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Fax Resource Product Suite

Resource Partners, Inc. and Resource Partners North

Fax Resource Standard Features

Fax Resource Productivity Applications

Fax Resource Network Series Fax Server

Fax Resource Network Series - List of Features

Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways

Fax Resource Features for Lotus cc:Mail & Lotus Notes

Fax Resource E-Mail Fax Viewer for Macintosh cc:Mail

Fax Resource Multi-Platform Image Conversion

Fax Resource ACFI - PC, Mainframe and Mini fax connectivity

Fax Resource cc:Fax Add-on Pack

Fax Resource Librarian

Fax Resource Print-2-Image

Fax Resource Scan-To-Mail

Fax Resource Statistics

Late News Briefs

Product Pricing and Order Information

USA and Canada - List Prices (US $)


Resource Partners, Inc. and Resource Partners North

The Fax Resource is a complete family of enterprise fax and e-mail products offered by Resource Partners, Inc. of Wakefield, New Hampshire, as well as its partners in other parts of the world.  The products include network fax software for all Local Area Networks (LAN), and E-Mail Gateways for Lotus cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, MS Mail, and WP Office/ Novell Groupwise.

Fax Resource offers cross-platform support for Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, DOS and UNIX based systems, and an array of APIs, utilities, and applications for enhancing office productivity which include: The Librarian, Fax Opti-mizer, Scan-To-Mail, Print-2-Image, Fax Information Retrieval Management.

Fax Resource supports the creation of faxes at the PC using private and public MS Access phone book databases.  Using the e-mail directory, faxes can be sent as file attachments to mixed lists of fax and e-mail recipients.  Interfaces are available for PC, Mainframe and Mini-computers like the AS/400, and network protocols include PC/NFS and TCP/IP.  Fax Resource can fax many different file formats including: TIFF Group 3 and Group 4, PCX, DCX, BMP, PostScript, and native source documents in Word, WordPerfect, AmiPro, 1-2-3, Excel, etc.).

Our Windows based fax software was first introduced in 1989.  The network version of the product won a "best of show award" in 1990, and VIM and MAPI e-mail interfaces were released in 1992 and 1993.  Based on these early introductions, and the experience gained from satisfying requests from large corporate customers, Fax Resource now provides remotely administered fax functionality for multiple fax servers (distributed for fault tolerance), multiple e-mail types, and multiple e-mail post offices.

Today, with over 1,200 large systems installed world-wide, we continue to provide a wide range of Fax Resources to Value Added Resellers (VAR), System Integrators and developers, and international corporations.  Fax Resource Application Program Interfaces (API), fax utilities, and Windows client are used by a number of prominent fax application vendors.  In 1995, we will continue to concentrate on enhancing Fax Resource communication connectivity, adding increased cross-platform support and document productivity applications and expanding support throughout the world.

Copyright (c) 1990-95 by Resource Partners, Inc. (USA), Resource Partners North (Canada), and Imecom (France)

For more information, contact the Fax Resource at:

Resource Partners, Inc.

Box 689, Meadow Street, Wakefield, NH, 03872, USA

Tel: 603-522-9500;  Fax: 603-522-9747

Toll-free: 1-800-329-9099

-- or --

Resource Partners North

2157 Marc Lane - Suite 100, Burlington, Ontario, L7M 3W6, Canada

Tel.: 905-336-2872;  Fax: 905-336-3158

CompuServe: 74347,164

Internet: rpnorth@wchat.on.ca


Fax Resource Standard Features

Local Area Network Independence

Local Area Network Independence - allows RPI software to link  Novell Netware, Microsoft's NT, Windows for Workgroups and LAN  Manager, Banyan Vines, Artisoft LANtastic, DEC Pathworks,   PC-NFS and others.

Cross Platform Support

Cross Platform Support - for converting e-mail attachments at the server is available for Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, UNIX and DOS.

Multiple Front-ends

Multiple Front-ends - provide users with the option of sending and receiving faxes through a network fax application or simply as e-mail messages.

E-Mail connections

E-Mail connections - (including VIM and MAPI) for Lotus cc:Mail and Lotus Notes, MS Mail, WordPerfect Office / Novell Groupwise are available individually or can be integrated together for a mixed    e-mail environment.  DOS, Windows, OS/2 and MAC clients can send and receive documents using their favorite e-mail product.  Actual source documents (AmiPro, Word, WordPerfect, 1-2-3, Excel) can be sent as e-mail file attachments and rendered into "fax-ready" images at the Fax Resource gateway for fax recipients.

Add fax numbers to an e-mail directory

Add fax numbers to an e-mail directory - to send faxes to recipients exactly as you would send messages to other e-mail users, or send to a combined lists of both e-mail and fax recipients.

Multiple fax boards, fax servers, file servers, E-Mail post offices

Multiple fax boards, fax servers, file servers and E-Mail post offices are supported.  Fax Resource supports the popular GammaLink and Intel fax hardware.  An unlimited number of e-mail users can be accommodated by the same fax boards and Administration system.

Compound documents

Compound documents - word processing documents, spreadsheets, and fax files can be assembled, viewed and amended at the time of transmission.

Dynamic custom cover pages

Cover Pages - are created easily in any Windows application for both e-mail and network transmissions. Individual note fields and  multi-page notes can be entered for a broadcast transmission, and 30+ user-defined data fields can be filled in manually or automatically from MS Access phone books.

Automatic fax routing

Automatic fax routing - including Direct Inward Dial (DID), DTMF, recognition of the Calling Station Identifier (CSID) or the number dialed by the sending fax machine, and sorting by receiving fax number (e.g. by department) are all available.

