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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.
-