Quick Link II Fax (250-3027B) Command Line Options Faxback Doc. # 3238 FastFax IV FastFax IV is a memory resident utility which captures HP LaserJet II (PCL 4) printer commands from within any application and faxes the resulting document. This means that what you fax will look the same as if you had printed it out on a HP LaserJet printer. FastFax IV can be activated by a hotkey, printing to a specific printer port, or a combination of the two. This will allow you to print to a printer port for sending a fax and another printer port for generating a hard-copy printout. The ALTl-= key combination removes FastFax from memory. FastFax IV Command Line Options While at the DOS prompt, type FASTFAX followed by the optional parameters to load FastFax IV into memory. Once loaded into memory, FastFax IV can be used to send a fax or create a file to fax at a later time with Quick Link II Fax. The command line and options are as follows: FASTFAX [options] /C Use the CONTROL.PCL file in the FONTS subdirectory (located off of the directory where Quick Link II Fax was installed) to control what the fax document will look like when faxed. This file can contain information about font attributes in respect to: orientation, symbol set, spacing, pitch, point size, style, stroke, and typeface. This file can contain only legal PCL 4 commands. /F Automatically load SNDFAX in memory if not already loaded. If this option is not used and SNDFAX is not loaded, FastFax IV will ask you if you want it loaded. Without SNDFAX or RECFAX in memory, FastFax IV will not be able to send faxes. /L# Specify a printer port you wish to have automatically activated by FastFax IV. The # represents the printer port (LPT Port) number which will activate FastFax IV (ie./L2 = LPT2. If no /L is specified then FastFax IV can only be activated by pressing the ALT and '\' keys simultaneously. /N Turn off FastFax IV activation/deactivation sounds. /Rd Use a RAM disk for the PCL conversion. The 'd' represents the drive letter of the RAM disk. If you have a DOS variable TEMP, the path represented by TEMP will be used as the RAM disk location. The TEMP variable will be used automatically whether /Rd is specified or not. /S Suppress all messages to the screen. /T# Specify the printer timeout period in seconds. The # represents the number of seconds after printing has ended before FastFax IV is activated (default is 15 seconds). /U Unload FastFax IV from memory from the DOS command line. Fonts Fonts that are supported by FastFax IV are as follows: Portrait Courier 12 point Medium Bold and Italic. Courier 12 point in the extended PC symbols set. LinePrinter 8.5 point in the extended PC symbols set. Helvetica 8 point Medium. Helvetica 10 point Medium, Bold and Italic. Helvetica 12 point Medium, Bold and Italic. Helvetica 14 point Bold. TimesRoman 8 point Medium. TimesRoman 10 point Medium, Bold and Italic. TimesRoman 12 point Medium, Bold and Italic. TimesRoman 14 point Bold. Landscape Courier 12 point Medium, Bold and Italic Courier 12 point in the extended PC symbols set. LinePrinter 8.5 point in the extended PC symbols set. If you use a font that is not supported, FastFax IV will use the font most similar to the one you specified. NiteFax NiteFax is a powerful utility that allows you to emulate a fax machine when you are not using your computer for other applications. Such a time may be after hours when you leave your office for the day. Running NiteFax before you leave by entering the following command from the DOS Command line: NITEFAX will start the NiteFax process. If the Receive Fax background program (RECFAX) is not resident in memory, NiteFax will load it. As an incoming fax is received it will automatically be printed on your graphic printer using the printer driver you specified in Hardware Setup on the Setup Menu in the Quick Link II Fax environment. Be sure to leave your printer turned on! All entries will also be made in the Receive Fax log and all .REC fax files will be saved. The best part is that your received fax transmissions will be printed and waiting for you when you arrive in the morning. If a printer error occurs such as paper out, NiteFax will be terminated. Fax transmissions will continue to be automatically received and logged by the Receive fax program. To turn off NiteFax, simply press the ESC key. The Receive Fax program will remain active after you turn off NiteFax until you issue the RECFAX /OUT DOS Command to remove it from memory. Convert CONVERT allows you to prepare a file for outgoing fax transmission. It operates as a foreground application and occupies approximately 90K bytes of main memory. CONVERT will create a .QFX file. The format of the DOS Command line function is as follows: CONVERT [file type] [conversion flags] where the source file is the name of the file to be converted. The output file will have the same name as the source but will have a .QFX file extension. The other parameters are as follows: File Types Conversion Flags /B BMP /C Center on page /D DCX /F Turn Full page on /I IMG /H High Resolution /M MacPaint /L# Lines/page (default 66) /P PCX /N Long merged file to next page /PCL PCL4 /R Remove merged file of different resolution /T TIFF /S Suppress messages and DOS error setting /U CUT /V# Vertical Margin (def 1) /X Text /W# Width of tab (def 8) /WP Word Perfect /K Use compressed 200 character/line font You must specify the source file type and may at your option specify the desired conversion flags. Each entry on the command line must be separated by a space. A DOS error code of other than zero indicates a failed conversion of the source file. 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