Faxes can be automatically routed to fax numbers, broadcast lists, other fax users,  e-mail users, specific network printers, sound, and to the Librarian for database archiving and image management in MS Access.

Fax Viewing and Annotation

Fax Annotation - Allows faxes received at any Windows workstation to be viewed, annotated (text, cover, replace, copy, paste, point and comment, etc.) and then re-routed to anywhere else on the network, to any e-mail location or re-faxed to any fax number(s).


Fax Resource Productivity Applications

Fax Resource ACFI

Fax Resource ACFI - is an ASCII Control File Interface that adds  fax connectivity to any PC application, as well as mainframes and mini-computers like the AS/400.  Any application can drop this simple text file in a directory.  The fax server polls the directory and submits the transactions.

Fax Resource Fax Mailing

Fax Resource Fax Mailing - provides direct or delayed faxing of personalized letters and announcements to large groups of clients or prospects using Windows-based word processors.

Fax Resource Librarian

Fax Resource Librarian - is a multi-user relational database system for efficient archiving of faxes, scanned documents, or any PC-based file including OLE objects.   The Librarian employs a database back-end (MS Access, or any ODBC database) to store and manage your fax images.  The Librarian uses OLE objects and is designed to be used in conjunction with Windows-based fax and e-mail software, database packages, workgroup and work-flow applications.  Librarian supports "auto-archiving" of received faxes to selected file cabinets and folders based on DID, CSID and other user preferences.

Fax Resource Opti-mizer

Fax Resource Opti-mizer - puts control of fax transmission costs in the hands of the fax administrator.  The Opti-mizer allows for customized management of fax traffic to achieve the lowest possible costs.

Fax Resource Print-2-Image

Fax Resource Print-2-Image - creates "fax-ready" image files from within any Windows application.  Image files can be created in many popular fax formats including TIFF (single and multiple pages), DCX and PCX.  Print-2-Image is an "open" fax printer driver and image viewer for Windows that can be easily integrated into any application written in products such as:  MS Access, FoxPro, Visual Basic, C++,  Gupta SQLWindows or PowerBuilder applications.

Fax Resource Scan-To-Mail

Fax Resource Scan-To-Mail - is available for fast capture of  paper documents for faxing, e-mail transmissions or database archiving using HP Scanjet, EPSON, and other scanners.

Fax Resource Statistics

Fax Resource Statistics - helps users monitor fax traffic and assists LAN administrators to ensure that the system has adequate capacity to handle all in-coming and out-going faxes.  The Statistics module can perform an analysis of fax traffic by individual users, groups or corporation.


Fax Resource Network Series Fax Server

Fax Resource network fax supports more fax lines, more features and more advanced operations; network independent; supports windows users site-wide.

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the most powerful and sophisticated network fax system to date, boasting advanced features, transparent operation and very competitive pricing. It offers site-wide Windows users easy single-instance and broadcast faxing, and works over any server-based or peer-to-peer network; it also works with the popular Windows word processors to perform merge faxing.

Standard configurations support up to 32 fax lines and custom configurations can support hundreds, by far more than anything in its category. It allows both manual and automatic routing, forwarding and laser printing of incoming faxes.  It saves "archives" of incoming and outgoing faxes; pages from these archived faxes can readily combine into new faxes.  It supports page annotations, completely custom cover pages and more.

Each Fax Resource Network Fax server can support up to six separate telephone lines; multiple servers combine transparently to support larger line arrays.  A user can broadcast a single fax over all lines at once, if circumstances require it, and find the transmission status for all calls reported in the system's comprehensive journal logs.  A fax server can be a relatively inexpensive 386SX PC with as little as 1 MB of RAM and a monochrome display (4 MB and VGA for Windows for Workgroups).

Fax Resource Network Series can route incoming faxes to any combination of locations on the network and outside fax numbers.  In addition to default routing instructions, Fax Resource Network Series allows special routing instructions for each incoming line.  It also lets users stipulate special automatic routing instructions for faxes from specific fax machines based on the machine's automatic self-identification (CSID); this is where a fax machine owner generally records the name or number of a fax machine that appears on the top of transmitted pages.  Faxes can be automatically routed to fax numbers, broadcast lists, other fax users,  e-mail users, specific network printers, sound, and to the Librarian for database archiving and image management.

Merge faxing is one of the most-demanded, least-delivered abilities of network fax services, and a strength of the Fax Resource Network Series.  Just as merge printing creates multiple versions of a page, each customized to a single addressee, merge faxing works with most Windows word processing software to create custom pages that each invisibly embed a fax number.  As a result, it automatically faxes each custom letter to its addressee.

The Fax Resource Network Series also has one of the most advanced file viewer / editor / annotators in the category. It can insert or remove pages, add text noted in any available size and font, blank out sensitive material, paste bitmap graphics from other applications via the Windows clipboard and more.  It can store, print, route or fax the resulting file.  And it works with any saved outgoing or incoming fax file.  Also, users can create custom cover pages; the full page (not just the top as in other products) is editable.

Fax Resource Network Series  version 4.12.04 started shipping in July 1994.

