PlanetPress Fax

PlanetPress Fax output tasks are used to make request to PlanetPress Fax, which creates faxes and sends them to a faxing program.

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

Input

Any data file with a valid 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 PlanetPress Fax host specified in the properties. If the file is a TIFF file in the proper format and the "Passthrough" 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 PlanetPress Fax host to which you want the request to be sent. The Fax configuration is set in the PlanetPress 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, passtroughs 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 PlanetPress Talk functions, require that this option be selected.