Output from OI app to FAX (OpenInsight Specific)
At 18 APR 1998 03:42:37PM Nick Stevenson wrote:
I need to include a facility in an OI app which will allow me to "print" a document (for example, an invoice) to a queue, from where some clever fax software will pick it up, on a polling basis, and fax it off to the correct fax number related to that customer. This must happen automatically, without the intervention of the originator of the document. The volume of documents is not high - say 5 a minute. Anybody got anything going like this, or some ideas?
At 19 APR 1998 05:51AM Steve Smith wrote:
There are several fax server products which sit on the file server, and run a windows fax client driver (like a printer driver). Cheyenne (Novell/NT) and Facsys (NT) both have such functionality.
If I recall Intel's Satisfaxion product contains utilities to convert Hewlett Packard Laserjet-formatted documents to FAX *.DCX files for transmission.
I am no expert in this field, but thought these ideas may point you towards some possibilities.
Steve
At 20 APR 1998 05:44AM Nick Stevenson wrote:
Oh great! Thanks, Steve, I'll look at these.
At 25 APR 1998 07:37AM Aaron Kaplan wrote:
Another thing you can try are some windows fax printers. You print to them like any other printer but they go directly to a fax and dial out. I'm sure at least one of them has a automatic procedure without input.
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