Software Options	US $
Fax Resource Network Application Software
- Single fax server - 2 channels / 250 users	$ Call
- Additional channels (3 through 6)	$ Call
Fax Resource Distributed Server Configuration Software
- Multiple fax server software with 4 additional channels	$ Call
Hardware Options *	US $
Fax Resource Imefax intelligent fax board	$ Call
Fax Resource Direct Inward Dial modem	$ Call
Fax Resource DID router & admin / workstation software	$ Call
* Fax Resource Network Application software also supports Class 2,  Intel (Pure Data) CAS, and GammaLink fax boards


Fax Resource Network Series - List of Features

Release 3.0 for MS Mail, cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, WP Office / Novell Groupwise

Fax Resource - Distinctive Features

- Fax from E-Mail editor; with your message attachments (Word, AmiPro, WordPerfect, Excel , and 1-2-3) converted at the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway

- Send messages, with document & image attachments, to mixed E-Mail and fax lists

- Windows, MAC, OS/2 and DOS users all can send faxes with attachments

- Network independent: Netware, LANMan, Appletalk, LAN Server, LANtastic, NT, etc.

- Multiple fax server configurations:  servers distributed - central control & administration

- Multiple fax post offices supported on a single gateway to minimize router traffic

- Multi-level (e.g. user, department) activity statistics for full reporting (line availability, busy ratios, etc.), auditing and chargeback

- Automatic file conversion for multi-platform fax viewing, compressed fax archiving...

- Delayed transmission with automated least cost faxing, set by administrator and users

- Shared directories across the WAN (TAPI)

- "Highest Priority" user status can be set by administrator for specific users

- Support for mixed E-Mail types, and for unlimited numbers of users

- Remote administration of user rights, fax lines and fax servers from any Windows PC

- User transmission choices:  fax direct from any Win application or editor; E-Mail or personal directory, fine mode, urgent, delay, cover page suppression; Notification of send results (successful transmission receipt optional)

- User recitation features: faxes received in E-Mail inbox; view, annotate, and re-route

Other Features

- PostScript, PCL conversion at the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway

- File support:  Tiff Group 3 and Group 4, T6 Compression, DCX, PCX, ASCII, BMP,...

- Fax viewing (Windows and MAC), annotation, re-transmission and re-routing

- Automatic print option - direct to any network printer

- Compatible with all OCR formats

Fax Board Support

- High volume multi-line (32 lines standard)

- DID, DTMF, ISDN, Class 2, Intel (Pure Data) CAS, GammaLink

Fax Routing & Automatic Forwarding

- View, edit, print, route (selected workstation), Auto-forward to Librarian database

- Direct Inward Dial, ISDN and DTMF

- CSID (sending fax number)

- Fax Sorting by receiving fax numbers for viewing by department, floor, etc.

Cover Page Support

- Unlimited number, fully customizable

- Company, individual and departmental

- Multi-page for extended "note" fields

Fax Efficiency Applications

- APIs and DLLs for custom applications

- Fax Mailing - individualized fax broadcasts

- Fax Telemarketing - contract management

- Fax Resource Librarian - fax image storage and retrieval with MS Access

- Fax Resource Statistics  - fax traffic management

Gateway Hardware Requirements

- 386 SX and above, 4 MB, 40 MB HD


Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways

The Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway for cc:Mail offers millions of electronic mail users easy access to tens of millions of fax machines.

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces a new way to connect millions of people MS Mail, WP Office / Novell Groupwise, cc:Mail, Lotus Notes and other MAPI and VIM-compatible electronic mailers with the tens of millions of people using fax machines.

The gateway forwards their e-mail messages via fax; it can also forward text (ASCII) or image (G3 TIFF) attachments, as well as attachments in various application formats (Word, WP, AmiPro, 1-2-3, Excel, etc.) via fax.  Incoming faxes come to the user designated as the manager; it can also automatically route selected incoming faxes by reading the identification number (CSID) of the originating fax machine or use DID to forward faxes received to the recipient's e-mail mailbox.

The Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway can send plain (ASCII) text from the e-mail application or fax directly from any Windows application.  E-Mail users in DOS, Mac, or OS/2 can fax text messages and add attachments in supported formats. The Gateway allows users to add fax addresses to their e-mail address directories. It reports successful and failed transmissions via e-mail, and faxes received can be transcoded and routed to any e-mail mailbox, in any environment.

August 1994 saw the release of version 3.0 of the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways. One of the added features of the new release is the "Fax Opti-mizer", which allows a database of country codes to be set up and the least expensive time selected for sending overseas faxes.

The Opti-mizer puts control of fax transmission costs in the hands of the fax administrator and allows for customized management of fax traffic to achieve the lowest possible costs.

Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways *	US $
- First 250 E-Mail users	$ Call
- Additional groups of 250 E-Mail users	$ Call
* Requires Fax Resource Network Application, and E-Mail software for: cc:Mail, Notes, MS Mail, or WP Office / Novell Groupwise


Fax Resource Features for Lotus cc:Mail & Lotus Notes

Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways for Lotus cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, MS Mail, and WP Office / Novell Groupwise support nearly all of the same features listed below.  However, there are some minor differences between versions.

