Sending Faxes From Your Windows Applications

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To send a fax from a Windows application, the FACSys Desktop must be running at your workstation. The FACSys Desktop application can be either open or running as a background process indicated by the program's system tray icon in your Windows taskbar.

To fax your active Windows document, you simply print to the FACSys Fax Printer. (In most applications, you invoke the print action by choosing the File|Print command.) The FACSys Fax Printer will output your document to a print file.

FACSys will then do one of the following, depending on the Delivery Options you have defined in the Advanced Options window (Tools|Options|Sending tab).

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Fax Method   What Happens   Print to email.   Note that this feature only works with MAPI-compliant email programs (e.g., MS Mail, Exchange, Lotus Notes.)   If you have selected the 'Use electronic mail transport when printing' delivery option, then the "printed" document will be included as an attachment in a new mail message. (You may be prompted to first log into the email application.) To fax the message, enter a fax address as the TO destination address.   Print to fax.   If you have not selected the 'Use electronic mail transport when printing' delivery option, then the "printed" document will be included as a file attachment in the New Fax Message window. Define the fax scheduling parameters and click the Send toolbar button to send the fax.

For details on fax message addressing from your email application.