Fax server on XP

[Pete]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

We have a XP Professional server with 5 PCs connected to it. The fax console works great for an indiviual, but I want to set up the server:

- To share a common address book with Fax contacts, so that each of the 5 PCs can fax from their desktops without creating an asynchronous contacts

- To allow the server's fax console to be viewed and accessed by the 5 PCs

I don't want a lot of overhead, so I don't want to get WinFax if I could avoid it. It seems like the XP development team would have thought about this function, since XP Professional is for the enterprise market.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

Fax sharing is not supported on XP. You would need to either use Windows
Small Business Server 2000, 2003 or a full Windows Server operating system
such as Windows Server 2003.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Pete" <Pete@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8D937D16-E9FC-4C9A-A85A-7CF1A1F43B37@microsoft.com...
> We have a XP Professional server with 5 PCs connected to it. The fax
> console works great for an indiviual, but I want to set up the server:
>
> - To share a common address book with Fax contacts, so that each of the 5
> PCs can fax from their desktops without creating an asynchronous contacts
>
> - To allow the server's fax console to be viewed and accessed by the 5 PCs
>
> I don't want a lot of overhead, so I don't want to get WinFax if I could
> avoid it. It seems like the XP development team would have thought about
> this function, since XP Professional is for the enterprise market.

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?)

I think that it would be more strictly correct to state that: "Fax
sharing is not supported by the bundled XP Fax Application". There are
a number of third party applications which run on XP and support
various levels of Fax sharing. The OP could simply do a Google search
on "fax server XP" to come up with a number of possibilities. He
mentions Winfax, which would, I think, do what he wants, but would
cost him a full license for each machine and also has a number of
other negative aspects.

On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:02:36 -0700, "Cari \(MS MVP\)"
<Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote:

>Fax sharing is not supported on XP. You would need to either use Windows
>Small Business Server 2000, 2003 or a full Windows Server operating system
>such as Windows Server 2003.


Please respond to the Newsgroup, so that others may benefit from the exchange.
Peter R. Fletcher


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