Transmission Features	Lotus cc:Mail and Notes Version	Comments
Convert cc:Mail messages with Document attachments at the gateway (automatic time-out and recovery)	AmiPro, Lotus 1-2-3, MS Word (plus all supported Filters), Excel, WordPerfect
Convert cc:Mail messages with Image attachments at the gateway	PCX, DCX, Tiff G3, Group 4 (compression), ASCII
Printer languages for gateway conversion	PostScript, PCL 5
Send E-Mail messages with attachments to mixed lists of fax and Mail recipients	Messages and mixed attachments sent in fax and native formats	No competitive offering known
Suppress Names	Yes - send to list without indicating other recipients
Automatic delayed transmission from Lotus mail (rules based)	Administrator set rules determine time of transmission for all faxes for worldwide least cost faxing	No competitive offering known
International phone numbers (support for TAPI)	Share regional directories across a WAN (consider local differences)	No competitive offering known
Cover Page Creation	Fully customized cover pages (with extra fields for Notes users)
Multiple Cover Pages	Unlimited numbers for special purposes (1 page responses)
Multi-page Cover Pages	Automatic "note" extensions
- Individual & Departmental Cover Pages	Yes - assignable by administrator to department or individual user level
Fax creation either at a Windows PC or the Fax Server	e.g. short faxes & unique styles at PC, standard or long documents at server	No competitive offering known
Directly fax a mixed set of documents (i.e. word processing & spreadsheets)	Yes
Clients Supported - for both text and graphics	Windows, DOS, MAC, OS/2, UNIX SMT (selected applications supported on some platforms)	No competitive offering known
Re-logging not required for faxing if mail is already open	Yes, non-SMI implementation
Express Scanner Interface for pre-existing documents	Attach scanned documents in nearly any format to cc:Mail	No competitive offering known
Send Faxes directly from Windows	Fast Driver available - PC or server
Send Faxes directly from Macintosh	Send attachments from server now, MAC driver in development	No competitive offering known
cc:Fax 1 Address Book Compatibility	Yes
Availability of personal and company address books	Yes, and MS Access phone books
Fax Broadcast Lists	Lotus Mail lists complemented with private and company lists
Preset dialing prefix	Yes (e.g. no "9" necessary)
Set up selected users with high priority (administrator selection)	Yes
Fax Reception Features	Lotus cc:Mail and Notes Version	Comments
Notification of all incoming faxes and messages without running cc:Mail	"NotiFax" = messages, urgent messages and fax notification	No competitive offering known
Standard Fax Reception features (without automatic forwarding)	Receive only at selected Fax Admin stations - view, edit, archive, print, delete, re-transmit, route to any mailbox
Automatic Forwarding	DID, ISDN, DTMF, fax sending (CSID), and receiving fax number
Automatic/manual file conversion support for compressed archiving and viewing on non-Windows platforms	PCX, DCX, Tiff G3, G4 (T6 compression) for archiving	No competitive offering known
Automatic printing of received faxes	Option - at any network printer
Fax Viewing at the workstation	Fast fax viewing at Windows PCs and MAC workstations
PC Fax Editing (Annotation)	Point & comments, block out, copy & paste, rotate, route at any Windows PC
Fax Archiving & image management	Imaging and document management
Macintosh Viewer	Yes
OS/2 Viewer	Yes (using WIN OS/2)
Win 32 (NT and Win 95) Viewer	Yes - with Fax Annotation
Lotus Fax Client	Lotus cc:Mail and Notes Version	Comments
Simple upgrade option for current cc:Fax users - keep existing:  fax PO, fax boards, directory fax entries	Fax viewing and annotation, fax print driver, "notification" and express document scanning	No competitive offering known
User Transmission Rights - from E-Mail	User E-Mail or personal, urgent, delayed, "least cost", set resolution	No competitive offering known
User assigned transmission priorities	Yes - high, normal, later	No competitive offering known
User transmission Report	Yes - any failure via cc:Mail	No competitive offering known
User return receipt	Yes - successes at user request, problems automatic
Windows Print Driver and Viewer	Yes
Suppress Cover Sheet	Yes - user option
Fax annotation	Yes - Windows
Re-route user faxes after fax viewing and annotation	To any mailbox or re-transmit as a fax
User Preference priorities	High, Normal, Later
Multi-lingual support	Mixed mail fax user interfaces
Custom Applications available as options	Fax Mailing, Fax Archiving, Fax Telemarketing
General Features, Fax Server, and Fax Administration	Lotus cc:Mail and Notes Version	Comments
Network independence - Netware, Appletalk, LAN Manager, NT, WFW	All Networks
Remote Admin of all Fax Lines and Fax Serves from any Windows PC	yes, including mixed E-Mail user privileges
Fax Activity Statistics	Full statistics - reporting at multiple activity levels - user, department, broadcast - audit and chargeback
Administrator assignment of user fax privileges	Fax transmission privilege, Send "Urgent" privilege, Send "on-the-fly" privilege (outside E-Mail directory)	No competitive offering known
Fax security during network failure	No fax pending data loss
Fax Administrators and Fax Managers for screening & routing necessary faxes	Log-in security for multiple Fax Administrators and Fax Managers
Fax Board support	Class 2 - TR-29; Intel (Pure Data) CAS; GammaLink; Proprietary/multi-board; ISDN, DID and Router
Fax Traffic Capacity	Unlimited E-Mail users (including mixed E-Mail types)
Multiple Fax Post Offices	Multiple POs and same Gateway (minimizes router traffic)	No competitive offering known
Multiple Lines	Yes
Multiple Servers	Yes - distributed fax servers supported	No competitive offering known
Fax Line Capacity	Up to 32 lines (standard)
Fax Server and Gateway configuration	Non-dedicated fax platform runs on standard hardware and software (server/gateway separate or shared)
Simple Lotus fax installation	No workstation installation required for mail users (install only optional special features)
View all Fax line activity	Visual display of every line
View Full Fax Queue and Fax Logs	Yes (administrator)
Ability to incorporate other E-Mail	cc:Mail, Notes (VIM), MS Mail (MAPI), WordPerfect Office, Novell Groupwise	No competitive offering known
Host Connection (API)	ACFI - Shared fax functionality with minis, UNIX, AS/400, & mainframes
Fax to bulletin board, folders, archives	Yes, via cc:Mail and gateway
Polling limit - mail server to fax server	Not continuous polling - batched
Delay character in phone number	Yes
APIs for Custom Implementation	Yes
Provide different levels of user interface for different user type	Yes - E-Mail fax users and power fax users, for high incidence faxing
VIM and MAPI Interfaces	Efficient integrated interfaces


Fax Resource E-Mail Fax Viewer for Macintosh cc:Mail

Fax Resource E-Mail Fax Viewer For Macintosh allows users of cc:Mail who are connected to a cc:Mail post office to access any fax that has been routed to their private mailbox by the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway.

