setting up the fax

[Guest Carrie]

I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

(printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

It says Rockwell fax/data V90

Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP instal

CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid path.

What comes up automatically, from previous tries says drivercache\i386

Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and to

put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does come up

(I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

 

My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

couldn't find the file)

 

Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

(LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front of

a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure out the

dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code, etc. it

doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up twice

when it dials and doesn't work)

 

Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I would

be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have the

program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

 

(I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

WinXP and it's different)

 

Thanks,

Carrie

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie wrote:

> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP instal

> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid path.

> What comes up automatically, from previous tries says drivercache\i386

> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and to

> put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does come up

> (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>

> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

> couldn't find the file)

>

> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front of

> a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure out the

> dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code, etc. it

> doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up twice

> when it dials and doesn't work)

>

> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I would

> be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have the

> program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>

> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

> WinXP and it's different)

>

> Thanks,

> Carrie

>

>

Sounds like the easy way out is to open the Lexmark manual and read.

If you can send a fax, you probably can receive one.

If you don't have the XP CD it sounds more trouble to fix XP's fax than

use Lexmark.

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie wrote:

> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP instal

> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid path.

> What comes up automatically, from previous tries says drivercache\i386

> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and to

> put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does come up

> (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>

> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

> couldn't find the file)

>

> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front of

> a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure out the

> dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code, etc. it

> doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up twice

> when it dials and doesn't work)

>

> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I would

> be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have the

> program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>

> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

> WinXP and it's different)

>

> Thanks,

> Carrie

 

Faxing died with the dinosaurs. Faxing today is calling e-mailing.

Anything they can send via fax can be sent via e-mail. If the sender

has a scanner to fax, they have a scanner to save to a file and send

that to you.

 

Rather than tie up your phone call waiting for a fax to arrive and which

will piss off anyone else trying to call you when they hear fax tones,

get a free eFax account. Sending faxes through eFax costs money but

receiving them is free. You can use e-mail or your data/fax modem to

send faxes to someone else but use eFax to receive faxes without tying

up your phone line. The sender sends their fax to eFax who then sends

it to you as an attachment to an e-mail. You do need to install their

software to read their proprietary file format for the attached file

(their paid service lets you select to send in the less compacted .tif

format so you can use the Windows-included Fax viewer to see those

files). In fact, you don't even need to use your data/fax modem to send

faxes. Another free receive-only fax service is K7.com but they'll

expire your account if you don't receive at least one fax per month

through that account. K7 uses the .tif format so you don't need extra

software to read those faxes which arrive as e-mails to you. You can

use Faxzero.com to send them (up to 3 pages in length) using a web

interface. So you can send using Faxzero and receive using eFax or K7.

I still sometimes use my data/fax modem to send faxes but occasionally I

use Faxzero, like to send a keep-alive fax to my K7 account so it

doesn't expire. I also used Faxzero to send faxes when the fax number

is a long-distance call to eliminate those charges to send the fax. The

free eFax account doesn't let you assign a local phone number (the paid

account does) and the same for the K7 service, and why I use Faxzero to

send a keep alive fax to K7 to eliminate the long-distance charge.

 

Although eFax is free for receiving only mode, you don't get a local

phone number for where to receive faxes. Same for K7. However, I

consider that a penalty against anyone that is so stuck in ancient

technology that they think they need to send me a fax instead of e-mail.

If they don't want to make a long-distance phone call to send me a fax,

they should instead send me an e-mail. So the penalty might prod them

to rethink just how they are going to send me that document.

 

If the Lexmark really is an all-in-one device that includes faxing, it

should receive. If not, it really isn't an all-in-one device. Faxing

goes both ways, so sending without be able to receive means an

incomplete faxing device. You didn't mention WHICH model of Lexmark

all-in-one device that you have. Since you didn't identify the model, I

picked one: the X2500. It's user guide is at

http://www.lexmark.com/publications/pdfs/2007/2500/v3709407_en.pdf.

Page 46 describes how to send faxes. Page 47 describes how to receive

them.

 

For now, just use the Lexmark to receive faxes. When you have it

enabled to receive faxes, your phone line will be tied up as the Lexmark

will answer incoming calls. You might be able to set the Lexmark

software to wait for, say, 4 rings so you can pickup the call to see if

a person called or if you hear fax tones (and if you hear fax tones then

follow their instructions on how to transfer the call to the Lexmark).

Otherwise, take the easy route and create a free eFax or K7 account and

make the sender send their fax to those phone numbers and you'll get it

via e-mail.

[Guest Carrie]

Re: setting up the fax

 

 

"Big_Al" <BigAl@md.com> wrote in message

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> Carrie wrote:

>> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

>> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

>> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

>> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

>> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

>> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

>> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP

>> instal CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

>> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

>> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid

>> path. What comes up automatically, from previous tries says

>> drivercache\i386

>> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and

>> to put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does

>> come up (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>>

>> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

>> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

>> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

>> couldn't find the file)

>>

>> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

>> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

>> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front

>> of a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure

>> out the dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code,

>> etc. it doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes

>> up twice when it dials and doesn't work)

>>

>> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I

>> would be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have

>> the program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>>

>> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

>> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

>> WinXP and it's different)

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Carrie

> Sounds like the easy way out is to open the Lexmark manual and read.

> If you can send a fax, you probably can receive one.

> If you don't have the XP CD it sounds more trouble to fix XP's fax than

> use Lexmark.

 

I have looked it up, and couldn't find clear info. I now have a

different model Lexmark, maybe I can find more/figure it out.

But, I will try again. I've also put it in google, I can try that

again.

I don't send/receive many faxes (myself) it's not like I even have a

way of testing it. Unless I knew someone with a fax who would send me one

just to see if it worked.

Since this isn't the first time I've come across being asked for WIN XP

installation disc and not having it, it might be good to know how to get

around this, for other things, too.

[Guest Carrie]

Re: setting up the fax

 

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

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> Carrie wrote:

>

>> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

>> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

>> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

>> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

>> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

>> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

>> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP

>> instal

>> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

>> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

>> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid

>> path.

