Can't fax from PC

[Guest]

I just purchased a new HP Pavilion Notebook with Vista Home Premium on it,
and can't seem to figure out how to send or receive faxes. I used to send
faxes from my old laptop, straight from MS WORD, by clicking print and
choosing the MS Fax Driver. I can not figure out how to set this up on my
new laptop.
I also receive several faxes daily, and I like to receive them on my laptop,
and view them there. I can not get my new laptop to answer an incoming ring.
I have tried to fax to it, and from the laptop never answers the line.
There is an HP modem test that I performed on my new laptop, and it said
that my fax modem was fine.
I know that it is not the phone line, because I can plug it into my old
laptop and it works fine.
I was hoping that some one could tell me how to get my fax set up on my new
laptop. Thanks!!!!!!!

 

[Malke]

I just purchased a new HP Pavilion Notebook with Vista Home Premium on it,
and can't seem to figure out how to send or receive faxes. I used to send
faxes from my old laptop, straight from MS WORD, by clicking print and
choosing the MS Fax Driver. I can not figure out how to set this up on my
new laptop.
I also receive several faxes daily, and I like to receive them on my laptop,
and view them there. I can not get my new laptop to answer an incoming ring.
I have tried to fax to it, and from the laptop never answers the line.
There is an HP modem test that I performed on my new laptop, and it said
that my fax modem was fine.
I know that it is not the phone line, because I can plug it into my old
laptop and it works fine.
I was hoping that some one could tell me how to get my fax set up on my new
laptop. Thanks!!!!!!!

The Vista Home Editions do not have the capability of faxing. You'll
need to use third-party software. Do a search in Google Groups Advanced
Search for "fax software" or the like and constrain the search to this
newsgroup - microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan. There have
been numerous threads about this.

I can't give you a fax program recommendation because I have a
standalone fax machine, but the above search should get you what you need.


Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help!!!!

The Vista Home Editions do not have the capability of faxing. You'll
need to use third-party software. Do a search in Google Groups Advanced
Search for "fax software" or the like and constrain the search to this
newsgroup - microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan. There have
been numerous threads about this.

I can't give you a fax program recommendation because I have a
standalone fax machine, but the above search should get you what you need.


Malke
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[Michael Solomon]

The Vista Home Editions do not have the capability of faxing. You'll
need to use third-party software. Do a search in Google Groups
Advanced Search for "fax software" or the like and constrain the
search to this newsgroup -
microsoft.public.windows.vista.print_fax_scan. There have been
numerous threads about this.
I can't give you a fax program recommendation because I have a
standalone fax machine, but the above search should get you what you
need.

Malke

Hi Malke:

Hi Malke:

For the sake of clarification, can your stand alone fax machine and fax
machines included with various all-in-one printers be used to fax directly
from your PC in Vista?

 

[Malke]

Hi Malke:

For the sake of clarification, can your stand alone fax machine and fax
machines included with various all-in-one printers be used to fax directly
from your PC in Vista?

My standalone fax machine is exactly that - a standalone fax machine
that has nothing to do with computers. I don't fax from any of my
computers. I can't answer your question about all-in-one printers. You'd
need to check with the printer mftr. I would assume that the software
included with the all-in-one would take care of the faxing capability.
The OP was asking about native faxing from within Vista - which does not
exist in either of the Vista Home versions.


Malke

 

[Michael Solomon]

My standalone fax machine is exactly that - a standalone fax machine
that has nothing to do with computers. I don't fax from any of my
computers. I can't answer your question about all-in-one printers.
You'd need to check with the printer mftr. I would assume that the
software included with the all-in-one would take care of the faxing
capability. The OP was asking about native faxing from within Vista -
which does not exist in either of the Vista Home versions.


Malke

Thanks, Malke. Unfortunately, most of the all-in-ones currently available
that work with Vista's various versions are using Vista's universal printer
driver. As someone else mentioned, previously, you would use the fax
printer which is installed with the MS-Fax component but with most of the
Vista versions not including that component it would seem to make faxing
from an all-in-one that includes that capability problematic. Of course, if
that capability wasn't supported, I suppose the user could simply print out
a hard copy and use their all-in-one's extrenal fax capability.

 

[Malke]

Thanks, Malke. Unfortunately, most of the all-in-ones currently available
that work with Vista's various versions are using Vista's universal printer
driver. As someone else mentioned, previously, you would use the fax
printer which is installed with the MS-Fax component but with most of the
Vista versions not including that component it would seem to make faxing
from an all-in-one that includes that capability problematic. Of course, if
that capability wasn't supported, I suppose the user could simply print out
a hard copy and use their all-in-one's extrenal fax capability.

Just have patience. The printer mftrs. will write updated drivers and
you'll be able to use the all-in-one's fax - as long as your AIO is
supported in Vista.


Malke