Once displayed, the image can be rotated (4 ways), zoomed (3 levels, + fit in frame width), and annotated.  Specific Annotation features include the ability to add text notes in any Windows font to the image, in an opaque or transparent frame, with visible or hidden borders.

Additional tools include arrows and frames.  Pages can also be added or removed at will (such as over pages of a fax received), areas of the fax can be copied to the clipboard and pasted on a different image, or in any Windows application. Options include long and short menus, hidden floating or fixed toolbar, and image enhancement.


Fax Resource Multi-Platform Image Conversion

Fax Resource's E-Mail Postscript Attachment Conversion option lets e-mail users of any of the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways to send messages with PostScript attachments.  PostScript attachments are then converted by the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway into TIFF Group 3 images and faxed out.

This newly released PostScript option enhances the E-Mail Gateway's current ability to handle e-mail attachments in the following formats:  ASCII TXT, TIFF, PCX, DCX, Word, WP, AmiPro, Excel, and 1-2-3.

Requirements are:

- Fax Resource Network Series fax server

- Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway for cc:Mail, MS Mail or WP/ Novell Office

- 8 MB Ram

- Win32s (free upgrade)

Fax Resource Multi-platform server conversion software	US $
- Macintosh e-mail fax package: viewer, conversion, PostScript	$ Call
- Conversion software for DOS & OS/2 platforms	$ Call
- PostScript conversion module	$ Call


Fax Resource ACFI - PC, Mainframe and Mini fax connectivity

The Fax Resource ACFI (ASCII Control File Interface) delivers comprehensive fax capabilities to mainframe and minicomputers, as well as custom applications written in MS Access, FoxPro, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, SQLWindows and others.

Overview

The ACFI (ASCII Command File Interface) allows the sending of faxes through RPI's Fax Resource Network Series fax server by simply creating ASCII files which contain fax routing information and filenames for the data to be sent, and dropping these script files in a specific shared area on the network. A Windows based routine polls this shared area for these script files, and generates a fax job request for the Fax Resource's Fax Gateway.

This mechanism can typically be used in conjunction with RPI's standard Fax Resource application, to allow non-windows users to send faxes, or to integrate fax in a custom application written in FoxPro, Access, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, SQLWindows, C++ and more.  ACFI is also very useful when integrating Mainframe and Minicomputers into the Fax Resource fax services.

The ASCII Command Language Overview

The ASCII command language allows fax jobs to be created by placing files in a given shared directory: an ASCII script file containing the routing information, and a data file(s) which contain the document to be faxed.  Script and data files are retrieved by either a Windows-based or a DOS-based routine.  Once retrieved, these script and data files are turned into standard fax requests.

Polling frequency

The Polling frequency and the directory name for ASCII script files are specified in the INTFAX.INI configuration file.

Fax Queue

Faxes generated using the ACFI join the Fax Resource's main fax queue.  They can therefore be viewed, printed or deleted using the Fax Resource's standard Windows application. They are logged as are all faxes in the Fax Resource's company log. In addition, an ASCII log can be generated by the ACFI version of XFAX, which can be retrieved and processed by a third party application.

File Formats supported

Data files to be faxed using the ACFI can be TIFF, ASCII, PCX or DCX.  Support for Postscript, Word, AmiPro, WordPerfect, Excel and Lotus 123 source documents can be immediately available when ACFI is run on the same machine as a Fax Resource E-Mail Gateway.

Dynamic Coversheets

Documents faxed using the ACFI can take advantage of RPI's Fax Resource cover pages: ASCII commands can be included that specify a cover page filename, and cover page field values. All cover pages created with the Fax Resource are supported.

Form Overlays

Text files to be faxed can be merged with an overlay by including an instruction to that effect. Overlays must be fax files, which are typically created with the Fax Resource Print-2-Image printer driver.

Fax Resource ACFI - PC and Host Interface Facility	$ Call


Fax Resource cc:Fax Add-on Pack

New Fax Resource  Lotus cc:Fax Add-on pack, upgrades current cc:Fax users with advanced features including annotation, ShowFax, NotiFax, and print-to-fax from any windows application.

Users can upgrade to the complete Fax Resource Network products and cc:Mail Connection when their fax needs increase.

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces a new add-on module for improving the functionality of cc:Fax from Lotus Corporation.  The cc:Fax Enhancement Module provides functionality for users to fax directly from Microsoft Windows applications without having to access cc:Mail or cc:Fax.

- Fax Resource Faxil Fax/Print driver for Windows generates fax-ready images from within any Windows application.  After the image is rendered, the cc:Mail phone book appears to assign recipients to the fax.  Faxil supports Fine and standard resolution images, portrait and landscape orientations, and multiple paper sizes.

- Fax Resource ShowFax Viewer provides for fast editing and annotations, as well as routing of incoming or archived faxes at any E-Mail location.

- Fax Resource NotiFax is a utility that automatically monitors a user's in-box for faxes and e-mail messages and informs them of status without having cc:Mail loaded.

Fax Resource cc:Fax Add-on Pack	$ 695.00


Fax Resource Librarian

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces a new fax add-on program, The Librarian for MS Access.  The Librarian is a new image and document management module designed to complement Fax Resource from Resource Partners, Inc. (RPI), but works with any leading fax server products including: Optus Alcom, Intel and WinFax.