>> What comes up automatically, from previous tries says drivercache\i386

>> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and

>> to

>> put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does come

>> up

>> (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>>

>> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

>> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

>> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

>> couldn't find the file)

>>

>> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

>> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

>> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front

>> of

>> a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure out

>> the

>> dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code, etc. it

>> doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up twice

>> when it dials and doesn't work)

>>

>> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I

>> would

>> be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have the

>> program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>>

>> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

>> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

>> WinXP and it's different)

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Carrie

>

> Faxing died with the dinosaurs. Faxing today is calling e-mailing.

> Anything they can send via fax can be sent via e-mail. If the sender

> has a scanner to fax, they have a scanner to save to a file and send

> that to you.

>

> Rather than tie up your phone call waiting for a fax to arrive and which

> will piss off anyone else trying to call you when they hear fax tones,

> get a free eFax account. Sending faxes through eFax costs money but

> receiving them is free. You can use e-mail or your data/fax modem to

> send faxes to someone else but use eFax to receive faxes without tying

> up your phone line. The sender sends their fax to eFax who then sends

> it to you as an attachment to an e-mail. You do need to install their

> software to read their proprietary file format for the attached file

> (their paid service lets you select to send in the less compacted .tif

> format so you can use the Windows-included Fax viewer to see those

> files). In fact, you don't even need to use your data/fax modem to send

> faxes. Another free receive-only fax service is K7.com but they'll

> expire your account if you don't receive at least one fax per month

> through that account. K7 uses the .tif format so you don't need extra

> software to read those faxes which arrive as e-mails to you. You can

> use Faxzero.com to send them (up to 3 pages in length) using a web

> interface. So you can send using Faxzero and receive using eFax or K7.

> I still sometimes use my data/fax modem to send faxes but occasionally I

> use Faxzero, like to send a keep-alive fax to my K7 account so it

> doesn't expire. I also used Faxzero to send faxes when the fax number

> is a long-distance call to eliminate those charges to send the fax. The

> free eFax account doesn't let you assign a local phone number (the paid

> account does) and the same for the K7 service, and why I use Faxzero to

> send a keep alive fax to K7 to eliminate the long-distance charge.

>

> Although eFax is free for receiving only mode, you don't get a local

> phone number for where to receive faxes. Same for K7. However, I

> consider that a penalty against anyone that is so stuck in ancient

> technology that they think they need to send me a fax instead of e-mail.

> If they don't want to make a long-distance phone call to send me a fax,

> they should instead send me an e-mail. So the penalty might prod them

> to rethink just how they are going to send me that document.

>

> If the Lexmark really is an all-in-one device that includes faxing, it

> should receive. If not, it really isn't an all-in-one device. Faxing

> goes both ways, so sending without be able to receive means an

> incomplete faxing device. You didn't mention WHICH model of Lexmark

> all-in-one device that you have. Since you didn't identify the model, I

> picked one: the X2500. It's user guide is at

> http://www.lexmark.com/publications/pdfs/2007/2500/v3709407_en.pdf.

> Page 46 describes how to send faxes. Page 47 describes how to receive

> them.

>

> For now, just use the Lexmark to receive faxes. When you have it

> enabled to receive faxes, your phone line will be tied up as the Lexmark

> will answer incoming calls. You might be able to set the Lexmark

> software to wait for, say, 4 rings so you can pickup the call to see if

> a person called or if you hear fax tones (and if you hear fax tones then

> follow their instructions on how to transfer the call to the Lexmark).

> Otherwise, take the easy route and create a free eFax or K7 account and

> make the sender send their fax to those phone numbers and you'll get it

> via e-mail.

 

Thanks for all the info.

The Lexmark is X1185

I mainly bought it for a scanner, I use my Canon pixma ip6000D to print.

This is the first time in maybe 3 years someone asked me if I could get a

fax (the last time, I had WIN98 and Ring Central Fax set up with it, and my

previous Lexmark all in one, which was a different model. I never used the

Lexmark fax programs, I'd bring up "Ring Central Fax" with apparently came

with Win 98)

My daughter just asked me if Icould get a fax to get proof of insurance she

needed for her car from AAA. I don't think I have ever sent or gotten a fax

for myself.

So, I wasn't aware of how simple it is and programs available for it.

Sorry, sometimes I feel like such an old dog learning new tricks.

And, I thought, where I have had boxes come up other times asking for aWIN

XP instal CD, but supposedly this is built in, finding where to point it

might be good to know.

Maybe google knows...

[Guest Carrie]

Re: setting up the fax

 

I looked (once again) in the Lexmark instruction and all it has is "sending

a fax"

 

1 Open the Lexmark X1100 Series All-In-One Center (learn how to do this).

 

2 From the Creative Tasks menu of the All-In-One Main Page or View Saved

Images, click Fax Using your computer's modem.

3 If you are scanning a new item, place the item face down on the scanner,

and then click Preview Now to preview the image. If you are not scanning a

new item, open a saved image.

4 From the list under "Step 2. What is being scanned?", select a media

type.

 

Note: If you are faxing a saved image, this step is not available.

 

5 Under "Step 3. Is there more than one page?", check No, only one page if

you are faxing a single-page document. Check Yes, prompt me for each page if

you are faxing a multi-page document.

 

Note: If you are faxing a saved image, this step not available.

 

6 Click Next to begin scanning your document and to choose a destination.

 

As to receiving one...nothing. Would I turn it on? Open the all in one

center first? Would the fax just come in and then what, show up on the

screen or print (I long ago gave up keeping working ink cartridges in the

All in One they would run out, or need cleaning or not work right. I use my

Canon printer for printing)

If I could get the one that comes with WIN XP set up (maybe I could

download driver files instead of pointing the set up to the WIN XP cd I

don't have?) I could open it when expecting a fax and see it come in, save

it, etc.

I didn't realize asking how to point a program looking for the WIN XP

install CD (I don't have) to the files it wants on my computer was such a

complicated (or dumb?) question.

I'm sure if I spend enough time searching online I can find the answers

myself.

 

 

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

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> Carrie wrote:

>

>> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

>> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

>> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

>> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

>> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

>> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

>> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP

>> instal

>> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

>> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

>> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid

>> path.

>> What comes up automatically, from previous tries says drivercache\i386

>> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and

>> to

>> put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does come

>> up

>> (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>>

>> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

>> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

>> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

>> couldn't find the file)

>>

>> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

>> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

>> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front

>> of

>> a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure out

>> the

>> dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code, etc. it

>> doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up twice

>> when it dials and doesn't work)

>>

>> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I

>> would

>> be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have the

>> program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>>

>> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

>> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

>> WinXP and it's different)

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Carrie

>

> Faxing died with the dinosaurs. Faxing today is calling e-mailing.

