kwerle@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Werle) (06/06/91)
Our company delivers a lot of documents to various other companies. All of these documents will soon be printed using postscript, and we would like to know if there is any easy/cheap way to send these documents by fax instead of by hand as we do now. We would prefer to use a FAX modem rather than print them locally and fax them, thus we'd like to know if it's possible to convert from postscript -> FAX. We're running on IBM's, and we'd prefer not to have to make our customers buy a 'non-standard' fax. And BTW, what resolution are FAX machines (dpi, what's lpi?)? Thanks in advance, Kurt
marty@wwoh.com (Martin B. Winston) (06/06/91)
kwerle@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Werle) writes: > lik to know if there is any easy/cheap way to send these documents by > fax instead of by hand as we do now. We would prefer to use a FAX modem > We're running on IBM's, and we'd prefer not to have to make our customers > buy a 'non-standard' fax. If you're on a Netware or Lan Server or Lan Manager network, take a look at the Castelle FAXpress. They have a new model due in a few weeks that offers direct faxing for PostScript documents (or ascii or hp-pcl). It's a box about the size of a phone book that plugs into your (Ethernet or Token Ring) network, a phone line, a wall plug and a laser printer. Call 408-496-0474 & ask for info - they'll even fax a sample of their work. __________/\/\.\/\/. "May all your sins be original, or good copies." Marty Winston ______________________________________________________________________ | Martin B. Winston, APR | Compuserve: 71327,1266 | uunet!wwoh!marty |\ | Russell, OH 44072 | MHS: Marty@WWOH | BIX: MartyWW | | | (216) 338-8400 | fax: 216-338-8117 | WB8LBV | | |________________________|_________________________|___________________| | \______________________________________________________________________\|
teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen) (06/06/91)
>Subject: PostScript -> FAX >From: kwerle@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Werle) >Path: ulrik!nuug!ugle.unit.no!sunic!uupsi!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!bonnie.ics.uci.edu!kwerle >Reply-To: kwerle@ics.uci.edu (Werle) >Date: 5 Jun 91 19:17:50 GMT > >Our company delivers a lot of documents to various other companies. All >of these documents will soon be printed using postscript, and we would >like to know if there is any easy/cheap way to send these documents by >fax instead of by hand as we do now. We would prefer to use a FAX modem >rather than print them locally and fax them, thus we'd like to know if >it's possible to convert from postscript -> FAX. >We're running on IBM's, and we'd prefer not to have to make our customers >buy a 'non-standard' fax. >And BTW, what resolution are FAX machines (dpi, what's lpi?)? >Thanks in advance, >Kurt > What you might be looking for is something like Quadfax 9600. 9600 bps send and receive fax modem with postscript to fax format conversion software. It requires some 2-4MB of extended memory to work at a decent speed, but can be used with less (I think). List price is supposed to be $ 800,-, but IME Computers in Boston (617-254-1700 Phone, 617-254-0392 Fax) sell it at $ 199,- with 12 Post- Script fonts. You can ask for Joanne Nash at IME, from whoom I always have got the best service. Fax resolution standard is approx. 100*100dpi and fine is approx. 200*100dpi if I remember right. Lpi might be lines per inch. Hope some of this may be of help to you. Best regards Terje Romen
oeschi@netmbx.UUCP (Johann Deutinger) (06/07/91)
In article <910506.115010.teromen@tussi> teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen) writes: > >>Subject: PostScript -> FAX [most of it deleted (to enable my follow-up)] >Fax resolution standard is approx. 100*100dpi and fine is approx. 200*100dpi if >I remember right. Lpi might be lines per inch. Standard resolution (which is low resolution!) is 8 dots per millimeter horizontally and 3,85 lines per millimeter vertically (which is 203.2 dpi by 97.79 lpi), fine resolution is 7,7 l/mm (195.58 lpi). BTW, on PCs PostScript can be converted to PCX or TIFF for example by using Goscript or Ultrascript (both commercial products) and with some adaptation by Ghostscript as well. Most fax cards are able to send PCX and/or TIFF files. -- oeschi@netmbx.UUCP | Johann Deutinger voice +49 30 396 50 21 | Ferrari electronic GmbH (.. no, we don't sell cars) fax +49 30 396 80 20 | Beusselstr. 27 - 1000 Berlin 21 - FRG
marty@wwoh.com (Martin B. Winston) (06/07/91)
teromen@ulrik.uio.no (Terje Romen) writes: > Subject: PostScript -> FAX > From: kwerle@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Werle) > Path: ulrik!nuug!ugle.unit.no!sunic!uupsi!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!ucivax!b > Reply-To: kwerle@ics.uci.edu (Werle) > Date: 5 Jun 91 19:17:50 GMT > > Our company delivers a lot of documents to various other companies. All > of these documents will soon be printed using postscript, and we would > like to know if there is any easy/cheap way to send these documents by > fax instead of by hand as we do now. We would prefer to use a FAX modem > rather than print them locally and fax them, thus we'd like to know if > it's possible to convert from postscript -> FAX. Not sure if I answered this already, but we have the newest version of the Castelle (408-496-0474) FAXpress, a dedicated fax server (about the size of a phone book - plugs into the lan, a phone, AC power and a laser - doubles as a print server) which now has PostScript support. Suggest you check it out. __________/\/\.\/\/. "May all your sins be original, or good copies." Marty Winston ______________________________________________________________________ | Martin B. Winston, APR | Compuserve: 71327,1266 | uunet!wwoh!marty |\ | Russell, OH 44072 | MHS: Marty@WWOH | BIX: MartyWW | | | (216) 338-8400 | fax: 216-338-8117 | WB8LBV | | |________________________|_________________________|___________________| | \______________________________________________________________________\|