Quick Link II Fax (250-3027B) Window's IRQ Settings Faxback Doc. # 3244 Since various add in cards like scanners, bus mice, network cards, and sound boards use IRQ's (INTERRUPTS), it is possible that the default IRQ settings for your modem will not work. If you suspect there is an IRQ conflict, Quick Link II Fax can work around the problem if you do the following: 1. Change the IRQ jumper or DIP switch on the modem itself (your modem manual will show you how, if possible). 2. Go into the Windows Control Panel and set the IRQ to the setting that matches the modem. (This only applies to Windows version 3.1 As an example, suppose that your modem in COM2 (which normally uses IRQ3) cannot function because IRQ3 is used by your scanner card, and that IRQ 5 is available. Open your PC and set the appropriate jumpers to COM2, IRQ 5. Launch Windows and open the Control Panel. Double-click on PORTS, which opens the Ports dialog box. Select COM2 and click SETTINGS. From the Settings dialog box, click ADVANCED and choose IRQ5 from the IRQ pull down menu. Click OK to close the dialog boxes down and set the change. The WIN.INI file and your system When Quick Link II Fax installs on your system, it makes changes to your WIN.INI file, located in your \WINDOWS directory. The following lines are added: [Quick Link II Fax] InstallDirectory=C:\QL2FAXW Language Resource=QLFENGL.DLL ModemMonitor=0 FaxManagerX=566 FaxManagerY=454 (some additional lines may appear also) These lines are normally changed when configuring Quick Link II Fax as described in previous chapters. However, if you want to alter the settings directly, they will take affect the next time Quick Link II Fax is run. There are also lines added to the WIN.INI file by Quick Link II Fax in the [PrinterPorts] section and the [devices section for the Quick Link II Fax Printer Driver. These lines can be manually deleted, or automatically deleted by removing the printer driver with the Windows Control Panel. Quick Link II Fax installs all of its files into the Quick Link II Fax install directory (normally \QL2FAXW) except for 1, located in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If for some reason you wish to completely uninstall Quick Link II FAX, delete the Quick Link II Fax install directory, the afore mentioned lines in the WIN.INI file, the printer driver, and the following file from the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QLFXDRVR.DRV The SMSSETUP.DAT file When Quick Link II Fax for Windows is run for the first time, a file called SMSSETUP.DAT is automatically created. When settings are modified, the changes get written to this file. Therefore, if this file gets corrupted, the settings will change in unpredictable ways, and Quick Link II Fax might not act properly. If Quick Link II Fax suddenly starts acting mysteriously, consider deleting this file and running Quick Link II Fax again. This will recreate the file and reset the program to the factory defaults. This is also a good way to reset the program if you purchase a new modem or fax/modem and want to renew the program. The QLSETUP.DAT file When Quick Link II Fax for DOS is run for the first time, a file called QLSETUP.DAT is automatically created. When settings are modified, the changes get written into this file. Therefore, if this file gets corrupted, the settings will change in unpredictable ways, and Quick Link II Fax might not act properly or the fax modules may not find the fax/modem. If Quick Link II Fax suddenly starts acting mysteriously, consider deleting this file and running Quick Link II Fax again. This will recreate the file and reset the program to the factory defaults. This is also a good way to reset the program if you purchase a new modem or fax/modem and want to renew the program. Fax Manager launching The Icon labeled "Fax Manager" in the Quick Link II Fax Windows Program Group actually runs the program FMLAUNCH.EXE. This program in turn determines what Class of fax/modem you have by reading the SMSSETUP.DAT file and loads the appropriate Fax Manager into memory. If you will be launching the Fax Manager in a special way, you can launch the correct Fax Manager file by loading it directly, bypassing FMLAUNCHING.EXE. You can double-check which class fax/modem you have by clicking the HARDWARE button in the MODEM SETUP dialog box. Using a scanner If you own a scanner, it may be used to read in various printed documents, the image of which can be faxed out with Quick Link II Fax. Most scanners and scanner software are extremely flexible concerning the type of files that the scanned document can be saved to. Quick Link II Fax is compatible with most of the files that the popular scanners create, so long as you follow the following guidelines: Grayscale scans cannot be faxed out, so set your scanner accordingly. Set the image type to BLACK AND WHITE, LINE ART, or ONE BIT GRAYSCALE, depending on which mode your scanner offers. Scan Documents in at 100 DPI if you will be setting Quick Link II Fax to Normal Resolution fax sends; 200 DPI if you have Quick Link II Fax set to High Resolution. Save the scans as either TIF files or PCX files. If you follow these guidelines, you can send your scans with the SEND FAX command from the FAX menu. If you are using the Windows version of Quick Link II Fax and you have Windows scanner software, you can use the print driver to fax out the scan. FastFax and softfonts There are two ways to print a document with soft fonts. One way assumes that you'll have downloaded the soft font to your printer's memory prior to printing your document. The other way is to give the printer the soft font information while actually printing your document (the font gets downloaded with the print job). For FastFax to use soft fonts properly, you must use the second method described above. Note that you will only have to do this once per soft font, since FastFax will remember the font information the next time you print your document. The soft font information that was given to FastFax will be stored on disk so it can be accessed any time after. Once FastFax stores the soft font, you can use the first method of printing your documents. Some applications may only give the printer the soft font characters that are used in the document. This will cause later problems with FastFax when you try to print a soft font character that was not originally printed to FastFax. If you are unsure of how your application handles soft fonts, you will want to print the provided ASCII text file SOFTFONT.TEXT before any document that uses soft fonts. This file is located in the Quick Link II Fax directory. If there are characters that are not in SOFTFONT.TXT, you can add them yourself using a text editor. (br/all-10/11/94)