> Anything they can send via fax can be sent via e-mail. If the sender

> has a scanner to fax, they have a scanner to save to a file and send

> that to you.

>

> Rather than tie up your phone call waiting for a fax to arrive and which

> will piss off anyone else trying to call you when they hear fax tones,

> get a free eFax account. Sending faxes through eFax costs money but

> receiving them is free. You can use e-mail or your data/fax modem to

> send faxes to someone else but use eFax to receive faxes without tying

> up your phone line. The sender sends their fax to eFax who then sends

> it to you as an attachment to an e-mail. You do need to install their

> software to read their proprietary file format for the attached file

> (their paid service lets you select to send in the less compacted .tif

> format so you can use the Windows-included Fax viewer to see those

> files). In fact, you don't even need to use your data/fax modem to send

> faxes. Another free receive-only fax service is K7.com but they'll

> expire your account if you don't receive at least one fax per month

> through that account. K7 uses the .tif format so you don't need extra

> software to read those faxes which arrive as e-mails to you. You can

> use Faxzero.com to send them (up to 3 pages in length) using a web

> interface. So you can send using Faxzero and receive using eFax or K7.

> I still sometimes use my data/fax modem to send faxes but occasionally I

> use Faxzero, like to send a keep-alive fax to my K7 account so it

> doesn't expire. I also used Faxzero to send faxes when the fax number

> is a long-distance call to eliminate those charges to send the fax. The

> free eFax account doesn't let you assign a local phone number (the paid

> account does) and the same for the K7 service, and why I use Faxzero to

> send a keep alive fax to K7 to eliminate the long-distance charge.

>

> Although eFax is free for receiving only mode, you don't get a local

> phone number for where to receive faxes. Same for K7. However, I

> consider that a penalty against anyone that is so stuck in ancient

> technology that they think they need to send me a fax instead of e-mail.

> If they don't want to make a long-distance phone call to send me a fax,

> they should instead send me an e-mail. So the penalty might prod them

> to rethink just how they are going to send me that document.

>

> If the Lexmark really is an all-in-one device that includes faxing, it

> should receive. If not, it really isn't an all-in-one device. Faxing

> goes both ways, so sending without be able to receive means an

> incomplete faxing device. You didn't mention WHICH model of Lexmark

> all-in-one device that you have. Since you didn't identify the model, I

> picked one: the X2500. It's user guide is at

> http://www.lexmark.com/publications/pdfs/2007/2500/v3709407_en.pdf.

> Page 46 describes how to send faxes. Page 47 describes how to receive

> them.

>

> For now, just use the Lexmark to receive faxes. When you have it

> enabled to receive faxes, your phone line will be tied up as the Lexmark

> will answer incoming calls. You might be able to set the Lexmark

> software to wait for, say, 4 rings so you can pickup the call to see if

> a person called or if you hear fax tones (and if you hear fax tones then

> follow their instructions on how to transfer the call to the Lexmark).

> Otherwise, take the easy route and create a free eFax or K7 account and

> make the sender send their fax to those phone numbers and you'll get it

> via e-mail.

[Guest Big_Al]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie wrote:

> I looked (once again) in the Lexmark instruction and all it has is "sending

> a fax"

>

> 1 Open the Lexmark X1100 Series All-In-One Center (learn how to do this).

>

> 2 From the Creative Tasks menu of the All-In-One Main Page or View Saved

> Images, click Fax Using your computer's modem.

> 3 If you are scanning a new item, place the item face down on the scanner,

> and then click Preview Now to preview the image. If you are not scanning a

> new item, open a saved image.

> 4 From the list under "Step 2. What is being scanned?", select a media

> type.

>

> Note: If you are faxing a saved image, this step is not available.

>

> 5 Under "Step 3. Is there more than one page?", check No, only one page if

> you are faxing a single-page document. Check Yes, prompt me for each page if

> you are faxing a multi-page document.

>

> Note: If you are faxing a saved image, this step not available.

>

> 6 Click Next to begin scanning your document and to choose a destination.

>

> As to receiving one...nothing. Would I turn it on? Open the all in one

> center first? Would the fax just come in and then what, show up on the

> screen or print (I long ago gave up keeping working ink cartridges in the

> All in One they would run out, or need cleaning or not work right. I use my

> Canon printer for printing)

> If I could get the one that comes with WIN XP set up (maybe I could

> download driver files instead of pointing the set up to the WIN XP cd I

> don't have?) I could open it when expecting a fax and see it come in, save

> it, etc.

> I didn't realize asking how to point a program looking for the WIN XP

> install CD (I don't have) to the files it wants on my computer was such a

> complicated (or dumb?) question.

> I'm sure if I spend enough time searching online I can find the answers

> myself.

>

>

>

> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

> news:%23NWmq$lHJHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Carrie wrote:

>>

>>> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

>>> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

>>> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

>>> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

>>> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

>>> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

>>> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP

>>> instal

>>> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

>>> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

>>> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid

>>> path.

>>> What comes up automatically, from previous tries says drivercache\i386

>>> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and

>>> to

>>> put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does come

>>> up

>>> (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>>>

>>> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

>>> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

>>> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

>>> couldn't find the file)

>>>

>>> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

>>> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

>>> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front

>>> of

>>> a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure out

>>> the

>>> dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code, etc. it

>>> doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up twice

>>> when it dials and doesn't work)

>>>

>>> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I

>>> would

>>> be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have the

>>> program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>>>

>>> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

>>> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

>>> WinXP and it's different)

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Carrie

>> Faxing died with the dinosaurs. Faxing today is calling e-mailing.

>> Anything they can send via fax can be sent via e-mail. If the sender

>> has a scanner to fax, they have a scanner to save to a file and send

>> that to you.

