Re: XYshell and w2k

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "cmadsen"  on Thu, 30 Jan
2003 07:17:56 -0500


> Just guessing, since I don't have access to an off-site computer, but what
> happens if you specify the IP address of the printer on the command line?
>
> TY filename,155.155.155.155 <--substitute real IP address, which you can
> find in Win's printer applet.

That's news to me. A _local_ printer has an IP address? Why? Where
specifically in "Win's printer applet" (you mean, the object in Control Panel?)
are you finding this IP address -- and which "Win"?

I poked around a bit, and I was able to put raw documents in the fax queue
(using RAWPRINT.EXE, which you can get from M$ at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q138594), and (using
the device name FAX) the fax printer driver saw it queued up; but the Fax Queue
app does NOT see it, doesn't recognize that it's there. Which makes me think
that you have to launch and configure faxes via the fax wizard (or whatever
they call it) FAXSEND.EXE. But I don't have any fax configured (I don't even
have a modem, except for a rather slow one in my cell phone, nice for getting
mail while travelling), so... can't be much help, sorry. What's obvious is
that some driver has to accept the raw text and turn it into a fax, a graphical
page. Maybe you should poke around and find a fax app that is less opaque?
FaxWorks was great for this purpose -- it just worked every time, direct from
XyWrite -- you installed the FaxWorks printer driver on an LPT port, and that
was all there was to it -- print to the fax port, it automatically turned your
file into a 200dpi PCX image, and you saw a graphical preview of it before
sending. Haven't used it in years, though.

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Robert Holmgren
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