Ty wrote:
[Quoted Text] > I have been tasked with creating a project utilizing Windows Server
> fax service. We have Windows Server 2003 and 2008.
>
> The setup is this is a hospital with various offsite offices.
>
> The objective is to utilize the fax service to allow users inside the
> hospital and from the offsite offices to fax documents both physical
> documents and directly from software programs to a central queue. The
> idea is that the faxes will be saved as files not printed.
What about email delivery of faxes?
Would this be based entirely out of the main office site?
>
> The thought is that the documents will be stored on the server for
> later printing/viewing if needed. The vast majority of the faxes will
> never be viewed but need to be stored for just in case.
>
> I am a programmer so I may ask obvious questions. Just FYI.
>
> Questions:
>
> From looking on line it seems easy to install the fax service on the
> server and on the clients using the add printer/fax program. The
> biggest question I have is that is the built in software good enough
> for my purposes or should I write my own software?
I would recommend another option entirely - I'd go for third party fax
software.
>
> This can be set up to "print to file" as with a printer?
You really want something that "prints to fax"
>
> Would one fax modem be enough or will I need more? There should only
> be a few faxes an hour.
I would go for a Brooktrout card or similar, rather than a single modem.
>
> I'm guessing that if we want to have it "fax to file" where the fax is
> actually saved as a file on the server that the internal software will
> not be sufficiant and that I will need to creat my own software
> program?
>
> I'm sure I am missing something but any thought or ideas would be
> greatfully accepted.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ty
Do you have Exchange? I would suggest third party software such as GFI.
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