>>

>> Rather than tie up your phone call waiting for a fax to arrive and which

>> will piss off anyone else trying to call you when they hear fax tones,

>> get a free eFax account. Sending faxes through eFax costs money but

>> receiving them is free. You can use e-mail or your data/fax modem to

>> send faxes to someone else but use eFax to receive faxes without tying

>> up your phone line. The sender sends their fax to eFax who then sends

>> it to you as an attachment to an e-mail. You do need to install their

>> software to read their proprietary file format for the attached file

>> (their paid service lets you select to send in the less compacted .tif

>> format so you can use the Windows-included Fax viewer to see those

>> files). In fact, you don't even need to use your data/fax modem to send

>> faxes. Another free receive-only fax service is K7.com but they'll

>> expire your account if you don't receive at least one fax per month

>> through that account. K7 uses the .tif format so you don't need extra

>> software to read those faxes which arrive as e-mails to you. You can

>> use Faxzero.com to send them (up to 3 pages in length) using a web

>> interface. So you can send using Faxzero and receive using eFax or K7.

>> I still sometimes use my data/fax modem to send faxes but occasionally I

>> use Faxzero, like to send a keep-alive fax to my K7 account so it

>> doesn't expire. I also used Faxzero to send faxes when the fax number

>> is a long-distance call to eliminate those charges to send the fax. The

>> free eFax account doesn't let you assign a local phone number (the paid

>> account does) and the same for the K7 service, and why I use Faxzero to

>> send a keep alive fax to K7 to eliminate the long-distance charge.

>>

>> Although eFax is free for receiving only mode, you don't get a local

>> phone number for where to receive faxes. Same for K7. However, I

>> consider that a penalty against anyone that is so stuck in ancient

>> technology that they think they need to send me a fax instead of e-mail.

>> If they don't want to make a long-distance phone call to send me a fax,

>> they should instead send me an e-mail. So the penalty might prod them

>> to rethink just how they are going to send me that document.

>>

>> If the Lexmark really is an all-in-one device that includes faxing, it

>> should receive. If not, it really isn't an all-in-one device. Faxing

>> goes both ways, so sending without be able to receive means an

>> incomplete faxing device. You didn't mention WHICH model of Lexmark

>> all-in-one device that you have. Since you didn't identify the model, I

>> picked one: the X2500. It's user guide is at

>> http://www.lexmark.com/publications/pdfs/2007/2500/v3709407_en.pdf.

>> Page 46 describes how to send faxes. Page 47 describes how to receive

>> them.

>>

>> For now, just use the Lexmark to receive faxes. When you have it

>> enabled to receive faxes, your phone line will be tied up as the Lexmark

>> will answer incoming calls. You might be able to set the Lexmark

>> software to wait for, say, 4 rings so you can pickup the call to see if

>> a person called or if you hear fax tones (and if you hear fax tones then

>> follow their instructions on how to transfer the call to the Lexmark).

>> Otherwise, take the easy route and create a free eFax or K7 account and

>> make the sender send their fax to those phone numbers and you'll get it

>> via e-mail.

>

>

Not sure what you are sending, but if its a word doc or excel sheet etc,

there is normally a "printer" installed to print to. You print from

anything program that prints, and instead of picking the lexmark

"printer" you pick the lexmark "fax". Or some wording to that extent.

Not sure what they called it. But it basically does all the work

for you of conversion etc and all it should do is prompt you for a phone #.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie

 

Does your scanner have the option to save to file? If yes you can

attachment the file to an email to your daughter. I fax a lot of

documents using WinFax Pro but in your situation that it was I would do.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Carrie wrote:

> I looked (once again) in the Lexmark instruction and all it has is

> "sending a fax"

>

> 1 Open the Lexmark X1100 Series All-In-One Center (learn how to do

> this).

> 2 From the Creative Tasks menu of the All-In-One Main Page or View

> Saved Images, click Fax Using your computer's modem.

> 3 If you are scanning a new item, place the item face down on the

> scanner, and then click Preview Now to preview the image. If you are

> not scanning a new item, open a saved image.

> 4 From the list under "Step 2. What is being scanned?", select a

> media type.

>

> Note: If you are faxing a saved image, this step is not available.

>

> 5 Under "Step 3. Is there more than one page?", check No, only one

> page if you are faxing a single-page document. Check Yes, prompt me

> for each page if you are faxing a multi-page document.

>

> Note: If you are faxing a saved image, this step not available.

>

> 6 Click Next to begin scanning your document and to choose a

> destination.

> As to receiving one...nothing. Would I turn it on? Open the all in one

> center first? Would the fax just come in and then what, show up on the

> screen or print (I long ago gave up keeping working ink cartridges in

> the All in One they would run out, or need cleaning or not work

> right. I use my Canon printer for printing)

> If I could get the one that comes with WIN XP set up (maybe I could

> download driver files instead of pointing the set up to the WIN XP cd

> I don't have?) I could open it when expecting a fax and see it come

> in, save it, etc.

> I didn't realize asking how to point a program looking for the WIN XP

> install CD (I don't have) to the files it wants on my computer was

> such a complicated (or dumb?) question.

> I'm sure if I spend enough time searching online I can find the

> answers myself.

>

>

>

> "VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

> news:%23NWmq$lHJHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Carrie wrote:

>>

>>> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I

>>> don't use faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in

>>> one (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

>>> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

>>> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

>>> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

>>> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP

>>> instal

>>> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

>>> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion

>>> files/drivers the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs

>>> there, it's invalid path.

>>> What comes up automatically, from previous tries says

>>> drivercache\i386 Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt

>>> find what it needs and to

>>> put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does

>>> come up

>>> (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>>>

>>> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and

>>> I brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver

>>> file(s) it needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it

>>> ended up saying it couldn't find the file)

>>>

>>> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end

>>> up feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a

>>> lucky fluke (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I

>>> should use 1 in front of

>>> a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to

>>> figure out the

>>> dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code,

>>> etc. it doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it

>>> comes up twice when it dials and doesn't work)

>>>

>>> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know.

>>> I would

>>> be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have

>>> the program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>>>

>>> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax"

>>> and I had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But,

>>> now I have WinXP and it's different)

>>>

>>> Thanks,

>>> Carrie

>>

>> Faxing died with the dinosaurs. Faxing today is calling e-mailing.

>> Anything they can send via fax can be sent via e-mail. If the sender

>> has a scanner to fax, they have a scanner to save to a file and send

>> that to you.

