The STF AutoPrint application allows automated printing of received faxes. STF AutoPrint will print faxes to the Chooser-selected printer or to a separate designated printer immediately as they are received, or at a scheduled time.
If you used Easy Install, the STF AutoPrint application was placed in the Components folder inside the STF folder in your System folder. Aliases of the STF AutoPrint application and the FAX In folder were also placed in a new STF AutoPak folder on your hard drive for easy access.
After installation, the STF AutoPrint application will be used to print all faxes — except when you are viewing a fax using the STF Manager. A fax you are viewing with the STF Manager will be printed directly by the Manager application.
When using STF AutoPrint — the actual time required to print is dependent upon the printer used and the connection method. For example: A LaserWriter connected directly will be much faster than an AppleTalk networked printer.
You may print one or more selected (but not open) fax files manually by simply clicking the Print button in the STF Manager FAX In window.
You may also drag & drop fax file(s) onto the STF AutoPrint icon (or its alias) or manually select one or more fax files to print using the Print All... or Print Unprinted... commands in the STF AutoPrint File menu.
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Automatic Fax Printing
STF AutoPrint allows you to select two options for automatically printing received fax files: Immediate — printing will begin immediately upon reception of a fax; or Scheduled — printing will begin at a scheduled time of day or day of the week that you choose.
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Immediate Fax Printing
To use STF AutoPrint for immediate automatic printing of faxes:
1. Open the STF AutoPak folder on your hard drive.
2. Drag the STF AutoPrint alias onto the FAX In (folder) alias. (You may also find the FAX In folder inside the STF folder located in your System folder.)
3. Remove any other applications from the FAX In folder.
4. Run STF Settings and select the FAX In settings panel.
5. Use the pop-up menu to select Immediate processing.
6. Click the Done button to close STF Settings.
STF AutoPrint will print all received faxes automatically — Immediately upon reception — to the printer currently selected in the Chooser or to an alternate Printer if you have selected one using STF AutoPrint Preferences.
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Scheduled Fax Printing
To use STF AutoPrint for scheduled automatic printing of faxes:
1. Open the STF AutoPak folder on your hard drive.
2. Drag the STF AutoPrint alias onto the FAX In (folder) alias. (You may also find the FAX In folder inside the STF folder which is in your System folder.)
3. Remove any other applications from the FAX In folder. If the STF AutoOCR alias is in the FAX In folder, please move it to the STF AutoPak folder on your hard drive.
4. Run STF Settings and select the FAX In settings panel.
5. Use the pop-up menu to select Scheduled processing.
6. Review the schedule list of the time(s) and day(s) processing is scheduled to occur. You may edit or create additional schedule entries if you wish. Please refer to the FAX In Settings Panel chapter for more details.
7. Click the Done button to close STF Settings.
STF AutoPrint will print all received faxes automatically — at the scheduled time(s) and day(s) listed in the schedule list — to the printer currently selected in the Chooser (or to a Saved Printer if you have selected one using STF AutoPrint preferences).
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STF AutoPrint Preferences
You do not have to make any changes to the preferences to use STF AutoPrint, however, there are some specific situations in which you might want to do so. To modify the STF AutoPrint preferences, select Preferences... from the STF AutoPrint File menu. The STF AutoPrint Preferences dialog will appear:
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Print on the
This dialog allows you to select a saved (designated) printer for printing faxes. By default STF AutoPrint will print to the printer currently selected in the Chooser. If you prefer, STF AutoPrint can print faxes to any printer which you can use with your Macintosh, including network printers. STF AutoPrint will always print to the Saved printer you select with STF AutoPrint Preferences, even if you later select another printer in the Chooser.
To select a specific printer as your saved printer:
1. Select the printer you wish to use for automatic printing of faxes using the Chooser.
2. Open the STF AutoPrint application.
3. Select Preferences... from the File menu to open the STF AutoPrint Preferences dialog.
4. Click the Save button to save the Chooser-selected printer as your saved printer.
5. You may return to the Chooser and re-select the printer you wish to use with other applications.
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More Choices button
Click this button to expand the dialog box to gain access to additional settings.
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Print Options box
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Shrink to fit
Check this box to print the fax at a reduced size so it will fit on the page when printed. Uncheck this box if you desire to print at actual size, preserving dimensional accuracy. However, some information may be "clipped" at the sides if your printer is not able to print to the edge of the paper.
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Bad Lines
A fax document is made up of several thousand horizontal scan lines. Noisy phone lines and call-waiting notifications can cause problems with the scan lines in a received fax.
The bad lines pop-up allows you to select how bad scan lines are to be handled. The default setting — Remove — will normally result in the most readable document. The available settings are:
Remove — delete bad lines, and move the following line(s) up to fill.
Show — print the entire fax, exactly as received.
Show and Mark — print bad line data, and put a "-" (hyphen) in the left margin to mark the bad lines.
Erase — erase bad lines and leave blank lines in their place.
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Quit when finished
Check this box to instruct the STF AutoPrint application to quit after completing an automated printing job. With STF AutoPrint set to print received faxes immediately, the application will open automatically when needed, and quit after performing its task.
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After Printing
Click one of these radio buttons to "Delete this fax," "Archive it," or "Do not move" the fax after printing.
Archived faxes are saved to the FAX Archive folder by default, or your may select one of your own custom archive folders from the pop-up menu. Please see your FaxSTF™ 3.0 manual for instructions for creating Archive folders with the New Folder command under the Archive menu in STF Manager.
If you select “Do not move” you should periodically remove the fax files from the FAX In folder using the STF Manager or system performance will be degraded due to the large number of files which could accumulate in the folder.
