Re: Print/fax PDF on Iseries

[James Rich <james@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 SCarter@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I really don't want to have to involve the PC in any way if I can help it.
> Is there not other way to spool a file onto an AS400 printer..  Maybe a
> Java program running on the machine or something...
> also, I don't see a print to fax driver in client access

I've been working with FAX/400 for some years now.  So far for us it has
not been a very good product.  We've had trouble trying to get it to send
faxes consistently.  It often doesn't send the fax, but simply
disconnects.  Plus the performance has been awfully slow.  But the
integration with the rest of the system is neat.

I know you don't want to involve another machine, but our testing leads us
to believe that the best fax software out there is hylafax.  It can fax
PDFs without trouble.  What it lacks that FAX/400 has is iSeries
integration.  That can be solved with a print queue that just converts
your spooled files to PDF on the hylafax server.

Hylafax is found at http://www.hylafax.org

James Rich

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