>>

>> Rather than tie up your phone call waiting for a fax to arrive and

>> which will piss off anyone else trying to call you when they hear

>> fax tones, get a free eFax account. Sending faxes through eFax

>> costs money but receiving them is free. You can use e-mail or your

>> data/fax modem to send faxes to someone else but use eFax to receive

>> faxes without tying up your phone line. The sender sends their fax

>> to eFax who then sends it to you as an attachment to an e-mail. You

>> do need to install their software to read their proprietary file

>> format for the attached file (their paid service lets you select to

>> send in the less compacted .tif format so you can use the

>> Windows-included Fax viewer to see those files). In fact, you don't

>> even need to use your data/fax modem to send faxes. Another free

>> receive-only fax service is K7.com but they'll expire your account

>> if you don't receive at least one fax per month through that

>> account. K7 uses the .tif format so you don't need extra software

>> to read those faxes which arrive as e-mails to you. You can use

>> Faxzero.com to send them (up to 3 pages in length) using a web

>> interface. So you can send using Faxzero and receive using eFax or

>> K7. I still sometimes use my data/fax modem to send faxes but

>> occasionally I use Faxzero, like to send a keep-alive fax to my K7

>> account so it doesn't expire. I also used Faxzero to send faxes

>> when the fax number is a long-distance call to eliminate those

>> charges to send the fax. The free eFax account doesn't let you

>> assign a local phone number (the paid account does) and the same for

>> the K7 service, and why I use Faxzero to send a keep alive fax to K7

>> to eliminate the long-distance charge. Although eFax is free for

>> receiving only mode, you don't get a local

>> phone number for where to receive faxes. Same for K7. However, I

>> consider that a penalty against anyone that is so stuck in ancient

>> technology that they think they need to send me a fax instead of

>> e-mail. If they don't want to make a long-distance phone call to

>> send me a fax, they should instead send me an e-mail. So the

>> penalty might prod them to rethink just how they are going to send

>> me that document. If the Lexmark really is an all-in-one device that

>> includes faxing,

>> it should receive. If not, it really isn't an all-in-one device.

>> Faxing goes both ways, so sending without be able to receive means an

>> incomplete faxing device. You didn't mention WHICH model of Lexmark

>> all-in-one device that you have. Since you didn't identify the

>> model, I picked one: the X2500. It's user guide is at

>> http://www.lexmark.com/publications/pdfs/2007/2500/v3709407_en.pdf.

>> Page 46 describes how to send faxes. Page 47 describes how to

>> receive them.

>>

>> For now, just use the Lexmark to receive faxes. When you have it

>> enabled to receive faxes, your phone line will be tied up as the

>> Lexmark will answer incoming calls. You might be able to set the

>> Lexmark software to wait for, say, 4 rings so you can pickup the

>> call to see if a person called or if you hear fax tones (and if you

>> hear fax tones then follow their instructions on how to transfer the

>> call to the Lexmark). Otherwise, take the easy route and create a

>> free eFax or K7 account and make the sender send their fax to those

>> phone numbers and you'll get it via e-mail.

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: setting up the fax

 

 

"Carrie" <starchild@kingcon.com> wrote in message

news:uUqEcUlHJHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP instal

> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid

> path. What comes up automatically, from previous tries says

> drivercache\i386

> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and

> to put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does

> come up (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>

> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

> couldn't find the file)

>

> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front

> of a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure

> out the dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code,

> etc. it doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes up

> twice when it dials and doesn't work)

>

> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I

> would be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have

> the program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>

> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

> WinXP and it's different)

>

> Thanks,

> Carrie

 

You will probably find that if you can borrow another actual XP CD, and

point the fax install wizard to it, you'll be able to do the install of the

applet. This won't require your XP install key.

 

But it's true that if your Lexmark can *send* a fax, it's well beyond likely

that it can receive one. If the manual isn't clear, check out Lexmark

support.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie wrote:

> I looked (once again) in the Lexmark instruction and all it has is "sending

> a fax"

>

> 1 Open the Lexmark X1100 Series All-In-One Center (learn how to do this).

> ...

> 6 Click Next to begin scanning your document and to choose a destination.

 

From the online manual:

 

6 Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

 

Oh yeah, like that's informative. The online setup sheet never mentions

hooking a phone line to this device. Only when you get into the

troubleshooting section of the online user guide does it mention that a

phone line must be connected to do faxing.

 

Unless the "instructions" say otherwise, it doesn't appear the X1100

lets you received faxes. In that case, and easier than trying to get

the modem driver found and installed, setup the Fax Console in Windows

XP, and then configure it to receive faxes (after which you need to

disable its receive function so you can begin using your phone line

again), I'd go with creating an account at eFax or K7 to receive faxes

by e-mail. Once you create the account, give that phone number to the

fax sender. They send a fax, you get it by e-mail. You probably

already have your e-mail program setup to receive e-mails.

 

Even if, as you claim, the pre-built computer didn't come with Windows

XP installation CDs, the computer maker must provide you with a copy of

the OS to have a legitimate copy of it. It may be in a hidden

partition. Read the manual for that computer. It probably has

instructions on how to burn the restoration image in a hidden partition

on the hard disk onto recordable CDs. You then have the restore CDs in

case your hard disk fails; otherwise, you'll be spending $20, or more,

to have the computer maker ship you out replacement CDs while you wait

for them before you can restore your computer back to its factory setup

state.

 

"didn't get it from Dell". Sure sounds like you have a Dell but which

one you never mentioned. If the means by which you acquired this piece

of, um, hardware meant no manual was included, read the one that is

online at their site. I can't go look because, so far, you are the only

one that knows which model you have. Once you get the model number off

the sticker, go to their web site to find the online manual. Read it to

find the instructions on how to burn the restore CDs. If the "not Dell"

method of how you got this computer meant that the hard disk had been

repartitioned to wipe out the hidden partition, you don't have a copy of

the OS at all. That means when it crashes due to OS corruption,

malware, or hard disk failure that you will have nothing to reinstall

Windows XP. If you do manage to follow their instructions on creating

restore CDs, look on them for driver files. The restore CDs may only

contain an image of what gets put onto the hard disk for that particular

model so individual files may not be available from that image. It

depends on how Dell provided the OS on the restore CDs. Might be a

sector image that you cannot read. Might be some bastardized file

format that only their restore program knows how to read. It is very

likely not equivalent to a generic OEM version from Microsoft. Dell

loves to customize.

