Installing the client software (XP/NT/2000/95/98/ME)

System requirements:
  • Windows XP/2000, Windows 95/98/ME or Windows NT Server/ Workstation 4.0.
  • You will need administrator rights to install the FAXmaker client, because it includes a fax printer driver. You can log on as administrator and install the client – it will automatically be made available to all users of the machine.
If you are NOT using the Email2Fax gateway

If you are not using the Email2FAX gateway mode (i.e. during the fax server installation, you specified that you do not have a mail server), run set-up as follows:

  1. Run the FAXmaker client set-up program, ffnc.exe, which can be found on the CD or downloaded separately. A welcome dialog will appear. Select Next. You will be able to select the language of the client. Select Next.

Specify Fax server machine name

  1. If you are running the client set-up for the first time, or if you are not running set-up from the faxmaker\install share, set-up will ask you to specify the fax server machine name. You can specify the machine name either using the Netbios machine name or the IP.

    If you run set-up for the first time, the faxmaker client setup will copy the client set-up to the faxmaker\install share. This allows you to run set-up from that share for other client installs, in which case the fax server machine name will not be asked.

    Note: You can also suppress the dialog asking for the fax server machine name by running the client setup from the command line and specifying the fax server name with the following syntax:

ffnc.exe –a –server:SERVERNAME

for example:

ffnc.exe –a –server:FAXSERVER

Specify which address book you wish to use

  1. Setup will prompt you whether you wish to use the FAXmaker Personal Address Book or the Outlook Personal Address Book. If you use Outlook, we recommend using the Outlook Address Book, because you can have a single address book for e-mail and fax.
  2. Setup will prompt you whether you want to load the FAXmaker fax manager automatically.
  3. Set-up will now prompt you where to install the FAXmaker client. Select a location and click Next. The FAXmaker client will now be installed on the machine for all users.
If you are using the Email2Fax gateway:

If you have installed the Email2Fax gateway to send and receive faxes, you can select whether to use the FAXmaker FAX message form or your e-mail client to send faxes. In both cases, faxes will be received in the user's inbox. We recommend that you use the FAXmaker FAX message form, which will send the fax via SMTP to the FAXmaker fax server.

  1. Run the FAXmaker client set-up program, ffnc.exe, which can be found on the CD or downloaded separately. A welcome dialog will appear. Select Next. You will be able to select the language of the client. Select Next.

Specify Fax server machine name

  1. If you are running the client set-up for the first time, or if you are not running set-up from the faxmaker\install share, set-up will ask you to specify the fax server machine name. You can specify the machine name either using the Netbios machine name or the IP.

If you run set-up for the first time, the faxmaker client setup will copy the client set-up to the faxmaker\install share. This allows you to run set-up from that share for other client installs, in which case the fax server machine name will not be asked.

Note 1: You can also suppress the dialog asking for the fax server machine name by running the client setup from the command line and specifying the fax server name with the following syntax:

ffnc.exe –a –server:SERVERNAME

for example:

ffnc.exe –a –server:FAXSERVER

Note 2: If the fax server machine can not be contacted via Netbios, you can suppress this dialog by running set-up from the command line as follows: "ffnc –a smtpmode".

Selecting the type of client to use to send faxes

  1. Select which program you wish to be launched after printing to the FAXmaker printer driver. You can select the FAXmaker FAX Message form or your default e-mail client.

    The FAXmaker FAX Message form is by far the easiest to use, because it's easier to input the fax recipients. If you use Outlook, it also allows you to select fax recipients from the Outlook contacts list.

    If you select to use an e-mail client, set-up will ask for the file location and install the FAXmaker fax viewer and printer driver only and therefore skip the next dialogs.

Settings required for the FAXmaker Sendfax client

If you chose to use the FAXmaker FAX message form
  1. If you chose the FAXmaker FAX Message form, you have to specify your mail server settings: Specify the name of the FAXmaker fax mailbox, the user's e-mail address and the mail server machine name or IP and the SMTP Port (only change the default port setting if you are sure that the mail server is installed on another port).

Specify which address book you wish to use

  1. Setup will prompt you whether you wish to use the FAXmaker Personal Address Book or the Outlook Personal Address Book. If you use Outlook, we recommend using Outlook Address Book, because you can have a single address book for e-mail and fax.
  2. Set-up will now prompt you where to install the FAXmaker client. Select a location and click Next. The FAXmaker client will now be installed on the machine for all users.

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