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

[Ulrich Eckhardt <Ulrich.Eckhardt@transcom.de>]

Karl Denninger wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 02:23:20AM +0100, Wout Mertens wrote:
> > > I don't understand what you're having trouble with here.
> > >
> > > I use WHFC and after registering it I have what *looks like* a Windows
> > > system printer.  You print to it, WHFC's dialog box (for the destination)
> > > comes up.  Put in the fax number, hit "OK", and off it goes.
> > >
> > > This works from ALL applications.  You just install a LaserWriter II as the
> > > "printer driver" (Postscript) and then connect it to the WHFC "port" that
> > > gets registered.
> >
> > Very correct, but it does not allow you to include attachments. Which is
> > what we really need to do. It is also not possible to merge faxes to the
> > same number together in one call, since that is not supported by Hylafax
> > (yet). It is also not possible to print all the documents to one output,
> > since word doesn't let you :(.
> >
> > Wout.
> 
> Uh, the attachments is probably true.
> 
> However, Hylafax most certainly can merge faxes in one call.  If you specify
> more than one file to be sent, it will be, all in one call. I KNOW this
> works properly because my petition fax service (at the below web site)
> uses it programmatically if there are multiple signatures on a given
> petition when the transmission is scheduled.
> 
> Nor is this new - I used to use this feature when I ran an ISP to queue
> faxed documents to people from our customer service desk.
> 
> What are you trying to print to one document that word fails to permit?
> Can you be specific?
> 
> I'd like to look into that - I suspect you're wrong but I might be instead
> ;-)

Hi,

Yes HylaFax supports this, but WHFC currently not.

Uli

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