 

If you do manage to burn the restore CDs following Dell's instructions,

you may end up using it to restore your computer back to its factory

setup state. However, that means losing everything on that hard disk,

including your data files, so back them up somewhere else. If the

voice/data/fax modem was part of the hardware config when you bought

that model, the restore image should include drivers to support it. Do

the restore is like doing major surgery. If the voice/data/fax modem

was added afterward (i.e., not a pre-set Dell configuration) then you

need to find out what brand and model of modem got added by the "didn't

get it from Dell" person that transferred the computer to you, and then

go to that maker's web site to get their driver.

 

With all that to do, I think using eFax or K7 to create an account and

give that phone number to your waiting daughter or whomever she needs to

give that fax number is the fastest and easiest route to go. With eFax,

you'll need to install their software so you can read the fax that is

attached to the e-mail. Their file format is smaller by a third than

recieiving faxes contained with .tif files. eFax is also pretty

reliable. K7 doesn't require any software installs because they assume

your have software, like Windows Picture and Fax Viewer included in

Windows, that will read standard (but larger) .tif files. I haven't

used K7 long enough to know how reliable they are.

 

Faxzero: Send a fax using a web browser. Free. No hardware setup, not

tied to a particular computer. Doesn't tie up your phone line. No

login required and do not need to setup an account unless you want to

send big faxes or more than 2 per day.

 

eFax or K7: Receive a fax using e-mail. Free (for receiving faxes). No

hardware setup, not tied to a particular computer. eFax requires

software install (but I don't leave it running because I only need it to

read fax files, not for sending faxes). Doesn't tie up your phone line.

Wherever you can get e-mail, you can receive a fax.

 

You don't even have to go through all this. It is your daughter that

wants to get the fax. So go have her create the eFax or K7 account and

have her give that fax number to whomever it is that she wants to

receive the fax. She'll get the fax via e-mail. You don't have to do

anything for HER to get the fax. Let her handle her own e-mails where

the faxes will arrive.

[Guest Carrie]

Re: setting up the fax

 

 

"VanguardLH" <V@nguard.LH> wrote in message

news:%237PYrzrHJHA.3736@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Carrie wrote:

>

>> I looked (once again) in the Lexmark instruction and all it has is

>> "sending

>> a fax"

>>

>> 1 Open the Lexmark X1100 Series All-In-One Center (learn how to do

>> this).

>> ...

>> 6 Click Next to begin scanning your document and to choose a

>> destination.

>

> From the online manual:

>

> 6 Follow the instructions on the computer screen.

>

> Oh yeah, like that's informative. The online setup sheet never mentions

> hooking a phone line to this device. Only when you get into the

> troubleshooting section of the online user guide does it mention that a

> phone line must be connected to do faxing.

 

Silly, I know, but when I first tried faxing I didn't know it couldn't be

ONLINE (phone line used for dialup) to fax.

I've never worked in an office and nobody ever told or showed me how. This

isn't even a real fax machine, it's a computer hooked to a scanner.

>

> Unless the "instructions" say otherwise, it doesn't appear the X1100

> lets you received faxes. In that case, and easier than trying to get

> the modem driver found and installed, setup the Fax Console in Windows

> XP, and then configure it to receive faxes (after which you need to

> disable its receive function so you can begin using your phone line

> again), I'd go with creating an account at eFax or K7 to receive faxes

> by e-mail. Once you create the account, give that phone number to the

> fax sender. They send a fax, you get it by e-mail. You probably

> already have your e-mail program setup to receive e-mails.

>

> Even if, as you claim, the pre-built computer didn't come with Windows

> XP installation CDs, the computer maker must provide you with a copy of

> the OS to have a legitimate copy of it. It may be in a hidden

> partition. Read the manual for that computer. It probably has

> instructions on how to burn the restoration image in a hidden partition

> on the hard disk onto recordable CDs. You then have the restore CDs in

> case your hard disk fails; otherwise, you'll be spending $20, or more,

> to have the computer maker ship you out replacement CDs while you wait

> for them before you can restore your computer back to its factory setup

> state.

>

> "didn't get it from Dell". Sure sounds like you have a Dell but which

> one you never mentioned. If the means by which you acquired this piece

> of, um, hardware meant no manual was included, read the one that is

> online at their site. I can't go look because, so far, you are the only

> one that knows which model you have. Once you get the model number off

> the sticker, go to their web site to find the online manual. Read it to

> find the instructions on how to burn the restore CDs. If the "not Dell"

> method of how you got this computer meant that the hard disk had been

> repartitioned to wipe out the hidden partition, you don't have a copy of

> the OS at all. That means when it crashes due to OS corruption,

> malware, or hard disk failure that you will have nothing to reinstall

> Windows XP. If you do manage to follow their instructions on creating

> restore CDs, look on them for driver files. The restore CDs may only

> contain an image of what gets put onto the hard disk for that particular

> model so individual files may not be available from that image. It

> depends on how Dell provided the OS on the restore CDs. Might be a

> sector image that you cannot read. Might be some bastardized file

> format that only their restore program knows how to read. It is very

> likely not equivalent to a generic OEM version from Microsoft. Dell

> loves to customize.

 

I don't understand what you mean about the "not Dell" etc. I got it from

Dell I set it up on their website and paid for it.

It's a an XPS 400 with WIN XP Media edition. It came with a round piece of

paper that looks like a CD and says no CD is needed because the restoration

files are built in.

This was 2 years ago last Feb.

My caughter recently bought an emachine from Tiger Direct that has Vista

and didn't get a restore CD either.

Are you insinuating I got my "not Dell" computer elsewhere like the

computer black market or or something?

>

> If you do manage to burn the restore CDs following Dell's instructions,

> you may end up using it to restore your computer back to its factory

> setup state. However, that means losing everything on that hard disk,

> including your data files, so back them up somewhere else. If the

> voice/data/fax modem was part of the hardware config when you bought

> that model, the restore image should include drivers to support it. Do

> the restore is like doing major surgery. If the voice/data/fax modem

> was added afterward (i.e., not a pre-set Dell configuration) then you

> need to find out what brand and model of modem got added by the "didn't

> get it from Dell" person that transferred the computer to you, and then

> go to that maker's web site to get their driver.

 

All I wanted to do was find out how to set up the fax that apparently

came with the Win XP system. With the old one (Win 98) it had Ring Central

Fax.

Apparently the driver or whatever the fax needs to set up is part of the

WIN XP system files- somewhere. It didn't seem that complicated to tell me

where I might point the box asking for them, to look for the file it wants?

