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This print queue is not connected to a network printer but FaxWare
works with it. A document which has been printed in this way will
be converted by FaxWare into fax format on the server.
Afterwards it will be sent. Depending on the configuration, a
form can be automatically included, a coverpage can be placed
in front or the user's signature can be inserted at any place.
The possibilities are practically unlimited.
However, one piece of information should be contained in your
fax - the recipient's fax number. By using a command,
this number is inserted at any place in your document. That's
it! The most interesting thing about this is that you do not even
need an additional program on your workstation. No complicated
configuration, no resident programs, nothing.
Optionally you can also call a special Frontend for DOS. It can
be loaded as TSR program (less than 5 KB memory requirements)
as well as in the normal way. With the DOS Frontend you can view
your personal send and receive logs. Through the Frontend all
faxes which have already been dispatched or received can be viewed,
edited, archived or resent. With the Frontend you can view the
fax phonebooks. It even contains a built-in editor for creating
simple faxes without having to start a word processing program.
Faxing takes place through the print command in the respective
applications. All FaxWare commands can be directly inserted in
the text. If no number is defined in the document, the Frontend
will automatically ask the user to manually enter the fax number.
You can also select the fax number from one of the FaxWare phonebooks.
In addition, you can of course also interactively select all send
parameters like delayed or charge optimized dispatch, redials,
fax attachments or various coverpage options. After fax dispatch the
user can optionally receive an automatic message about the dispatch
status.
The only thing currently required for this is a connection to the
NetWare server. If you are able to write a file from your client
operating system into any directory on the NetWare server, all
further steps will be a piece of cake.
Let us make the whole thing clearer by using the example of OS/2.
Simply select the printer driver »HP LaserJet« from
any OS/2 application. Then either print directly in a print queue or in a file. Save this file
in a previously defined
directory on the server. Shortly afterwards, FaxWare will recognize
the new job and carry it out with the help of the »PCL Conversion
Server«. This is a program also running on the server and being included as standard with
FaxWare. You can receive
a corresponding message in the form of a Broadcast or
you can have the fax printed out with a corresponding note about
the dispatch.
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