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From: tnixon@hayes.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Is there fax software if you have a USR V.32bis and a scanner.
Message-ID: <3745.279dc9b2@hayes.uucp>
Date: 23 Jan 91 17:36:50 GMT
References: <6948@crash.cts.com> <38155@cup.portal.com> <38292@cup.portal.com>
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In article <38292@cup.portal.com>, Alvin@cup.portal.com (Alvin Henry
White) writes: 

> A friend asked me what he should buy with his computer budget. I got him
> a US Robotics HST DS V.32bis modem and a Wang[Ricoh] scanner with Omnipage
> OCR software.  Now he wants fax capability.  Someone indicated that it
> may be possible to get software to cause his modem to emulate a fax modem
> and his scanner produces TIF files.  I heard of one software called 
> FAX IT but have not seen it.  Is it reasonable to think he has enough 
> hardware or does he need to buy a fax modem also.

The USR modems do not have the V.21, V.27ter, and V.29 modulation 
schemes needed to communication with a Group 3 fax machine.  
Therefore, he'll need a separate fax modem.

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