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I. - Sources of Information on Fax
- CCITT (now renamed ITU-T)
- The Blue Book, Volume VII - Fascicle VII.3 Recommendation
T.0 - T.63
- EIA/TIA/ANSI
- EIA/TIA-602 Data Transmission Systems and Equipment-Serial
Asynchronous Automatic Dialing and Control (This is the
standard for the basic Hayes command set.)
- TIA PN-2388
- Asynchronous Facsimile DCE Control Standard (DRAFT), Service
Class 2, (also known as Document TR-29/89-21R8, March 21,
1990) (The first draft of the Class 2 standard, voted
down, but the basis for all current (93Q1) Class 2 modems.)
- EIA/TIA-578
- Asynchronous Facsimile DCE Control Standard, Service Class
1
- EIA/TIA-592
- Asynchronous Facsimile DCE Control Standard, Service Class
2
Vendors of Printed Standards
- Bellcore (Bell Communications Research)
- 1 800 521 CORE
Source of telephony standards (i.e. detailed information on
how the telephone system works included DID, Caller ID, etc.
Does not provide information on facsimile equipment and standards.)
- EIA/TIA
- (202) 457-4942 (Yvette Bottoms)
Source of draft EIA/TIA standards (final stds available from
Global)
- Global Engineering Documents
- (800) 854-7179 fax: (202) 331-0960
Distributor for published EIA/TIA standards, as well as ITU-T
(CCITT) and standards docs from 400 other organisations and
institutions. EIA catalog of standard available at no charge
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
- (703) 487-4650
- Philips Business Information Inc. (has acquired assets of
OMNICOM)
- (301) 424-3338 or 1 (800) 777-5006, FAX: (301) 309-3847
Source of ITU-T (CCITT) and ISO publications
- UN Bookstore
- ITU-T (CCITT) Publications
+1 (212) 963-7680 or +1 (800) 553-3210
- Action Consulting
- Source of draft communications standards
- Human Communications
- (203) 746-4367 FAX: (203) 746-4367
Source of draft communications standards
- International Telecommunications Union electronic document
distribution service (ITUDOC)
- For more information, send a message with the line HELP
in the body to: itudoc@itu.ch. Or telnet to info.itu.ch
and type gopher as username (no password needed).
Or connect to their gopher server directly:
- gopher://info.itu.ch/.
Commonly Referenced Fax Standards
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[F.190]
Recommendation F.190 - Operational provisions for the
international facsimile service between public bureaux and
subscriber stations and vice versa (bureaufax-telefax and
vice versa)
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[F.180]
Recommendation F.180 - General operational provisions
for the international public facsimile service between subscriber
stations (telefax)
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[F.182]
Recommendation F.182 - Operational provisions for the
international public facsimile service between subscribers'
stations with Group 3 facsimile machines (Telefax 3)
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[F.87]
Recommendation F.87 - Operational principles for the transfer
of messages from terminals on the telex network to Group 3
facsimile terminals connected to the public switched telephone
network
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[T.611]
Recommendation T.611 - Programmable communication interface
(PCI) APPLI-COM for facsimile group 3, facsimile group 4,
teletex and telex services
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Recommendation U.207 - Technical requirements to be met
for the transfer of messages between terminals of the international
telex service and Group 3 facsimile terminals connected to
PSTN
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- UNIX WORLD, August 1991, pp. 52-60, "Four Fitting Fax Packages",
Rick Farris
- Reviews DigiFax, Faximum, TruFax, and VSI-Fax
- UNIX REVIEW, V10n11, Nov 1992, pp. 63-76, "Just the Fax,
Ma'am", Tim Parker
- Reviews ArnetFAX, DigiFax, Faximum, FaxLink, FaxTrax, VSI-Fax
- PC Magazine, 8 Dec 1992, v11n21, p275-342, "The Fax Solution",
by Joel Dreyfus
- Reviews BitFax, DosFax Pro, Eclipse FAX, FAXability Plus,
Faxit for DOS Faxit for Windows, FaxMaster, Fax Talk Plus,
The Fax Window, Mirror III Fax, MTEZ Standard with ExpressFax,
PaperWorks, and SuperFax for Windows.
- PC World, Feb 1993 v11n2, "Windows Fax Software", by Bryan
Hastings
- The article discusses: Bit Software Bit Fax/OCR for windows
v2.05; Caere Fax Master 1.01; Delrina WinFax Pro 3.0; Ellipse
Fax 1.2; Intel Faxability plus/OCR 1.0; Softnet Faxit 2,.15e;
and Zsoft Ultrafax for Windows 1.0.
