PAPAGENO - Document Conversion

You normally create faxes in a graphics or word processing program.

The conversion to fax format is done either on the gateway computer or on the respective user computer via a PAPAGENO printer.

  • Conversion  on  the  Gateway  System
  • Conversion  on  the  Client  computer

Fax documents created in an application can be converted directly to fax format via a PAPAGENO printer.

Under Unix there are special PAPAGENO/comFAX printers which convert and send ASCII and PostScript documents and send documents from Unix applications as fax to PAPAGENO.

Under Windows the FAX MAPI printer converts the documents.

Faxkonvertierung on the client computer

The user selects Fax MAPI Printer in the application where he created the document. The printer converts the document into fax format and sends it to the mail client. There it is as an attachment *.tif, can be viewed or immediately sent to a fax address.

Advantages

  • The user sees the document in the mail send window as it is sent (tif format)
  • No programs must be maintained on the gateway system
  • Protection against macro viruses is guaranteed
  • Version incompatibilities are avoided

Disadvatage

  • The load of conversion is on the client computer

What formats does the FAX MAPI printer convert?

All output formats that are common today: Microsoft Office formats (Word, Excel, etc.) as well as all formats supported by the OLE interface. Everything you can print from the Windows PC can also be converted to the fax format.

The Fax MAPI Printer does not need to be configured. (It is not client to PAPAGENO).