>

> With all that to do, I think using eFax or K7 to create an account and

> give that phone number to your waiting daughter or whomever she needs to

> give that fax number is the fastest and easiest route to go. With eFax,

> you'll need to install their software so you can read the fax that is

> attached to the e-mail. Their file format is smaller by a third than

> recieiving faxes contained with .tif files. eFax is also pretty

> reliable. K7 doesn't require any software installs because they assume

> your have software, like Windows Picture and Fax Viewer included in

> Windows, that will read standard (but larger) .tif files. I haven't

> used K7 long enough to know how reliable they are.

>

> Faxzero: Send a fax using a web browser. Free. No hardware setup, not

> tied to a particular computer. Doesn't tie up your phone line. No

> login required and do not need to setup an account unless you want to

> send big faxes or more than 2 per day.

>

> eFax or K7: Receive a fax using e-mail. Free (for receiving faxes). No

> hardware setup, not tied to a particular computer. eFax requires

> software install (but I don't leave it running because I only need it to

> read fax files, not for sending faxes). Doesn't tie up your phone line.

> Wherever you can get e-mail, you can receive a fax.

>

> You don't even have to go through all this. It is your daughter that

> wants to get the fax. So go have her create the eFax or K7 account and

> have her give that fax number to whomever it is that she wants to

> receive the fax. She'll get the fax via e-mail. You don't have to do

> anything for HER to get the fax. Let her handle her own e-mails where

> the faxes will arrive.

 

One problem with this is she doesn't have a printer.

I didn't realize a simple question about setting up the Win XP fax

program on my Win XP OS would be so complicated, and I'd find out how dumb I

must be.

It didn't seem like that big a deal when I started. I know, my daughter

can deal with her own faxes and problems, but I just thought it would be

nice to get it set up and (once and for all) know.

[Guest Carrie]

Re: setting up the fax

 

 

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

news:O0ANripHJHA.2580@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>

> "Carrie" <starchild@kingcon.com> wrote in message

> news:uUqEcUlHJHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

>> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

>> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

>> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

>> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

>> It says Rockwell fax/data V90

>> Wants to install, then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP instal

>> CD. Which I don't have (didn't get from Dell)

>> I've tried to send it to what I think are the installaion files/drivers

>> the i386 file. It says it can't find what it needs there, it's invalid

>> path. What comes up automatically, from previous tries says

>> drivercache\i386

>> Doesn't seem to work. It ends up saying it didnt find what it needs and

>> to put in the WinXP instal CD. Though a box to send/receive faxes does

>> come up (I've never tried it this way to see if it works anyway)

>>

>> My daughter just called and asked if I could get a fax for her and I

>> brought up the one with WIN XP and tried the find the driver file(s) it

>> needs again,but wasn't sure it would work (where it ended up saying it

>> couldn't find the file)

>>

>> Faxing is something I'm not experienced with anyway. I always end up

>> feeling if the fax sends (via the Lexmark setup) it's just a lucky fluke

>> (LOL) I really don't know what I'm doing (like if I should use 1 in front

>> of a number, etc. I can fax out of state okay, but can't seem to figure

>> out the dialing for in state toll calls. If it needs 1 and the area code,

>> etc. it doesn't work. if I add a 1 and area code to the number it comes

>> up twice when it dials and doesn't work)

>>

>> Maybe I could GET a fax through the Lexmark program, I don't know. I

>> would be using my home phone number for a fax and seems like Ishould have

>> the program getting it up on the screen, waiting.

>>

>> (I should say, when I had Win 98 this came with "Ring Central Fax" and I

>> had that set up so I knew how to send AND receive faxes. But, now I have

>> WinXP and it's different)

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Carrie

>

> You will probably find that if you can borrow another actual XP CD, and

> point the fax install wizard to it, you'll be able to do the install of

> the applet. This won't require your XP install key.

>

> But it's true that if your Lexmark can *send* a fax, it's well beyond

> likely that it can receive one. If the manual isn't clear, check out

> Lexmark support.

 

Thanks

Acually, for some reason, I thought it wasn't legal to borrow or use

someone else's Windows CD.

But, now if I can find someone who has one, I could do that.

I thought if I knew what file it wanted, I might find it online as a

download.

In my searching for answers online I found others who said they had the

same problem with the fax asking for the Win XP cd, and they didn't have it.

If I keep looking I'll probably come to a simple answer that's not too

complicated to do.

>

> HTH

> -pk

[Guest Plato]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie wrote:

>

> I've tried this before, but never seriously looked into it. I don't use

> faxing alot, and when I send them I use my Lexmark all in one

> (printer/scanner) which brings up it's own Wizard.

> Occasionally someone (my kids) will ask me if I can GET a fax.

> Which is when I try and set up the one that came with Win XP

 

First step is to make sure you have a fax/modem. Dell's do NOT come with

one.

 

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[Guest VanguardLH]

Re: setting up the fax

 

Carrie wrote:

> Silly, I know, but when I first tried faxing I didn't know it

> couldn't be ONLINE (phone line used for dialup) to fax. I've never

> worked in an office and nobody ever told or showed me how. This isn't

> even a real fax machine, it's a computer hooked to a scanner.

 

Faxing can be done over a phone line using a data/fax analog modem. My

guess is the one you have is built into the motherboard so the chipset

drivers for that motherboard must get installed. Is the RJ-11 port

into which you plug the phone line to the computer in the backpanel set

of connectors (all grouped together) or is it a port on a card edge in

a slot?

 

Faxing can also be done over the Internet. I've pretty much beaten

that to death in my prior posts. I might end up spending hours trying

to install, troubleshoot, and configure a hardware voice/data/fax modem

(onboard or daughtercard) along with its software. My 85-year old

step-mom can create an eFax account and install their software in 5

minutes to receive faxes for free, and there's no setup to send faxes

using FaxZero. She finds using a web browser to send and e-mail to

receive a lot easier than trying to figure out the hardware and then

learning how to use the fax software. She isn't a business that has to

deal with dozens of faxes per day so she doesn't need all that

management for faxes.