Fax Resource Librarian is a multi-user application that employs a database back-end to store and manage your fax images.  It is designed to be used in conjunction with Windows fax and e-mail packages, databases, workgroup, and workflow software.

With The Librarian, you can solve an expensive problem facing many corporations today -- the processing of paper.  The Librarian works by storing a document, or an image in a user-friendly database.   Incoming faxes to the Fax Resource Network Series fax server can be automatically routed, compressed and archived in the Librarian database.

You can automate many time consuming tasks by:

- Electronic filing and retrieving letters, faxes, contracts, specifications

- E-mailing documents to circulate them to your associates

- Sharing documents to collect feedback in the form of annotations

- Automating the processing of orders, invoices, and incoming faxes

The Librarian works with all your favorite Windows software by embedding "objects" of other Windows applications in the Librarian database.  Fax Librarian takes advantage of a popular, new feature of Windows that is called Object Linking and Embedding, or OLE for short.  As an added bonus, The Librarian is ODBC-compliant, providing database connectivity to Lotus Notes, Oracle, DB2, SQLBase, and many more.

Written in Microsoft Access, The Librarian directly reads/writes and imports/exports data in the following formats:

- Novell Btrieve

- dBASE III PLUS and dBASE IV

- Microsoft FoxPro 2.0 and 2.5

- SYBASE  and Microsoft SQL Server

- Paradox 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.5.

The Librarian is supported on the most commonly used networks:

- Microsoft Windows for Workgroups

- Microsoft Windows NT -Advanced Server

- Microsoft LAN Manager and other Windows-compatible networks, including  Novell NetWare.

Fax Resource Librarian	US $
- Auto Archiving - single user license	$ Call
- Full indexing & retrieval with MS Access - site license	$ Call


Fax Resource Print-2-Image

Fax Resource Print-2-Image is the first "open" fax printer driver and fax viewer.  Print-2-Image adds a new "watermark" or image overlay feature, and adds 2 new APIs for easy integration into any windows application.

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces Fax Resource Print-2-Image that creates "fax-ready" images directly from spreadsheets, documents, brochures and newsletters.   Print-2-Image is actually two products in one!  It's a versatile fax printer driver that creates fax image files in many popular image formats, combined with a Microsoft Windows executable to view and annotate the fax images.

Print-2-Image's fax printer driver is installed as an MS Windows printer driver, and you can turn the output of any Windows application (Word, Lotus, Corel, Quark, PageMaker, etc.) into a faxable image.

To make an image, simply specify the file name and any one of the following image formats: GAMMA TIFF Group 3, TIFF Group 4 (compressed), DCX, PCX, or BMP, and print a document to the Windows printer driver "Print-2-Image on FAX".  Print-2-Image creates output files and automatically stores them in a directory of your choice.  After an image is created, the image can be displayed in Print-2-Image's image viewer.

Print-2-Image also boasts two new APIs that allow a custom application to control a wide-range of options including: the file name and directory, image format, image resolution, page length, image overlay or watermark.  The custom application can set the options by issuing dynamic function calls, or by simply modifying the INI file.

Who can use Print-2-Image and ShowFax?

Print-2-Image is a perfect add-on for any Integrated Voice Response System (IVR), Fax-On-Demand, Communication tool-kit, or E-Mail system.  Print-2-Image can be easily integrated with any MS Access, FoxPro, Visual Basic, C++, SQLWindows, or PowerBuilder application.  Print-2-Image can also be mail-enabled for VIM and MAPI. Print-2-Image can be integrated into programs built with the leading application development tools including, but not limited to:

- Microsoft's FoxPro, Visual Basic, Access and Visual C++

- Powersoft's PowerBuilder

- Gupta's SQLWindows

Print-2-Image's fax printer driver

The Fax Resource's Print-2-Image (P-2-I) is a powerful print-to-image utility and imaging tool kit.  You have complete control over where the image is created on your hard drive, what filename is used, and which file format the images are generated as. It creates a faxable image from the source document on your PC with no lost resolution, no wasted time, and no wasted paper.

If you've worked in Windows, or if you've used a fax board under Windows, you know how easy it is to select a printer from the "Printer Setup" menu within any Windows program.  By selecting "Print-2-Image on FAX" as your printer,  you can easily create a "fax-ready" image file in a directory of your choice.  Print-2-Image supports all of the leading fax-ready image formats:

- PCX and DCX (INTEL CAS)	Multi-page PCX
- Tiff T4, CCITT Group 3-1D and 2D	Multi-page TIFF
- Tiff T6, CCITT Group 4-1D	Multi-page TIFF
- Tiff GAMMA Group 3 1D and 2D	Single-page TIFF
- Tiff T6, CCITT Group 4-1D	Single-page TIFF
- Tiff Huffman CCITT, & Uncompressed	Single-page TIFF
- BMP - Windows bitmap	Single-page BMP

Print-2-Image's fax image viewer

Print-2-Image now includes ShowFax, a Windows executable file. ShowFax can be launched from an application and be used to open or close selected documents using documented Windows messages.   Optimized for speed, ShowFax lets you display and manipulate almost any single-page or multi-page image file including fax formats PCX, DCX, and TIFF.

With ShowFax, specific annotation features include the ability to add text notes in any Windows font to the image, in an opaque or transparent frame, with visible or hidden borders.  Additional tools include arrows and frames.  Pages can also be added or removed at will (such as a cover page of a fax received), copied to the clipboard and pasted on a different image, or copied to any Windows application.  ShowFax even allows you to clean-up a fax image with an eraser-like tool.

