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Fax Machine as Scanner, version 2.00 is freeware.
Copyrights (C) 1990-1997 belong to Jon Krahmer.
All Rights Reserved.
ElectraSoft, 3207 Carmel Valley Drive, MISSOURI CITY TX 77459-3068
Get FaxMail for Windows or FaxMail Network for Windows from:
BBS: 281-499-5939
email: FaxMail@ElectraSoft.com or jonk@blkbox.com
WWW: http://www.ElectraSoft.com/ or http://www.blkbox.com/~jonk/
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To use your Fax Machine and Fax Modem as a scanner you will need the
following:
o SCANNER.TXT (This text file)
o SCANNER.BMP
o FaxMail for Windows or FaxMail Network for Windows
o Fax Modem
o Fax Machine
o 9 volt Battery
o 1 Phone Wire (with a plug on both ends)
o 1 Red Jumper Wire (with an alligator clip on both ends)
o 1 Green Jumper Wire (with an alligator clip on both ends)
o 2 small Wire Nuts
o 2 150 ohm 1/4 Watt Resistors
o Electrical Tape
Directions:
o Print SCANNER.TXT
o Use MS-PAINT to print SCANNER.BMP
o Install FaxMail on your computer
o Get a phone wire with a plug on both ends
o Cut the phone wire in the center
o Strip both green wires to 1/2" stripped
o combined the two green wires with the other 150 ohm resistors and
wire-nut them together
o Strip both red wires to 1/2" stripped
o combined the two red wires with one of 150 ohm resistors and
wire-nut them together
o Locate the green jumper wire with an alligator clip on both ends
o Clip one end of the green jumper to the resistor that is connected
to the two green wires
o Connect the other end of the green jumper wire to the + (positive)
side of the battery
o Locate the red jumper wire with an alligator clip on both ends
o Clip one end of the red jumper to the resistor that is connected to
the two red wires
o Connect the other end of the red jumper wire to the - (negative)
side of the battery
o Plug one end of the phone wire into the Fax Machine and the other
end into the Fax Modem
o Load FaxMail's Event Monitor
o Place the to be scanned paper in the fax machine and send as usual
giving 5 as the phone number
o Click the <Answer Now> button in the FaxMail Event Monitor
o When the scan is done, FaxMail will notify you and you will be
able to <View>, <Print>, <Save>, <Move>, <etc> the fax
Note:
o Do not strip the Black or Yellow Wire. They are phone line 2.
Put tape on them.
o Be sure the bear wires are dressed and/or taped to avoid shorting.
o You can use an 8v to 12 volt DC 50mA (or above) power supply
instead of the 9 volt battery if you will be using the scanner a
lot. If you do, observing the polarity, put a 1000uf electrolytic
capacitor across the power supply.