Program details:

• Fax Machine contains a printer driver, which lets you "print" to Fax Machine from any Windows application that supports printing.
• Of course Fax Machine can not only send faxes, but also receive them. It can even forward received faxes by email.
• Fax Machine supports the Distinctive Ring feature, even on Windows XP/Vista machines!

 

Requirements:

• A Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Vista-64 system. Windows 95/98/ME is not supported!
• A scanner that complies with the TWAIN standard (most scanners do).
• A class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem. This must be a genuine analog fax modem, with the approriate driver software installed for your Windows version.
  What about cable, ADSL or ISDN?
  Many users don't realize that faxing is a function that can only use analog (voice) phone lines and analog fax modems. Accordingly, no fax software will function with cable modems or ADSL lines. With some ADSL connections however you can obtain a ADSL line filter (also known as splitter), that splits the ADSL connection in a line that carries the voice signal (for your hand phone) and a line that carries the broadband signal (for your computer), and you can then connect an analog fax modem to the line that carries the voice signal.
  If you don't have an analog modem or an analog phone line, you can't use Fax Machine.
   

 

How to upgrade:

• Make sure Fax Machine doesn't run.
• Uninstall the application.
• Download, install and run the new version. All settings will be picked up by the new version. If the new version asks for a registration number just use the number you already have.
• Upgrades are free for registered users.

 

Version history:

Version 4.33:

• Fax Machine's printer driver now supports 64 bit versions of Windows.

Version 4.32:

• Fixed bug: Pop up "Waiting for fax" was visible in some situations where it shouldn't be.

Version 4.31:

• Fixed bug: Using the Test modem button sometimes resulted in an error message when using a port other than COM1, while there wasn't really a problem with the modem at all.

Version 4.29:

• Fixed bug: Status window was mixed up: sometimes wrong text was shown, sometimes no text at all was shown.

Version 4.28:

• Fixed bug: Modem dropdown list in Settings window wasn´t filled on some systems.
• Fixed bug: In some circumstances status window didn´t show text ´Waiting for incoming faxes´.

Version 4.27:

• Modem tab page of Settings window now shows all available modems, not only modems on ports 1 through 8.
• Added Test modem button on Modem tab page of Settings window.
• Added Send test e-mail button on E-mail tab page of Settings window.
• A fax can now not only be saved as TIFF file but also as PDF file.
• You can now also select the cover page to use in the Send fax window, and not only in the Settings window.

Version 4.26:

• Added junk fax filter (see Fax Machine's help file, chapter Program settings).
• Fixed bug that caused print errors on some Vista systems when printing to Fax Machine's fax printer driver.

Version 4.25:

• Fixed bug that caused "Error -4 while loading file" when previewing a fax being created.

Version 4.24:

• PDF that contains forwarded fax now has better quality and smaller size.
• Added option to automatically invert (make negative) scan result, for scanners that, for some reason, produce negative scans.

Version 4.23:

• Fax Machine is now ready for Vista!
• Faxes forwarded by email are now sent in PDF format (no longer in TIFF format).
• Adding setting to switch off your scanner's Automatic Document Feeder.
• When forwarding received faxes by email Fax Machine will use the Address Book to find the sender's name, based on his/her remote station ID, and put that name in the subject line of the mail.
• After having received a fax Fax Machine will only flash its taskbar icon when the received fax in neither printed nor forwarded by email.
• When an error occurs while sending a fax, Fax Machine will now show the number of the last correctly sent page.
• Fixed bug while printing list of faxes in Inbox and Outbox and list contains multiple pages.
• Fixed bug which caused Fax Machine to crash when closing the application on a Windows 98 system.
• Changed location of folders of Inbox and Outbox to avoid confusion from Vista's virtualization system.
• Changed location of debugging logfile to avoid confusion from Vista's virtualization system.

Version 4.22:

• Added automatic mode. See help (Settings) for more info.
• Fax Machine will now issue reminder to return to receive mode when a fax is sent after being in receive mode.
• Fixed some layout problems in fax send confirmation report.
• Date is now set in message header when forwarding fax by email.
• When forwarding a sent fax by email the cover page is now sent too.
• Fax Machine will now issue a warning message when a newer version is available at www.nicocuppen.com.