Other ShowFax options include long and short menus; hidden, floating or fixed toolbar; and image enhancement.  Annotated images can be saved as two separate files, with annotations saved as re-editable objects, or they can be merged permanently into the original image.

To make an image from ShowFax, simply specify the file name and a supported file format including: Group 3 TIFF, Group 4 TIFF (compressed), and DCX. Once displayed, the image can be rotated (4 ways), zoomed (3 levels, + fit in frame width), and annotated.

Fax Resource Print-2-Image - End User	US $
- P2I-SE1  Standard edition (single license)	$ 169.00
- P2I-EE1  Extended edition (site license)	$ 695.00
Fax Resource Print-2-Image - OEM / Software Developer's Kit
- P2I-SE3  Developer's Edition (initial license) *	$ 299.00
- P2I-EE3  0-200 licenses (cost per license)	$ 6.00
- P2I-EE4  201- 500 licenses (cost per license)	$ 5.00
- P2I-EE5  501-1000 licenses (cost per license)	$ 4.00
- P2I-EE6  1000 + licenses (cost per license)	$ 3.00
* Minimum initial purchase - Developer's Edition , 100 licenses & OEM agreement with RPI.


Fax Resource Scan-To-Mail

Fax Resource's Scan-To-Mail is the only product of its kind that allows e-mail users to scan documents with their HP, Epson or PlusTek scanner and send the image files as attachments to e-mail messages.

This newly released scanning option enhances the Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways' current ability to handle e-mail attachments in many popular formats including: TIFF, PCX, DCX, TXT, Word, Excel, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect and AmiPro.  Also included is the Fax Resource ShowFax viewer, which allows for the annotation of scanned images and the conversion to other fax formats, including the PCX-CAS format used by cc:Mail.

Scan-To-Mail integrates with the leading E-Mail products including: cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, MS Mail and WordPerfect / Novell Office.

Fax Resource Scan To Mail - site license	$ Call


Fax Resource Statistics

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the release of its new version of Fax Resource Statistics 2.0.  The Statistics Module is designed to complement the Fax Resource Network Series fax server and its E-Mail Gateways.

The Statistics Module provides full monitoring and tracking of fax traffic.  It is most valuable in a networking and e-mail environment where it can provide detailed logs at the individual user, departmental or company level.

The Statistics Module makes it possible to use its data, which can be exported as a comma delimited file to any spreadsheet program, to be used in simple macros that can break down the logs for charge-back purposes (i.e. by recipient fax number). Reports generated by the Statistics Module include tables and graphs, which can be imported into documents generated with word processors for fax accounting and administrative purposes.

Fax Resource Statistics	$ Call


Late News Briefs

New GammaLink and Intel fax modem support - January 1995

New Print-2-Image adds watermark and 2 APIs - January. 1995

New Librarian archiving module for MS Access - January 1995

New Phone book uses Microsoft Access - September 1994

Class 2 Support - June 1994

DID Support - June 1994

VIM and MAPI Support - June 1994


New GammaLink and Intel fax modem support - January 1995

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the release of  Fax Resource GammaLink and INTEL (Pure Data) fax modem support for the Network Series and E-Mail Gateway Series Fax Resource software.

Approved GammaLink modems include: GammaFax CPi, XPi, CP4/LSI, CPiMC, CPMC, XPMC, and CPD.  Approved Intel modems include: SatisFAXtion Classic, 200, 350, and 400i.


New Print-2-Image adds watermark and 2 APIs - January. 1995

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces a new release of  Fax Resource Print-2-Image 4.1 -- the popular fax printer driver and image viewer productivity product.  Print-2-Image has a new WaterMark feature for dynamic image overlays of corporate letterhead, logos, footers or signatures.  Print-2-Image has added two new Application Program Interfaces (API) that allow for even easier integration into any MS Access, Visual Basic, FoxPro, PowerBuilder, Gupta SQLWindows, or C++ application.


New Librarian archiving module for MS Access - January 1995

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces a new fax add-on program, The Librarian for MS Access.  The Librarian is a new image and document management module designed to complement the Fax Resource Network Series fax server.  Fax Resource Librarian is a multi-user application that employs a database back-end (MS ACCESS or any ODBC database including SQL Server, Oracle, SQLBase, AS/400, NOTES, Paradox, FoxPro, dBASE, etc. ) to store and manage your fax images and source documents.  Librarian is OLE-enabled, and designed to be used in conjunction with Windows fax and e-mail packages, databases, workgroup, and workflow software.


New Phone book uses Microsoft Access - September 1994

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the release of its new phone book module for Version 4.12.04 of the Network Fax Series software.  The new phone book employs the very popular MS Access database and can import the phone book from older versions of the Fax Resource software, as well as data from most database programs including MS Access and FoxPro.


Class 2 Support - June 1994

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the release of  Fax Resource Class 2 fax modem support for the Network Series and E-Mail Gateway Series Fax Resource software.  This allows users with smaller configurations to utilize their Class 2 fax modem with the Fax Resource software.  Approved Class 2 modems include CRC Flex Fax 14.4, SupraFax 14.4, and Quicktel 14.4 (internal and external models). Other Class 2 modems are being tested and approved weekly.  Upgrading to RPI's intelligent Fax Resource Fax Card is possible as traffic increases.


DID Support - June 1994

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the release of the Fax Resource DID (Direct-Inward-Dial) module for their Network Fax Series software. This new feature allows for personalized fax numbers for each fax recipient in your organization.  It includes a Fax Resource Flex DID router, if that functionality is not supported by the phone system, and a DTMF compatible modem for each line.


