# Fax Download Settings

The NP Fax feature enables users to receive faxes in their mailboxes as electronic documents. Users can then send the faxes from their mailboxes to an actual fax machine, forward them to other mailboxes, send over the network or view then in the Web View interface.

Use this procedure to define the format you wish to receive, store and print faxes on the NuPoint UM system:

- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format): a computer file format for storing raster graphics images.

- PDF (Portable Document Format): a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

To configure the FAX download settings:

1. From the navigation tree, click Utilities > Fax Download Settings.

2. Choose one of the following:

- For PDF format, select Download Fax as PDF.

- For TIFF format (default), clear Download Fax as PDF.

4. Click Save.