Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ogicse!milton!news From: dave@nucleus (Dave Coder) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Fax machines for the NeXT Keywords: fax Message-ID: <1991Jun14.003752.12627@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 14 Jun 91 00:37:52 GMT References: Sender: news@milton.u.washington.edu (News) Organization: University of Washington Lines: 35 In article hrose@eff.org (Helen Trillian Rose) writes: > (I'm fairly new to the NeXT community so no newbie flames please :-) > > I'm looking for a fax machine to hang off of a NeXT Cube (with an 040 > board running System Software version 2.) Some kind of "lpr" interface > would be nice, because we have a Sun that we'd like to send things > from, also. > > Thanks! > > --Helen > -- > > Helen Trillian Rose > I've had the InterFax 24/96 FX from Abaton working for several weeks (Next Connection in Vermont has a good price). Installation using /NextApps/PrintManager is simple. The interface for outgoing fax is like computers are supposed to be--it works the first time and spools to run in background (and it sends you a mail message to report its success). Anything you can print you can fax. With the needed options--fax cover letter, automatic page count sent, etc. (Clone your letterhead (scan it or make a template using a word processor) and use it as your default cover sheet.) Problems: won't answer incoming fax; still needs to be setup. The Abaton (Everex makes it for the Mac) modem has a 40 character limit (could be a problem with long strings for long distance service access and credit card numbers). A few oddities seen with printing to fax from FrameMaker--not consistent enough to see a real pattern. I haven't tried setting it up as 2400 data modem yet. This and most of the problems mentioned above should be fairly easy to fix. This on the list of things to get done Real Soon Now.