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Rob Townley wrote:
> On 4/28/07, *Lee Howard* <faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:faxguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Rob Townley wrote:
>
> >On our MFP machines, you need to enter an email address on the
> >touchpad each time which is of course way more complex than
> entering a
> >numeric telephone #. There is no option for a preprogrammed email
> >address.
> >
> >Anything other than actually hitting the Fax Send button would
> confuse
> >them and they would not use it. Our users just wouldn't understand.
> >It really needs to be transparent to the end user.
> >
>
> I have some customers where I've set up fax machines as HylaFAX send
> clients. It's exactly the same machine that the users are
> familiar with
> already, and there is no confusion... dial number, press
> "Send". I even
> print/fax back error reports if they happen.
>
> Basically the fax machine communicates through the HylaFAX server as a
> transparent proxy. HylaFAX receives the fax, recognizing the dialed
> number, and then does whatever routing it needs ( i.e. to get it to a
> "local" fax server or one with actual PSTN connectivity), where that
> HylaFAX server then sends the fax out.
>
> Of course, I have an RJ-11 cable plugged into the fax machine. You
> indicated that you didn't want to that, though.
>
> Otherwise, it sounds like you're looking for a T.38-capable fax
> machine
> - or one that is truly T.37-capable. Interfacing T.37 with HylaFAX
> would be extremely simple.
>
> Lee.
>
>
> So your solution still requires RJ-11 telephone?
Well, yes, because that's what is on the fax machine with which my
customers are familiar. So you plug that familiar equipment into an ATA
or an FXS port on your DID-capable PBX.
Again, what it sounds like you're after is a T.37 fax machine. Off-hand
I don't know of any, but there may be some.
Lee.