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- From: jhough@xircom.com (John Hough)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: PPI Proclass 28.8 LCD v.34 - DONT BUY if you fax
- Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 05:42:58 GMT
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- rdagger&@netvoyage.net (H. Williams) wrote:
-
- >I purchased 10 Practical Peripherals ProClass 28.8 external LCD v.34.
- >1 at home on a Compaq Pentium running Win95.
- >3 at one office downtown on Pentium Micron's running Win95
- >3 at another office on Pentium Micron's running WFW3.11 and Winfax
- >3 at another office connected to an NT modem pool with Win95 clients.
-
- >None of them can fax from Windows 95 or Winfax.
- >99% of the time Win95 or Winfax will report a fax send failed.
- >Although 50% of the time the fax actually makes it.
- >However, even if the fax makes it the computer will keep resending it because
- >it thinks it failed and the people on the other end will get a message on
- >their fax that there was an error.
-
- >I have upgraded the Eprom chips on 3 of the modems with the latest revision.
- >However, it did not make any difference.
- >The PPI tech support denied any fax problems with with Win95 and suggested I
- >use the crumby 16bit Quick Link II fax software that ships with their modems.
- >I much rather use the fax software that is integrated into Win95.
- >I know the problem has nothing to do with line noise, phone company, or Eprom.
- >Anyone have any suggestions.
-
-
- I have always had better luck setting them to class 2 than trying to
- run them in class 1 mode. I currently have the same modem running at
- home and use Win95's fax program to send and receive all of the time.
-
- John
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