- BYTE, Jan 1993, v18n1, p62-64, "First Impressions", by David
Andres
- Discusses Delrina's WinFax Pro 3.0
- BYTE, Jan 1993, v18n1, p68, "First Impressions", by Dick
Pountain
- Discusses Trio's Datafax
- MacWorld, Feb 1994 v11n2, "Delrina FaxPro for Macintosh
1.0", by Gene Steinberg
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- MacWorld, Nov 1993 v10n11, "SupraFaxModem 144PB", by Gene
Steinberg
- Discusses SupraFaxModem for the Powerbook
Information courtesy of wilbe007@gold.tc.umn.edu.
- MacWorld, Oct 1993 v10n10, "High-Speed Fax Modems", by Matthew
Clark
- Discussion and review of 30 modems that run at 9600 bps
or faster
- NeXTWorld Magazine, Winter 1992, v2n4, p59-60, "Just the
Fax" by Simson L. Garfinkel
- Reviews Dove, HSD, and ZyXEL.
- PC Magazine, 8 Dec 1992, v11n21, p343-361, "Negotiating
the Fax Modem Jungle" by Rick Ayre
- Reviews Computer Peripherals, Hayes, Intel, Practical Modem,
Supra, U.S. Robotics, and Zoom.
- Consumer Reports, Nov. 1993, v58n11, p722-728, "Fax machines"
- A general consumer product review of various fax machines.
The article reviews in detail 13 lower-end (i.e thermal paper)
fax machines and comments on a couple of higher-end (i.e.
plain paper) machines. The Panasonic KX-F230 and the Brother
600 were rated "Best Buys". Get the article to see where the
rest ended up and why (reprinting the entire list of ratings
would exceed my interpretation of "fair use" w.r.t. copyright).
- Communications Standards Review [10-12/year,
$695/year in N.A.; partial or shorter subs avail., contact
publisher]
- 757 Greer Road,
Palo Alto,
CA 94303-3024 USA
Phone: +1-415-856-9018 Fax: +1-415-856-6591
e-mail: 72540.113@Compuserve.Com
Communications Standards Review is a journal providing current
technical information on work in progress on communications
standards (including fax) in US and international standards
forums.
- EMMS [Bi-weekly, $595 per year]
- published by Telecommunications Reports
1333 H Street, 11th Floor
Washington DC 20005
Phone: (202) 842-0520 Fax: (202) 842-3047
- Human Communications Digest [Quarterly, $225
per year within US, $235 Canada and International]
- published by Human Communications
12 Kevin Drive, Danbury CT, 06811-2901
Phone: (203) 746-4367 FAX: (203) 746-4367
e-mail: 71043.1114@compuserve.com
"HCD in depth coverage of fax and related standards trends
in the US and International standards bodies. Most issues
also feature analysis on key standards trends." (description
provided by publisher)
Also offers regular courses on Group 3 Fax Technology in conjunction
with Genoa Technology.
- FAX Integrator (formerly NetFax News)
[Monthly, $contact publisher]
- published by Davidson Consulting
530 N. Lamer Street, Burbank, CA, 91506
Phone: (818) 842-5117 FAX: (818) 842-5488
Also publishes Scouting Reports and Buyers' Guides
- Fax Focus [weekly, $250, free with membership
in the AFA)
- published by the American Facsimile Association
Phone: (215) 963-9110 Fax: (215) 451-1156
- "FAX: Digital Facsimile Technology & Applications", 2nd
Ed. 338pp.
- by Kenneth R. McConnell, Dennis Bodson, Richard Schaphorst
1992, Artech House, Norwood, MA. ISBN: 0-89006-495-5
(Order Book No. H04495, $78, Phone: 1 800 225 9977 or 1 617
769-9750)
- "C Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications.", 2nd Ed.
- by Joe Campbell; SAMS Publishing; 1994; ISBN: 0-672-30286-1
(The main addition of the second edition was a monster chapter
on facsimile including redrawn T.30 flow charts and narratives
to walk the reader through various scenarios (e.g., EOP, EOM,
MPS). It's got good source code for T.4 encoding and decoding.
In general, I believe it's the only intelligible discussion
of the subject available to programmers.) Information supplied
by the author, Joe Campbell (joec@calon.com).
- "C++ Communications Utilities"
- by Michael Holmes and Bob Flanders; Ziff-Davis
(Contains a good description of fax software and includes
C++ source and exe code for Class 1 fax sending and receiving.
Courtesy Bruce Seiler, Bruce.Seiler%porch@cjbbs.com)
More detailed information on image file formats and compression
may be obtained from the comp.graphics FAQ. The latest version
of this FAQ is available as
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/graphics/faq .
