OL Connect Fax

OL Connect Fax Output tasks are used to make request to OL Connect Fax, which creates faxes and sends them to a faxing program. For more information, see About OL Connect Fax.

In addition to the job-specific OL Connect Fax properties you configure in the task’s Properties dialog box, there are configurable options common to all OL Connect Fax outputs processed by a given computer (See OL Connect Fax plugin preferences). Note that those options are specific to each OL Connect Fax installation and that they are immediately applied.

Input

Any data file with a valid emulation (see About data emulation). Metadata is optional and can be used to specify the fax number and information to send the file. Alternatively, a TIFF file in the proper page size and compression (CCITT Group 4) can be used.

Processing

If a data file with metadata is used, the data file is merged with the selected PlanetPress Design document, converted into a multi-page TIFF file with CCITT Group 4 compression, and sent to the OL Connect Fax host specified in the properties. If the file is a TIFF file in the proper format and the "Pass-through" option is selected, no processing is done, the file is sent as-is.

Output

A TIFF in the CCITT Group 4 compression, and information for the FAX server to know where to send the file.

Task properties

General Tab

  • Host: Select the IP address of the OL Connect Fax host to which you want the request to be sent. The Fax configuration is set in the OL Connect Fax User Options on the target host.
  • Refresh: Click to update the list of IP addresses displayed in the Host drop-down list box.
  • Documents: Select a specific PlanetPress Design document if you want all the jobs to be faxed with that document. You must select a document, pass-troughs are not available.
  • Add job information to the document: Select to add the available job info variables in the “header” of the generated output file.
  • Run mode group
    • Printer centric: Select to send the document along with the trigger and data to the component that generates fax documents.
    • Optimized PostScript Stream: Select to merge the selected document with the data received by this task before sending it to the component that generates fax documents. Some PlanetPress Design features, such as the Time and Date functions, require that this option be selected.

On Error Tab

For a description of the options on the On Error tab see Using the On Error tab.