Installing the clients

Introduction to the GFI FAXmaker client software

After installing the Fax server, you can already send faxes by sending an email and addressing the email correctly. However if users wish to send faxes by printing to the GFI FAXmaker printer driver, they must install the GFI FAXmaker client.

The GFI FAXmaker client software consists of a fax printer driver, fax viewer and the optional GFI FAXmaker Fax message form. The GFI FAXmaker Fax message form offers an easy way for users to specify fax options. During installation, you can choose whether the Outlook New Message form should appear when the user prints to the FAXmaker printer driver, or the GFI FAXmaker Fax message form. The FAXmaker Fax message form also retrieves the company name of the recipient, so the cover page always has the company name filled in. If using the Outlook new message form, the company name will only be filled in if the FAXmaker fax server could retrieve the company name of the recipient via a configured public contact list.

The GFI FAXmaker Fax message form submits the fax via SMTP to the GFI FAXmaker fax server, so it should know the mail server name as well as the email address of the user. No communication takes place between client & the fax server (mail is delivered via your mail server), so there are no scalability issues.

System requirements:

Windows XP Pro/2000/2003, Windows 95/98/ME or Windows NT Server/ Workstation 4.0.
If using Windows 2000, ensure you have Service Pack 3 or later installed.