Version 4.21:

• Fixed another bug which caused Fax Machine to ask for its registration number again after every daylight saving change.
• Fax Machine now supports SSL-encrypted login when sending email.

Version 4.20:

• Spaces are now removed from the Remote ID before it is displayed, and before it is used when forwarding a received fax by e-mail.
• Cover page subject and comments are now retained over fax sessions, so that you never have to retype them.
• In the Send fax window no longer the first entry in the address book is selected. You will now have to select a recipient yourself, to avoid inadvertently sending the fax to the first entry.
• Added support for very large multi-page faxes.

Version 4.18:

• Fax Machine is now available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Choose the language to be used during installation of the application.

Version 4.17:

• Fixed bug which caused Fax Machine to ask for its registration number again after every daylight saving change.
• Note: you will have to ask us for a new registration number after upgrading to this version.

Version 4.16:

• You can now manually crop the scanned image in the scan results preview window.
• You can now instruct Fax Machine in its settings window (Modem tab) to handle your modem as class 1 , even if it supports class 2 or 2.0. Use this when your modem apparently has problems sending or receiving faxes correctly in class 2 or 2.0 mode.

Version 4.15:

• Fixed bug in handling of class 2 modems, which could result in skipped pages when sending faxes.
• Fixed bug, which could cause Address Book entries with only a home fax number to be skipped.

Version 4.14:

• Fax Machine now also recognizes home fax numbers in the Windows Address Book.

Version 4.13:

• You can now choose the location where Fax Machine will store the folders with sent and received faxes.

Version 4.12:

• Fixed bug which could cause Fax Machine Lite to start dialing out when only previewing the cover page.

Version 4.11:

• Fax Machine can now play a soundfile when a fax arrived.
• Fixed incompatibility problem with older Windows versions.

Version 4.09:

• Fixed bug which caused incorrect area to be scanned on some scanners.

Version 4.08:

• Fixed incorrect brightness setting with some TWAIN drivers.

Version 4.07:

• Problems with the Windows software for the Windows Address Book no longer crashes Fax Machine.

Version 4.06:

• Added facility to preview cover page before it is sent.

Version 4.05:

• Improved error logging.

Version 4.04:

• You can now specify in the Settings window what printer to use to print send confirmations and received faxes.

Version 4.03:

• Fixed bug that caused "error -1" when printing fax.

Version 4.02:

• Fixed bug: Flow control wasn't always enabled while receiving faxes, even when enable command was part of modem init string.
• Fixed bug: Faxes printed by Fax Viewer could look "fuzzy".

Version 4.01:

• Fixed bug: Email forwarding address couldn't be set in Settings window.

Version 4.0:

• Distinctive Ring feature is supported.
• You can not only receive, but also send a fax over an already open voice telephone connection.
• Fax Machine uses the Windows Address Book to store fax recipients, the same address book that is used by Outlook Express. Part of the 4.0 installation is a small utility program to transfer your current phonebook entries to the Windows Address Book.
• During fax transmission the Remote ID and the transmission speed are shown.
• When forwarding a received fax by email the Remote ID is shown in the subject of the mail.
• You can decide whether a cover page will be sent just before the actual sending starts. Before you had to go to the settings window to change this.
• You can decide whether the dialing prefix should be used just before the actual sending starts.
• Fax Machine shows tips at startup.
• The popup menu that appears after a right click on Fax Machine's system tray icon has a menu choice to instruct Fax Machine to immediately start receiving a fax on an already open voice telephone connection. No need to stop 'Receive' mode anymore.
• The fax viewer has buttons to go to the previous/next page.
• In the fax viewer you can scroll with the mouse wheel, and by using the up/down and page up/page down buttons.
• The area where you type the comments to be put on the cover page has a scroll bar.
• The log of received faxes is renamed to 'Inbox'; the log of sent faxes is renamed to 'Outbox'.
• You can delete more than one fax from the Inbox or Outbox at a time.
• The rings counter is properly reset between successive incoming calls.
• The uninstaller has a 'repair' function.
• The uninstaller also removes the Fax Machine printer driver.