I have installed the MS FAX program, but as long as the printer is on it
prints them instead of sending them to my PC. I need to them to go to my PC,
but that means have I have to keep my printer off, which is a problem since I
need to print things alot. What am I doing wrong? As long as the printer is
off, they go to the PC.

In the control panel, Printers folder, rightclick the Fax icon, and 'set as
default'

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By default they always go to the PC (Fax Console's Inbox). The print feature is
supplemental.

Open the Fax Console. Click on Tools > Configure fax. Follow the setup wizard to
the Routing Options. Under "When a fax is received" uncheck or disable the
"Print it on:" option.

If you prefer to have an additional copy sent to separate folder, activate the
"Store a copy in a folder:" option.

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"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:


Mark, that didn't solve the problem.

"David Webb" wrote:


That box is already disabled.

On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:02:01 -0700, sswan
<sswan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

If you don`t mind spending $20/£10 go to rkssoftware and d/l the fax
driver . It takes a lot of hassle away and much easier than MS fax .

One approach might be to select "Print to file" in the Print setup.

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"sswan" wrote in
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When you say "MS Fax", are you referring to the really old "Microsoft
Fax" software (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152196) back from Windows
9x that is not supported in NT-based versions of Windows? Or are you
asking about the Fax *service* included in Windows XP (and accessed by
the Fax Console applet)? Maybe you are configuring the Fax service in
Windows XP but are actually using some other fax program to pickup the
phone calls. Did you install any faxing software other than what came
included in Windows XP?

So just what is your hardware setup? Do you perhaps have a
scanner/fax/printer combo device or is it only a printer? What brand
and model of printer?

Do you really want to pay for a separate line to pickup faxes? If you
try to share one phone line between voice and fax calls, your callers
may get confused at the switch in the ring tones (if you use a fax/phone
switch to detect incoming fax calls); else, your data/fax modem is going
to pickup every call under the assumption that it is a dedicated line
just for faxing. Receiving faxes can be free and without the hassle or
expense of the 2nd phone line. Getting faxes using eFax is free (there
is probably some monthly quota so you'll have to check if you are well
under its ceiling) which then get sent to via e-mail. You don't need a
dedicated phone line to receive faxes, you don't need to run fax
software, and you don't even need to leave your computer powered up all
the time since you won't see any faxes until you visit your computer (or
its printer) so you also won't see any e-mails for the faxes until you
revisit your computer. When you return to your computer, you could have
faxes waiting in the Inbox of the fax software or in the Inbox of your
e-mail client. Personally I like getting faxes via e-mail because of
not having to run fax software and no confusion over the use of a phone
line (and definitely an advantage not having to pay for a dedicated
phone line just for faxes). I still use my data/fax analog modem over
my voice phone line along with loading the fax software when I want to
send a fax but I don't need anything other than my e-mail program to get
faxes, and I'm always doing e-mail versus the rare occasion of getting
or sending a fax. Today faxing is called e-mail. You can even send
faxes via e-mail but that usually costs money or you have to rely on the
TPC.int volunteer group to send your e-mail as a fax for free, or use
something like FaxZero (but understand that the will spamify your
outbound fax unless you use their paid service).

install a pdf driver
and you can send
the faxes to print
to the pdf prnter
and produce a pdf
file instead of a
printed paper copy.

acrobat full version
or freeware like
"primo pdf" will work.
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