--------------------------------------------------------------------------- WINFAX PRO Test Drive README Notes September 3, 1991 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WINFAX PRO is a fax communications product for Microsoft Windows from Delrina Technology Inc. This "Test Drive" version of WINFAX PRO is designed to give you a preview of the features in the full WINFAX PRO product. You may copy and freely distribute WINFAX PRO "Test Drive". For more information on WINFAX PRO, contact Delrina Technology: Phone: 1-800-268-6082 Fax: 1-408-363-2340 Please review the following notes before running the WINFAX PRO Test Drive demonstration software. Overview of WINFAX PRO ====================== WINFAX PRO consists of four components: 1. The WINFAX PRO printer driver is installed in your system like any other Windows compatible printer. To send a fax from any Windows application, choose "WINFAX" using the application's Printer Setup or equivalent command, and then select the Print command. 2. The WINFAX PRO receive module handles incoming faxes. 3. The WINFAX PRO Image Viewer lets you preview faxes on the screen. 4. The WINFAX PRO Administrator performs the actual fax send and receive functions. It also provides fax management tools. Installing WINFAX PRO Test Drive ================================ If you downloaded WINFAX PRO in a .ZIP file (FAXDEMO.ZIP) unzip it to a floppy disk first before proceeding then.... If you have not yet installed WINFAX PRO Test Drive ... 1. Insert the disk into your computer's floppy disk drive. 2. From the Windows Program Manager menu bar, pull down the File menu and click on the command Run. In the Run dialog, type A:\INSTALL (or B:\INSTALL) and click on OK. The installation program can detect whether or not you have a fax/modem in your computer. (You can still install WINFAX PRO Test Drive without a fax/modem to just preview WINFAX PRO's screens and dialogs). The installation program suggests drives and directories for your installation which you can overwrite. Setting Up WINFAX PRO Test Drive to Send and Receive ==================================================== If you are running WINFAX PRO Test Drive with a Class 2 or Sendfax fax/modem and will be sending and/or receiving test faxes, you may need to fine tune your WINFAX configuration. (Note that you cannot send and receive with WINFAX PRO Test Drive if you have a CAS compatible fax/modem). Use the Setup command to check and adjust the following settings: Paper Size - Choose the paper format in which you will typically send your faxes. Default Resolution - Select 200 x 200 dpi to achieve the highest quality fax documents. Select 100 x 200 DPI only if transmission time (cost) is more important than the print quality of the fax at the receiving end. Orientation - Choose the orientation in which you want your faxed pages printed at the receiving end. Display Call Progress - With this feature enabled, WINFAX PRO displays a dialog with status messages while you are sending and receiving faxes. This feature is recommended in the WINFAX PRO Test Drive, because other fax notification features available in WINFAX PRO are not available in this demonstration. Speaker Mode - Set the speaker to always be off or on, or on until WINFAX PRO connects with a sending or receiving fax device. Modem Setup - Configure your fax/modem to handle the following: Detect Busy Tone Detect Dial Tone Pulse Dial - Select this setting if your telephone system does not support "touch tone" dialing. Dial Retries - Set the number of times you would like WINFAX PRO to try to send a fax when it encounters a busy signal at the receiving end. Retry Time - Set the number of seconds between each retry. Init String - Add special modem settings, if desired. Maximum Transmission Rate (Max Tx Rate) - Set the maximum rate at which your fax hardware is designed to transmit. Volume - Choose a low, medium or high volume setting for your fax/modem's speaker. Fax Header - This feature is not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive. Station Identifier - Type in your fax number. Sender Name - Type in your name or company name. Previewing WINFAX PRO with WINFAX PRO Test Drive ================================================ The following describes the full functionality of WINFAX PRO, with Test Drive limitations noted. * WINFAX PRO runs with internal or external fax/modems with send or send/receive capabilities: Send only - must be Sendfax compatible Send/receive - must conform to one of the following sets of specifications: Intel DCA/CAS (Communicating Applications Specification) or Class 2 (TR29.2 EIA PN 2388 recommendation) Refer to the end of this README file for a list of some known WINFAX compatible boards. * WINFAX PRO (CAS version) software components work consistently and seamlessly in relation to existing CAS software. Any additions or changes you make via WINFAX PRO are also detected by your CAS software. For example, if you edit your phonebooks in WINFAX PRO, the changes are reflected when you view your phonebooks using your CAS software. Files from send and receive events generated from WINFAX PRO are also accessible via your CAS software. Note: Some of the features and dialogs shown in WINFAX PRO Test Drive do not appear in the CAS version of WINFAX PRO, because those features are handled by software accompanying the CAS fax/modem. Sending Faxes ------------- * Send faxes from any Windows application by simply selecting the application's Print command. [You can only send one-page faxes using WINFAX PRO Test Drive. In WINFAX PRO, you can send unlimited numbers of pages.] * Broadcast a fax to a group of recipients, as well as sending them to individuals. [Group broadcasts are not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Combine