 

If the modem is a separate component (i.e., not built-in but instead a

daughtercard in a slot), you can get the drivers from whomever

manufacturers that data/fax analog modem. If the maker isn't

identified on the card edge (the blank with port cutouts) then you'll

have to open the computer to look inside. Utilities that scan for

hardware will tell you the chip type on the modem, not who made the

modem card. There can be differences in how different modem makers

deploy a chip on their card so a driver for one card make not work

properly for another card using the same chip or some functions may be

lost. "Rockwell v90" is probably only identifying the modem chip, not

the modem card. If the modem chip is on the motherboard then you need

the chipset drivers for that motherboard.

 

I don't see that you've yet identified your computer. It's a Dell.

Okay. But which model? Once you get that off the sticker on the case,

go to Dell's web site and check for drivers, especially any that are

for the motherboard or chipset. Most Dells that I've seen have the

analog modem chip on the motherboard but a few simply met their specs

(Dell sells by specs, not by a specific hardware complement) by using a

modem daughtercard.

 

If you go to http://support.dell.com/support/index.aspx, click on the

button for drivers & downloads. You can enter your model and walk

through the wizard. I suspect entering the service tag number more

accurately identifies your host and might reduce the number of further

prompts.

> I don't understand what you mean about the "not Dell" etc. I got it

> from Dell I set it up on their website and paid for it.

 

"then a box comes up saying to put in the Win XP instal CD. Which I

don't have (didn't get from Dell)". That was YOUR statement in your

original post.

> It's a an XPS 400 with WIN XP Media edition. It came with a round

> piece of paper that looks like a CD and says no CD is needed because

> the restoration files are built in.

 

That means the restore image is in a hidden partition on your hard

disk. There should be instructions in their manual that tells you how

to create recovery CDs. My step-mom never bothered to follow those

instructions. When her Windows got corrupted so it wouldn't boot at

all using any method, we had to order the restore CDs from Dell ($30)

and then wait for them to show up (4 days). It took 6 hours running

through their overly slow reinstall from those but it did her host back

to its factory-default state, the same as when she bought the host.

Luckily her data had been saved on a different disk so it still there

after the restore stepped atop the OS partition to return to its

initial image.

 

Ah, so it's a Dell XPS 400. Now we can get further on getting the

hardware support. When I went to the support link that I

gave above and entered that desktop model, I got to:

 

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&ServiceTag=&SystemID=XPS/DIMENSION%20400/9150&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

(short URL = http://tinyurl.com/39go53)

 

Pick Windows XP for the OS, your language, and then look at the

Category drop-down list. It looks like Communications fits your need.

When I selected it, a bunch of Conexant modems (or modem chips) were

listed, one of which is a driver. You could try that.

 

The caveat with doing all this driver installing is that there is

always the risk that you end up harming your OS rather than fixing the

problem. I just had a user that decided to use a different keyboard so

they uninstalled their keyboard, selected one from the list, but then

the keyboard no longer functioned in Windows, even in safe mode or

trying to use a PS/2 port instead of USB. Luckily that host is

scheduled for daily incremental image backups so in about 20 minutes it

was back to the state is was in at 5AM that morning. If you don't have

a back-out plan in case of screwing over your host after changing

hardware, you could end up having to do a fresh install or image

restore from recovery CDs which means you lose any applications that

you installed after you got the host and possibly (likely) any data

that was in the same partition as where you need to reinstall the OS.

> All I wanted to do was find out how to set up the fax that apparently

> came with the Win XP system. With the old one (Win 98) it had Ring

> Central Fax. Apparently the driver or whatever the fax needs to set

> up is part of the WIN XP system files- somewhere. It didn't seem that

> complicated to tell me where I might point the box asking for them,

> to look for the file it wants?

 

Yes, the generic drivers included in a Windows distribution *might*

work. They might not. "Rockwell" was identifying a generic codeset

used by the modem chip. How a manufacture implements a modem chip can

differ how others implement it and it may not function with the generic

modem mini-port driver included in Windows or some of its functions may

be missing (modem manufacturers often add more than just the basic

feature set).

 

Above was mentioned how you create the restore CDs. Follow the

instructions in the manual. However, what you might get is a restore

CD that simply restore an image into the OS partition on the hard

drive. You might find it difficult or impossible to find specific

files containing the drivers that you need for your hardware. I would

still suggest that you later go through the procedure to create the

recovery CDs so you can restore you system when the hard disk fails or

something corrupts your Windows install to make it unusable and

unrecoverable. For now, use the link above at the Dell support site to

install the specific driver for the modem in your Dell model.

 

You may have wanted to only setup the Fax Console in Windows XP but

apparently you had to get the hardware working first hence the extent

of this very long discussion. Using FaxZero and eFax wouldn't had the

solution available in 5 minutes.

> One problem with this is she doesn't have a printer.

 

She could save the attached file in the e-mail containing the fax to a

floppy, CD, or e-mail it to you or Kinkos and then open the .tif file

there to print it. That's why I mentioned K7 as an alternative to eFax

because with eFax you have to install software to view their

proprietary TIF-customized file whereas K7 using .tif that anyone can

open and then print.

 

How does she now print other documents? She has to take them

SOMEWHERE. She'd do the same with the saved attachment from her

e-mail.

> It didn't seem like that big a deal when I started. I know, my

> daughter can deal with her own faxes and problems, but I just thought

> it would be nice to get it set up and (once and for all) know.

 

I have my voice/data/fax modem already supported and all the fax

software configured to use it and it all works. However, I still find

using FaxZero and eFax (or K7) to be a lot easier and without me having

to remember much on how to do faxing. I use the fax modem and fax

software when I need a bit more management (i.e., organizing and

archiving) of my faxes, or if I send a fax to somewhere that I must NOT

have the ad-laden cover page when using FaxZero. That cover page can

be tossed since it is not part of the document that I sent. There is

also the limits of 3 pages per fax and up to 2 faxes per day, so if I

need more than that then I use my fax modem and fax software. For

receiving, it's always easier to use eFax. I don't tie up my phone

line waiting to receive faxes on it and my organization of received

faxes is how I file them in structured folders.

 

I bet when all is done and you spend all the time to install device

drivers, configure the Fax Console, maybe go through a few iterations

with the sender before finally successfully receiving their fax, and

printing it for your daughter or even the shorter time spent setting up

eFax or K7 to receive faxes via e-mail and then print the attached fax

that you'll then find the sender could've sent you an e-mail all along.

Argh! Every insurance company that I've dealt with has an Internet

presence. You create your account, include your policies, and you can

then print those policies and even the carry-card from their web site.