Sorry, did not mean to dis STR.
They have an excellent product and a great reputation in quality and end
user support.
Just mentioned Pitney Bowes machine as an option....
BTW, the limitations that the Pitney Bowes has :
1) Can not do a true forms overlay.
You are limited to scanned 'blocks',
like a header or signature block that spans
the width of the document. The text must then
follow below and/or above pre-scanned blocks.
2) There is no way to send a status of the fax back to
the system (if the fax fails, it prints a notice
on the fax machine and the e3k doesn't know that
the fax transmission failed). When the fax fails, it
holds the original document in memory on the fax machine,
and you have to id the problem (i.e. wrong phone number,
or it reached the maximum attempts of attempted calls).
You then have to delete the fax in memory, or
edit the phone number and instruct it to re-fax.
3) There is no way to check the status of the
fax machine itself. Some one unplugged the
power cord, and the user did not notice. We had
to reprocess the faxes. The fax machine uses
xon/xoff flow control only and does not pass
a true printer status.
Other than that, it has worked very, very well. In our case, the limitations
were not a serious constraint to implementation/operation.
We have sent thousands of faxes over the past two years (maximum of 250
concurrent users).
Our fax volume is rather lite. It ranges from a minimum of 10 to a maximum
of 120 per day, with an average of 36 per day. Not a high volume. It is tied
into our HBOC's Precision 2000 inventory/materials management system and is
used primarily to fax purchase orders and some reports (to offices not on
our WAN).
Since we use Nobix to do our report management, printing, and e-mail of
reports, the Pitney Bowes machine was a nice economical fit.
mc
Mike Church, BS CIS
Technical Support Manager
Information Services
Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital
Saint Christopher Drive
Ashland, Kentucky 41101
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Fax : (606)833-3342
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Daily Quote: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not
simpler. -- Albert Einstein
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Bruno [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 8:27 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: faxing on the 3000
kjones ([log in to unmask]) writes:
>Anybody know of any fax software which runs on the 3000?
<<plug>>
STR Software Company provides automated document delivery systems for the
HP3000 with FAX/3000 and the major Unix systems (HP9000, IBM RS6000, DEC
Alpha, Sun OS, Sun Solaris, Linux, Sequent) with FaxCommander. Any print
file created on these machines no matter if it is simple ASCII text,
PCL-data, pre-printed forms, and more may be easily faxed and e-mailed. The
product is great for faxing purchase orders, invoices, sales orders, etc.
We support all 32-bit Windows environments (95, 98, NT) with a client server
architecture to the HP3000 and Unix. Any document on the PC can be faxed
and e-mailed as well. The client also does a great job of managing the
faxes sent through the entire system.
As you saw in the three responses from Ray Sparks (of Hammacher Schlemmer),
Frank Girard (of J. Baker), and Tracy Pierce (of Golden Gate Bridge), we
have several happy (and vocal) customers. Give us a call and learn how you
may use our systems as nearly 700 companies world-wide have done so.
Finally, if you are considering a specific solution involving a serially
connected fax machine (as Mike Church of Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital
suggested), be aware of its limitations. I scrapped this idea in the late
1980s because of the serious limitations. By the way, our entry level
solution easily will outperform that mentioned with the Pitney Bowes fax
machine at a price not much more than that described.
<<end plug>>
Sincerely,
Ben
P.S. I like your e-mail address. Very clever!
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Ben Bruno * STR SOFTWARE COMPANY * President
11505 Allecingie Parkway * Richmond, Virginia 23235
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