancel sending the fax, press the printer's Stop button.

Automatic Redialing

The printer redials automatically according to the automatic redialing setting of the printer.

You can enable or disable automatic redialing. If you enable automatic redialing, you can specify the maximum number of redial attempts and the length of time the printer waits between redial attempts.

FAX settings