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- From: alansar@ccs.northeastern.edu (Mohammad Al-Ansari)
- Subject: Re: Fax Software...
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- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 10:42:04 GMT
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- In article <rpaiz.720474977@husc8> rpaiz@husc8.harvard.edu (Rodolfo Paiz) writes:
- >Chris.Bradley@f374.n105.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Bradley) writes:
- >
- >>WinFax Pro has trouble working with just about EVERYONE's Class 1/2 faxmodem,
- >>and I'm quite surprised it's as popular as it is seeing how Intel's Faxability
- >>and Alien Computing's Faxit are superior products. I have personally had very
- >>bad experiences with WinFax Pro over 5 different modems (Practical, Zoom, GVC,
- >>Infotel, and a Cardinal)... everything from locking the machine to it just
- >>flat out not sending the fax.
- >>-->Chris
- >
- >That's funny... I've had very GOOD experiences, and no problems at
- >all, with WinFax Pro 2.0. I've used a Megahertz C424FM, a Megahertz
- >C596FM, and a Cardinal 2296 (fax/modems, that is) and had no problems
- >at all with any of them. Worked like a charm, and had the effect of
- >making everyone drool over the received output on the other end.
- >
- >I don't know of any better product... and I HATE BitFax, which a
- >couple of people have touted, as being a very unfriendly, very clunky,
- >very clumsy excuse for fax software. Then again, I haven't seen the
- >Windows version...
- >
- >If anyone's got a recommendation... I'd love to hear it. But so far
- >I'm a very happy WinFax user.
- >
- >Rodolfo
-
-
- ZSoft is coming out with a fax program called UltraFax by the end of
- this month. I has received very good reviews so far and it is supposed
- to be much better than WinFax Pro and all existing fax programs for
- that matter. It has many more features, like direct support for
- scanners, built-in OCR and automatic "spot" removal, to name a few. It
- is also very flexible in hadnling faxes and allows you to rearrange
- pages, write notes on pages, etc. I also heard that it is a lot faster
- than WinFax Pro. I have called the company, which is now part of
- WordStar, and found out that they have an upgrade price for WinFax
- users that's around $80. The retail price is $150 (I think). If it
- does what they say it does, I think it is very much worth it.
-
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