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From: teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen)
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Subject: Re: PostScript -> FAX
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Date: 6 Jun 91 09:50:10 GMT
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>Subject: PostScript -> FAX
>From: kwerle@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Werle)
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>Reply-To: kwerle@ics.uci.edu (Werle)
>Date: 5 Jun 91 19:17:50 GMT
>
>Our company delivers a lot of documents to various other companies.  All
>of these documents will soon be printed using postscript, and we would
>like to know if there is any easy/cheap way to send these documents by
>fax instead of by hand as we do now.  We would prefer to use a FAX modem
>rather than print them locally and fax them, thus we'd like to know if
>it's possible to convert from postscript -> FAX.
>We're running on IBM's, and we'd prefer not to have to make our customers
>buy a 'non-standard' fax.
>And BTW, what resolution are FAX machines (dpi, what's lpi?)?
>Thanks in advance,
>Kurt
>

What you might be looking for is something like Quadfax 9600. 9600 bps send and
receive fax modem with postscript to fax format conversion software. It requires
some 2-4MB of extended memory to work at a decent speed, but can be used with 
less (I think). List price is supposed to be $ 800,-, but IME Computers in 
Boston (617-254-1700 Phone, 617-254-0392 Fax) sell it at $ 199,- with 12 Post-
Script fonts. You can ask for Joanne Nash at IME, from whoom I always have got
the best service.

Fax resolution standard is approx. 100*100dpi and fine is approx. 200*100dpi if
I remember right. Lpi might be lines per inch.

Hope some of this may be of help to you.

Best regards

Terje Romen