MCLA Fax Services
MCLA has partnered with WestFax, a cloud-based fax service that integrates with MCLA Email and BlazerPrint Copiers. Faxing a document can now be done by simply sending an e-mail. Users can also receive faxes securely that go directly to their MCLA mailbox. Users who have a paper document to fax can still do so on any BlazerPrint Copier on campus. The following instructions will walk through this these various options.
Sending a Fax
Via Email Attachment (File Attachment Faxing)
- Login to your MCLA Email via the MCLA Portal (https://portal.mcla.edu)
- Create a new email message
- Enter the ten-digit fax phone number with @westfax.com as the recipient's e-mail address. Example:13035551212@westfax.com
- Enter a subject as the fax header (see WestFax Advanced Header Flags)
- Attach the file you would like to fax. All Microsoft Office file formats, .PDF, .JPG are supported.
- Send Email
- You will receive a fax confirmation e-mail sent back to you when fax is sent successfully
Via BlazerPrint Copier (Paper Faxing)
- 1. Load document in Automatic Document Feeder
- 2. 'Tap' into BlazerPrint Copier with MCLA Photo ID.
- 3. Select “Scan” from the homepage
- 4. Select the "Fax Using XXX-XXX-XXXX" option. Note: Users may have multiple lines assigned to them to choose from.
- 5. Enter the fax recipient number by pressing the '+' symbol in the lower left corner.
- 6. Enter fax number (required), recipient name (optional), and recipient company (optional) then press 'Add Recipient' in the lower right corner.
- 7. Press 'Start' to Send Fax
- 8. You will receive a fax confirmation e-mail sent back to you when fax is sent successfully
Via Portal Link
Receiving a Fax
Via Email
- Faculty/Staff who have been configured to receive faxes through a certain fax line will automatically receive incoming fax documents to their MCLA e-mail. The fax document will be accepted as an e-mail attachment in PDF format.
Via Portal Link TBD