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Re: Attachments in proprietary formats (i.e. Word)



Helge Oldach wrote:
> 
> Wout Mertens:
> >I checked the archives and this doesn't seem to have been touched
> >recently: I want to be able to send word etc documents as attachments from
> >Windows. The problem is, of course, that Hylafax can't really do anything
> >much with those closed formats. So, I figured these were probable
> >solutions:
> >- Somehow get WHFC to ask for attachments and print them locally
> >- Make a sort of server that runs on a Win box (or VM-Ware for the
> >purists) and gets files, lets the software print them, sends them back.
> 
> - Print everything locally into a single PostScript file, send that one
> with WHFC, and let hylafax deal with it.
> 
> Simple, but requires a little user training.
> 
> Helge
Hi,

attaching postscript files under Windows will fail due
to some "printer extensions" in the postscript code 8-(.

Uli
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