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FAX SUPPORT OPTIONS
How to use Print-to-File to send files over any fax board,
using DOS-based fax software
Although New Deal software offers direct support
for only the Complete Communicator fax board, many other fax boards can
be used in conjunction with it. If your fax software can fax files that
are in a specific printer's format, you can use New Deal software to
generate and save a file formatted for that printer. Then you can use your
fax software to fax that file.
Setting up New Deal software to Print to File
- Find out if your fax software can send files formatted for a specific
printer. The manual for your fax software will tell you what file formats
are supported. Often the format will be Epson MX-80 or Hewlett Packard
LaserJet II.
- In your New Deal software, launch Preferences and click on the Printer
button. Click on the New button. Choose the printer for the format your
fax software supports. Under the Port section, scroll down and choose the
"To File" option. This sets up New Deal to always print to a file
when you select this printer.
- Click on OK to install the printer. Click on Close to close the
Printer dialog box.
- Close Preferences by choosing Exit from the File menu, or by
double-clicking on the Close Box in the upper left corner.
Generating the Faxable File
- Open the document you want to fax.
- Choose Print from the File menu.
- In the Print Options dialog box, click on the
listed Printer. A list of all of the printers you have installed appears.
Click on the one you set up as a To File printer.
- Click on the Print to File button. A file selector
box appears. Select the directory and enter a filename for the
printtofile
file.
- Click on the Print to File button. The document on your screen will be
saved as a file on your hard disk, formatted for the printer you selected.
Sending the Fax
- Exit to DOS, and start your fax program. (You may be able to automate
this with a Launcher in NewManager.)
- Use your fax software to send the file you generated.
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