VIM and MAPI Support - June 1994

Resource Partners, Inc. (Wakefield, NH) announces the release of its LAN and WAN Compatibility Feature for VIM and MAPI.  The Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways allow all e-mail users within the same company to send faxes, whether they are using cc:Mail, MS Mail, or WordPerfect / Novell Office (formerly WP Office).  Remote users connected to the wide-area network can do likewise, all with a single set of fax cards (up to 32 lines are standard).  Fax servers can all be managed through a single administration application, which can be run from a local or remote location.


USA and Canada - List Prices (US $)

Prices as of February 1, 1995 are valid for US and Canada orders only.  Prices are subject to change without notice.  For International orders, please add an additional 25% to the Sub-Total Product Order amount.

To ensure prompt handling of your order, please print clearly below and include all information needed to ensure delivery.  Please make all payments in US funds and make checks payable to:

Resource Partners, Inc.

Box 689, Meadow Street

Wakefield, NH, 03872  USA

Voice: (603) 522-9500

Fax: (603) 522-9747

BBS: (603) 522-3440

CompuServe: 74347,164

Internet: rpnorth@wchat.on.ca

Quantity	Fax Servers and E-Mail Gateways	US $	Total $
	Fax Resource Network Application Software
_________	- Single fax server - 2 channels / 250 users	$ Call	_______
_________	- Additional channels (3 through 6)	$ Call	_______
	Fax Resource Distributed Server Configuration Software
_________	- Multiple fax server software with 4 additional channels	$ Call	_______
	Fax Resource E-Mail Gateways *
_________	- First 250 E-Mail users	$ Call	_______
_________	- Additional groups of 250 E-Mail users	$ Call	_______
	* Requires Fax Resource Network Application, and E-Mail software for: cc:Mail, Notes, MS Mail, or WP Office / Novell Groupwise
Quantity	Software Options	US $	Total $
_________	Fax Resource ACFI - PC and Host Interface Facility	$ Call	_______
_________	Fax Resource cc:Fax Add-on Pack	$ 695.00	_______
	Fax Resource Librarian
_________	- Auto Archiving - single user license	$ Call	_______
_________	- Full indexing & retrieval with MS Access - site license	$ Call	_______
	Fax Resource Multi platform server conversion software
_________	- MAC e-mail fax package: viewer, conversion, PostScript	$ Call	_______
_________	- Conversion software for DOS & OS/2 platforms	$ Call	_______
_________	- PostScript conversion module	$ Call	_______
	Fax Resource Print-2-Image - End User Editions
_________	- P2I-SE1  Standard edition (single license)	$ 169.00	_______
_________	- P2I-EE1  Extended edition (site license)	$ 695.00	_______
	Fax Resource Print-2-Image - OEM Developer's Edition *
_________	- P2I-SE3  Developer's Edition (initial license)	$ 299.00	_______
_________	- P2I-EE3  0-200 licenses (cost per license)	$ 6.00	_______
_________	- P2I-EE4  201- 500 licenses (cost per license)	$ 5.00	_______
_________	- P2I-EE5  501-1000 licenses (cost per license)	$ 4.00	_______
_________	- P2I-EE6  1001 + licenses (cost per license)	$ 3.00	_______
	* Includes a single developers license, diskettes, manual (hard-copy and file in MS Winword 6.0a format), and an OEM agreement with RPI.  Minimum initial purchase is 100 run-time licenses.
_________	Fax Resource Scan To Mail - site license	$ Call	_______
_________	Fax Resource Statistics	$ Call	_______
Quantity	Hardware Options *	US $	Total $
_________	Fax Resource Imefax intelligent fax board	$ Call	_______
_________	Fax Resource Direct Inward Dial modem	$ Call	_______
_________	Fax Resource DID router & admin/workstation software	$ Call	_______
	* Fax Resource Network Application software also supports Class 2,  Intel (Pure Data) CAS, & GammaLink fax boards
	SUB-TOTAL PRODUCT ORDER		$______
	For International orders (outside the US & Canada), add an additional 25% to the SUB-TOTAL PRODUCT ORDER	+ 25%	$______
	TOTAL OF PRODUCT ORDER		$______
Method	Shipping Options: Print-2-Image manual & diskettes = 2 lb.	US $	Total $
_________	CompuServe - Receiver pays for CIS transmission surcharge		$ 0.00
_________	Internet - No transmission charge		$ 0.00
_________	Fax Resource BBS - Download P2I415.ZIP from BBS		$ 0.00
_________	United Parcel Service - 3 Day Select (US only)	$ 10.50	$______
_________	United Parcel Service - 2 Day Select (US only)	$ 13.00	$______
_________	United Parcel Service - Overnight Delivery (US only)	$ 22.50	$______
_________	COD via United Parcel Service: add an extra $6.00 (US only)	$ 6.00	$______
_________	For orders outside Continental US, call for exact shipping charges.  Shipping fees will vary between countries.	$ Call	$______
_________	Wire transfer service charge	$ Call	$______
	TOTAL SHIPPING CHARGES		$______
	GRAND-TOTAL ORDER: (Total Product + Total Shipping)		$______
Method	Payment Options
_________	American Express / Optima #: _____________________________
_________	Card Holder's Name: ____________________________________
_________	Expiry Date: ___________   Signature: ______________________
_________	Cashier's check or Money Order in US funds
_________	COD (United Parcel Service  - Continental US only)
_________	Wire transfer - Banking details supplied on request; extra service charge applies
	Customer Information
Name	_____________________________________________________
Company	_____________________________________________________
Must be accompanied by a valid Company purchase order on Company stationary.

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