Re: Faxes on Macs?


"-hh" <recscuba_google@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> wargy wrote:
>> How can I set up my computer for fax?
>
>
> Functionally, its the same basic process as setting up a printer.
> Ditto for then using it.
>
>
> Open "System Preferences" and type "fax" into the search box ... it
> will highlight the "Printers and Fax" control panel. Open that.
>
> Within the Print & Fax control panel window, *AFTER* you've succesfully
> set up the Fax, it will appear (typically under the name of "Fax
> Print") in the left column with your other printers.
>
> To set it up, look above this dialog box - - you 'll see three buttons:
> Printing - Faxing - Sharing
>
> You should be currently on the Printing one.
>
> Click on the Faxing one...fill out the obvious stuff & the options you
> want, then close the window.
>
>
> Next, go to your Address Book (its in the dock) and put down the fax
> number on one of your contacts.
>
> Then from within any application, tell it to Print. When the printer
> dialog comes up, you need to do two things:
>
> 1. change your printer selection in the top dialog - from your default
> printer to the Fax.
>
> 2. identify your fax destination. This is in the 3rd dialog, that
> normally says "Copies & Pages". After you've selected the Fax, one of
> these should say "Fax Options" - - within Safari, its 3rd from the
> bottom. This is where you select the fax# from your address book, add
> cover page text, etc.
>
> FWIW, the only option I've not found is to be able to manually enter a
> Fax# for a one-time deal...the interface insists that you to set up an
> address book entry.
>
> FYI, there's an application in the Applications folder of "FAXstf"
> which is the underlying engine. It is where your drafts will go that
> you can't send (lack of a fax#, etc) and has some other options,
> features and controls.

Wow - very intuitive. On Windows, click once.


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