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Jim_Thompson

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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If I attempt to print a fax via either PDFWriter or Apple LaserWriter
(to a file) WinFax crashes.

WinFax v8.03, Adobe Acrobat v3.01, Win95a, 200MHz Pentium, 128MB RAM

Any ideas/pointers would be appreciated.

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SHB

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Oct 10, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/10/99
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What happens when you try printing to winfax from Wordpad?
What is the specific error message you are getting - if any?
What is the extension of the file you are printing to winfax ?


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Jim_Thompson

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Oct 11, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/11/99
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 23:37:45 -0700, "SHB" <nom...@noway.net> wrote:

|What happens when you try printing to winfax from Wordpad?
|What is the specific error message you are getting - if any?
|What is the extension of the file you are printing to winfax ?
|
|
|Jim_Thompson wrote in message ...
|>If I attempt to print a fax via either PDFWriter or Apple LaserWriter
|>(to a file) WinFax crashes.
|>
|>WinFax v8.03, Adobe Acrobat v3.01, Win95a, 200MHz Pentium, 128MB RAM
|>
|>Any ideas/pointers would be appreciated.
|>
|>(If replying by E-mail please observe method of anti-spam.)
|>
|> ...Jim Thompson

I'm sorry, my wording wasn't complete. The fax has been received and,
instead of printing it out via my hp6L, I want to print it to a PDF
file (so I can do form-fill operations). Experimenting, I've found
that the crash only occurs if I try to do 600dpi, so I guess it's now
a non-problem, just another weird behavior to add to WinFax's list.

Louis Vosloo

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Oct 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/12/99
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Jim_Thompson wrote:
>
> If I attempt to print a fax via either PDFWriter or Apple LaserWriter
> (to a file) WinFax crashes.
>
> WinFax v8.03, Adobe Acrobat v3.01, Win95a, 200MHz Pentium, 128MB RAM
>
> Any ideas/pointers would be appreciated.

Combining two pieces of flakey software is bound to lead to interesting
results. As far as I remember WinFax "spools" its output in WMF format
before printing it. This might not make PDFWriter happy.

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