Sending Fax in XP is SLOW

[Sam]

Faxing works fine but it took me 18 minutes to send
a 6 page document. Can anybody help?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Not until you provide some clues.
Specify your configuration, including your modem.

 

[Guest]

My modem is a US Robotics 56K Win 1806 on Com 3. Configuration?? What excatly do you need to know?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

You can stop there. USR has a buggy modem with modem identification and
echo.
Try this:

1. Delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fax\TapiDevices\<modem ID>

2. Open

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE
10318}\<modem id>\Fax

and change the SetupCommand from:

"AT&F&B1&D2V1Q0E0S0=0&C1&H1&R2&I0X4&A3S7=255" to
"ATE0&F&B1&D2V1Q0E0S0=0&C1&H1&R2&I0X4&A3S7=255" (Just adding E0 to the setup
command).

Use the device again...
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

My modem is a US Robotics 56K Win 1806 on Com 3. Configuration?? What

excatly do you need to know?

 

[Guest]

Russ,
Thanks for your help! Where do I go to delete HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fax\TapiDevices\<modem ID>?

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP DTS]]

Its in the system registry; use the Registry Editor, Regedit.exe, to make
the necessary changes.

Hal
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Russ,
Thanks for your help! Where do I go to delete

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fax\TapiDevices\<modem ID>?

 

[Guest]

Russ & Hal
I made the changes in the system registry, rebooted and sent a 2 page fax and it took nearly
minutes to complete. Can you recommend anything else to check for?

Thanks for all your help
Sam

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Nope. That is the only known fix. It has worked for everyone else I know so
far.

 

[Guest]

Hey Russ, In the Registry what should the Highest Send Speed be? Mine says 14400.
Is that value correct
Thanks in advance
Sam

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

I've never seen any fax modem even come close to 14400. That should be
ample.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all your help. I'm going to install a new modem & hopefully that should
take care of the problem.