Fax Services with Network Fax

[cjl]

Hi,

I have a server running windows server 2003.
I have installed Fax Services on this server.
I have a network fax machine on the network.

Is there any way for fax services to recognize and use this network fax
device?

Thanks

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

No, unless the Fax machine manufacturer has included a driver specifically
for this. All flavors of Windows Fax (including XP Fax, Vista Fax and Scan,
and the shared fax service provided by Server 2003 and Small Business
Server) will only work with an analog Fax modem. The few All-In-One devices
that I've seen which DO have drivers only allow fax sending, they have no
provision for routing received faxes to client machines, so they're printed
to paper and must be picked up from the printer

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com

 

[cjl]

ok, thank you for the information.

No, unless the Fax machine manufacturer has included a driver specifically
for this. All flavors of Windows Fax (including XP Fax, Vista Fax and Scan,
and the shared fax service provided by Server 2003 and Small Business
Server) will only work with an analog Fax modem. The few All-In-One devices
that I've seen which DO have drivers only allow fax sending, they have no
provision for routing received faxes to client machines, so they're printed
to paper and must be picked up from the printer

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Live at Hot Licks - www.badnewsbluesband.com