Information on the Microsoft Windows Telephony API spec is kept
in the following FTP directory:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/TAPI
Information on the Internet/fax gateway project may be obtained
by sending e-mail to: tpc-faq@town.hall.org
A mailing list related to the Internet/fax gateway project
may be reached through: tpc-rp-request@aarnet.edu.au
The full text of the DCA/Intel Communicating Applications Specification
(CAS) may be obtained from
ftp://ftp.faximum.com/pub/documents/cas.txt.
If you want comprehensive information on fax-on-demand and/or
broadcast fax suppliers, contact
Sarah Stambler at Techprose, 370 Central Park West, #210,
New York, NY, 10025, (212) 222 1765, Fax: (212) 678-6357. (http://www.interport.net/~sarahs/).
She sells a number of newsletters and reports on FoD and fax
broadcast technology.
See also the section on related FAQs and URLs
(below).
Vendors BBSs
ZyXEL BBS: (714) 693-0762
Supra BBS: (503) 967-2444
Intel BBS: (503) 645-6275
BIS Strategic Decisions
BIS Strategic Decisions runs several conferences on fax and
related technologies. Historically they ran the "Facsimile and
Image Communications Conference" every spring and every fall
they held the "Annual Computer Fax Conference. In 1995, however,
BIS is planning to merge these two conferences into a single
"FAXWORLD'95" conference December 4-6, 1995, in San Francisco.
EUROFAX'95 is scheduled for Amsterdam, October 25-27'95.
For more information on BIS conferences, call: (800) 874-9980
ext 178 or (617) 982-9500 ext 178, (Fax: 617 982-1724)
- American Facsimile Association
- Phone: (215) 963-9110 Fax: (215) 451-1156
- International Computer Fax Association
- Phone (617) 982-9500
This is a list of collected fax-on-demand numbers for various
major computer companies. Please email any additions or corrections
to:
faxfaq@faximum.com
- Hewlett-Packard 1 800 333 1917 All Products (?)
- Intel 1 800 525 3019 All Products (?)
- WordPerfect 1 801 228-9923 WordPerfect Solutions Guide
- Frame Technology 1 408-428-6153 FrameFacts
FAQs Related to FAX
- FAQ: How can I send a fax from the Internet?
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/internet-services/fax-faq
- HylaFax (formerly FlexFax) Frequently Asked Questions
- http://www.vix.com/hylafax/FAQ
- GammaLink intelligent fax boards, Frequently Asked Questions.
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/fax-faq/GammaLink
- Mgetty+Sendfax with Vgetty Extensions (FAQ)
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/fax-faq/mgetty+sendfax+vgetty
- Object-Fax Frequently Asked Questions
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/fax-faq/Object-Fax
- Windows NT Fax Solutions Frequently Asked Questions
- http://www.mcs.net:80/~sculptor/NTFAX-FAQ.HTML
FAQs Related to Modems
- Digicom Frequently Asked Questions
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/Digicom-faq
- NetComm Frequently Asked Questions List
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/NetComm-faq
- Practical Peripherals Frequently Asked Questions
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/practical-peripherals-FAQ
- Configuring the Telebit Trailblazer for Use with UNIX
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/trailblazer-faq
- ZyXEL Modems Frequently Asked Questions List
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part1
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part2
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part3
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part4
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/FAQ/part5
- ZyXEL U1496 series modems resellers FAQ
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/modems/ZyXEL/resalers-FAQ
Other FAQs of Related Interest
- comp.graphics Frequently Asked Questions (Information on
compression algorithms)
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/graphics/faq
For the URLs of vendors, please see the Product
Information section of this FAQ.
Standards and Related Information
- ITU (The standards setting body for fax, modems, and telephony.)
- Coies of many ITU (formerly CCITT) standards can be obtained
through their gopher server
- gopher://info.itu.ch/.
Standards are in the ITU section. Those related to fax
are in the T Series, modem standards are in the V Series.
Gray Associates (manufacturers of fax protocol testing equipment)
also have an in-depth discussion of fax protocols at
http://www.grayfax.com/FAXSMNAR.html.
Supra Corporation has put draft versions of the Class 1 and
Class 2 specs up on FTP (the final, official versions are copyright
and cannot legally be made available over the net). Download
ftp://ftp.supra.com/gen_info/class_1.txt
and ftp://ftp.supra.com/gen_info/class_2.txt.
WWW Virtual Library
- Communications Section
- http://www.analysys.co.uk/commslib.htm
- Facsimile Communications Sub-Section
- http://www.faximum.com/w3vlib/fax
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