Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!news.arc.nasa.gov!haven.umd.edu!ni.umd.edu!sayshell.umd.edu!louie From: louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Fax machines for the NeXT Message-ID: <1991Jun17.020823.1506@ni.umd.edu> Date: 17 Jun 91 02:08:23 GMT References: <535@heaven.woodside.ca.us> <536@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Sender: usenet@ni.umd.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 14 Nntp-Posting-Host: sayshell.umd.edu To lpr files to the Fax Modem directly, you have to arrange to have some additional PostScript comments inserted in the document header which specify destination phone number, etc. Grab a copy of the file out of the spool directory while its being transmitted to get an idea of what's going on. Yes, this is the ugly way to find this out. It is not, to my knowledge, documented. BTW, I've got a Dove Fax modem on my cube at work, and it works just great. louie