documents and data from multiple Windows applications - such as a letter from your word processor, a diagram or graphic from your paint or draw program, and a cover sheet from your forms processing package - into a single fax message. [You cannot combine documents from multiple applications in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Send faxes directly from WINFAX, complete with cover page. Define customized cover pages for these quick faxes, including logos, fax information blocks and additional text. ["Direct send" faxes and cover pages are not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] Receiving Faxes --------------- * Receive faxes in automatic or manual mode. When receiving automatically, you can immediately view faxes or send them directly to your printer. [You can only view one received page - the last page sent to you - in WINFAX PRO Test Drive. Also, manual receive and view, print and notify on receive are not available.] * Receive faxes while in DOS or other non-Windows applications by running a WINFAX TSR (terminate but stay resident, or memory resident) program. (The TSR is not required if you have a CAS compatible fax/modem.) [The WINFAX TSR is not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] Viewing Faxes ------------- * Preview outgoing faxes and fax attachments before sending them. [WINFAX PRO Test Drive provides sample files only to view.] * Review incoming faxes automatically or at your discretion. View individual pages, or get an overview of all pages in a fax. [You can view one received page at a time in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Rotate received faxes to a more suitable orientation, by 90, 180 or 270 degrees. When you receive a fax upside down, flip all pages right side up! [These features are not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Use four different zoom factors (magnification levels) to view your faxes. [Only the 100% and full page zoom factors are available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Convert faxes to graphic image file formats - PC Paintbrush+ (PCX) and Tag Image File Format (TIFF). You can modify and reuse fax images in other applications. [This feature is not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Select an area from a fax image and copy it to the Windows clipboard. You can then copy the selected portion of the fax image to another Windows application. [This feature is not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Convert received faxes to WINFAX file format. You can then attach a received fax to send it out as part of another fax. [This feature is not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] Managing Faxes, Fax Events and Phonebooks ----------------------------------------- * Store fax numbers for individuals and broadcast groups in online directories, called phonebooks. Import names and fax numbers from ASCII text files to your WINFAX phonebooks. Each phonebook can contain a total of up to 1,000 individuals and groups, and you can have an unlimited number of phonebooks. [These features are not fully functional in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Schedule faxes to transmit at a future date and time to take advantage of low rates and international time differences. [This feature is not available in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * View a list of scheduled faxes waiting to be sent, and received faxes waiting to be viewed. Delete and reschedule pending fax events. [These features are not fully functional in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] * Review detailed activity logs of previously sent and received faxes. Each entry includes information on station identifier, resolution, pages sent and received, status messages and so on. You can delete log entries, purge the log of all events, resubmit faxes to be sent again, catalogue received faxes with descriptions and print the contents of the logs. [These features are not fully functional in WINFAX PRO Test Drive.] Compatible Fax/Modem Products ============================= The following is a list of fax/modem products with which WINFAX PRO is compatible. Delrina Technology is expanding this list on a regular basis, so if you cannot find your specific model of fax/modem, call 1-800-268-6082 for up-to-date information. (This number is for sales assistance only. Free Technical product support is not available for the WINFAX PRO Test Drive.) Send/Receive Fax/Modems ----------------------- Anchor Automation - Patriot Best Data - 9624 fax Calpak - SRM 2496 Cardinal Technologies - MB 2296 SR CPI - Viva 24/96 IF Digitan - DS 92 Everex - EverFax 24/96 Fremont Communications - Fax96 with modem GVC - Fax Modem 9624 Husky - Fax Modem 96 Image Communications - Twin Comm Incomm - Vision PC 2400, 2405 and 2442 Intel - Connection CoProcessor and SatisFAXtion Macronix - Max lite and Maxfax 2 Prometheus Products - 2496 BSR, 9600 Plus and Promodem Ultima Technology Concepts - OmniLink Laser and OmniLink Fax/Modem US Robotics/Touchbase Systems - WorldPort 2496 Zoom Telephonics - FC 96/24 and FX 96/24 Send Only (Sendfax compatible) Fax/Modems ----------------------------------------- Best Communications Calpak CPI Cardinal Technologies GVC Incomm Data Systems Logicode Technology Practical Peripherals Prometheus Products Ventel Zoltrix Zoom Telephonics Other ----- Omnitel Sendfax compatible send/receive fax/modem for Data World NB320 SX notebook Laptop and notebook computers with Sendfax options: Bitwise Sports SX Compu Add 316 SL Compu Add Companion 286 Sharp PC 6220 Texas Instruments TI Travel Mate 2000 Laptop and notebook computers with Class 2 options: Compaq - Lte, Lte 286 and Lte 386 Toshiba - T1000, T1200, T1600, T2000, T3100 and T3200