Fax shortcut

[History Fan]

My PC is running XP Home SP2, DSL connection. I would like to configure
my computer so that I can right-click on a desktop photo or document and
automatically send it to the Fax program. Is that possible?

 

[R. McCarty]

If you use ADSL, does your PC have available a Dial-Up modem with
a functioning "Connectoid" (Dial up setting). You cannot use Facsimile
type operations over Broadband.

 

[--Alias--]

My PC is running XP Home SP2, DSL connection. I would like to configure
my computer so that I can right-click on a desktop photo or document and
automatically send it to the Fax program. Is that possible?

Yeah, right click and choose Print. Then choose Fax from the drop down menu.

Alias

 

[History Fan]

Yeah, right click and choose Print. Then choose Fax from the drop down
menu.

Alias

When I right-click on a image saved on my desktop, 'Print' is not
listed.

 

[--Alias--]

When I right-click on a image saved on my desktop, 'Print' is not
listed.

Have you got a printer configured? Have you configured your fax?
Remember, to fax something, DSL will not work. You will need a separate
phone line for that.

Alias

 

[lobo]

Have you got a printer configured? Have you configured your fax? Remember,
to fax something, DSL will not work. You will need a separate phone line
for that.

Alias

Like you Alias, I think the printer software has not be set up for the OP's
system. I do have one DSL line and use it for a regular phone, fax and
surfing. When faxing, I go to print and choose the printer fax function that
was set up with the HP software.

Cheers,
lobo

 

[Frank]

My PC is running XP Home SP2, DSL connection. I would like to configure
my computer so that I can right-click on a desktop photo or document and
automatically send it to the Fax program. Is that possible?

FAX = analog. DSL = digital. Never the twain shall meet.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

FAX = analog. DSL = digital. Never the twain shall meet.

Although there's some truth in what you say, it's *very* misleading.

First, just because someone has a DSL connection to the internet does not
mean that he does not also have a dial-up line and modem that would permit
faxing. For example, I have both here, and can FAX even though I use DSL for
my internet connection.

Second, even if he has only a DSL connection, and no dial-up connection,
there are several web-based FAX services he could use.

 

[Frank]

Although there's some truth in what you say, it's *very* misleading.

First, just because someone has a DSL connection to the internet does not
mean that he does not also have a dial-up line and modem that would permit
faxing. For example, I have both here, and can FAX even though I use DSL for
my internet connection.

Second, even if he has only a DSL connection, and no dial-up connection,
there are several web-based FAX services he could use.

The OP does not state that he has an analog modem.
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Although you are correct. It is not the answer to the question. It is however
a solution.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

The OP does not state that he has an analog modem.

No, he didn't, and I didn't suggest otherwise. I said "does not mean that he
does not also have a dial-up line and modem." I didn't say he had one, I
said that it was *possible* that he had one. My point is that having a DSL
modem does not preclude the possibility of his also having a dialup modem.
For example, I have both here.

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Although you are correct. It is not the answer to the question. It
is however
a solution.

It may or may not be a solution for him. My only point here is that your
saying "FAX = analog. DSL = digital. Never the twain shall meet." may give
him the mistaken impression that if he has a DSL internet connection, he can
not also have a dialup modem and therefore can not fax. That isn't true, and
I wnted to point it out, lest he get a mistaken impression from your reply.