🚀 go-pugleaf

Over the years I've noticed (and read avidly) a number of postings with
regard to fax software.  The general consensus is that it doesn't work or
if it does it takes over your Mac.   Having a stand-alone fax machine I
really didn't bother much until I had to send a 7 page fax to Romania where
the lines are less than reliable, so repeated sends are de rigur.

So I dug out STF which comes free with many modems.   You can get it to
work and clear it out again afterwards, but it is fiddly.

The best thing to do is to set up a Fax Setting in Extensions Manager so
that you can call it up when you need it and dump it when you don't.   Then
go into STF Manager and Switch on the Software in the Settings Menu. 
Sounds stupid I know, but I've missed this out before.  Now you are ready
to Fax instead of printing.

Getting rid of the damn thing is tedius rather than difficult.  

Go back to STF Manager and switch the software off.  Now re-boot your Mac
(Ctrl-Cmd-Power) and reset Extensions Manager to something sensible again. 
 You can reset first and then reboot if you like.

Now - and this is the most important bit - go into Chooser and tell you Mac
that the printer should be connected to the - well - printer port and that
should be about it.

To collect incoming faxes the procedure is the same, but if you want to
have your Mac ALWAYS available for faxes and being able to print at the
same time, you are on your own, though I'd be interested to know if anyone
has cracked this with the freebee Fax STF.

    



Regards

Jim
In this best of all possible worlds