Postscript Fax Printer?

[Juha Kaukoniemi]

Remember when Adobe came up with a concept of putting the fax right into the
printer? You know, you often have to fax a proof to a client -- to do so,
you first print your publication on paper, and then you fax it out. Having a
fax built right into your printer could easily solve the problem.

Are there any actual products like this on the market? Do you use a printer
with a fax built in? Does it work in your workflow? Care to recommend any
brands?

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[Bernie]

A 600 dpi+ PostScript Fax Machine has long been on my wish list. Now if
there *were* in fact such a beast, it would really make telecommuting
for us graphic types a real alternative. Currently faxes genereally just
don't cut it.
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[Andrew Croft]

Hi there,

I believe the Apple LaserWriter 630 series offers this option.
We use a 630 at the studio, but would love this type of option on the NTII
we have at home, if anyone knows how it can be done.

Yours,
Andrew

[Stefan Zingg]

> > A 600 dpi+ PostScript Fax Machine has long been on my wish list. Now if
> > there *were* in fact such a beast, it would really make telecommuting
> > for us graphic types a real alternative. Currently faxes genereally just
> > don't cut it.
>

> Ummmm, try the Dataproducts DDS24.
>
> Or the Canon GP200F.

Apple sells a PS fax card for it's LaserWriter 16/600.
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[Simon Forster]

In article <62vsnc$r...@tron.sci.fi>, "Juha Kaukoniemi" <ju...@sci.fi> wrote:

> Remember when Adobe came up with a concept of putting the fax right into the
> printer? You know, you often have to fax a proof to a client -- to do so,
> you first print your publication on paper, and then you fax it out. Having a
> fax built right into your printer could easily solve the problem.
>
> Are there any actual products like this on the market? Do you use a printer
> with a fax built in? Does it work in your workflow? Care to recommend any
> brands?
>
>
> ------
> Juha Kaukoniemi * Prepress Consultant * Life is a beach, and then you dive.

We have an Apple LaserWriter 16/600PS with built in fax and it works very
well - except that you're limited a bit by the fax on the other end.
There's a PostScript fax option which we haven't used but presumably
allows you to send full PostScript rather than usual fax data, I guess it
means you're effectively printing to a remote printer.

I have to say that for sending 'proofs' (of typically 4 colour jobs) to
clients for approval, we tend to email pdf documents to them. Its quick,
simple and clients love to see their work in 4 colours.

HTH

Simon

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