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ZETAFAX Evaluation System Release Notes - Version 5.50a
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This is an evaluation version of Zetafax, the fax gateway for Windows,
Windows NT and Windows 95.  It is a fully working 5 user version, which
can be used to send and receive faxes with a Class 2 or Class 2.0 
fax modem.  It includes the API toolkit option, though not the API
developer libraries.

The evaluation system is a slightly cut down version of the full Zetafax
product, which prints "Zetafax evaluation system" in the background of
faxes which it sends.

The software should be installed from the machine which has the fax modem
connected (which will become the fax server, though this does not need
to be a dedicated PC).  If you specify a network drive to install the
files on, you will be able to configure other workstations on the network
to run as Zetafax workstations (click on the README icon after
installation for more details).


EQUISYS Limited, London:

    Phone: 0171-403 2227 (Intl +44 171 403 2227)
    Fax: 0171-378 6886 (Intl +44 171 378 6886)
    Email: sales@equisys.com
    Compuserve: 100023,2100
    http://www.equisys.com  (a UK based web site)

USA and Canada:

    Phone: (770) 622 2810
    Fax: (770) 232 9624
    Email: sales@zetafax.com
    Compuserve: 70613,457
    http://www.zetafax.com  (a US based web site)

Zetafax is distributed in many other countries
Please contact EQUISYS for details of your local supplier
    

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E-mail support
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The Zetafax server allows received faxes to be delivered direct to your 
e-mail account with MAPI compliant e-mail systems.  

The Zetafax E-mail Gateway allow faxes to be sent and received using e-mail 
clients on Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Mail, Lotus Notes, cc:Mail and 
Novell Groupwise.  This is installed separately after the Zetafax
server software has been installed and configured.  Users then have the
choice of using the Zetafax client, their e-mail client, or both to 
submit and monitor the progress of faxes.

The E-mail Gateway is not included with this evaluation system


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Using Zetafax with Windows NT
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See the separate WIN-NT.TXT file (in this directory) for information
about installing and using Zetafax under Windows NT.

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Using Zetafax with Brooktrout and Gammafax intelligent fax boards
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The 32-bit (Intel) Zetafax Server under Windows NT supports Brooktrout fax
boards (TR111, TR112, TR114 and TruFax models), and Gammafax fax boards.  
These are not supported by this evaluation system.

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Compatibility issues with other software
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1.  Creating coversheets with Windows 95.

    The Zetafax printer driver under Windows 95 does not support FaxMerge 
    commands, used when creating coversheets.  If you wish to create new 
    coversheet foreground files (rather than use one of the standard files 
    supplied) it is therefore simplest to do this from a Windows 3.x or 
    Windows NT PC.

    If you only have Windows 95 workstations available, you can create
    a new coversheet foreground file by configuring an Epson LQ-1000
    printer driver, configured to print to file C:\WINDOWS\ZETAFAX.SPL.  
    The Epson resident fonts (eg "Roman 10cpi") behave in the same way 
    as the Zetafax fonts referred to in the online help.


2.  Changing paper size in Word for Windows 2.0

    Word for Windows version 2.0 does not notify printers of the paper
    size which it wishes to use.  Therefore when using Word with the
    Zetafax printer you should ensure that the paper size configured
    in printer setup agrees with Word's page setup size.

    Word 6.0 has this problem corrected.


3.  Use with Sun PC NFS

    PC NFS uses a special character in file names to identify Unix
    files with names longer than the standard DOS 8+3 format.
    By default this is the tilda character '~'.  If you create a
    file on a PC whose name contains this character, then do a
    DIR, the file has a different name (eg "~TEST000.TMP" gets
    stored as "~TEST~RA.TMP").

    Zetafax uses file names which contain tilda characters, and
    therefore does not work correctly when PC NFS changes the
    file names in this manner.  You can correct the problem by
    telling NFS to use another character (eg '%').  This is done
    by modifying the line which loads PCNFS.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS
    file on each PC, adding a parameter "/C%" to the end - eg

        Device = C:\NFS\PCNFS.SYS /C%


4.  Background printing in Microsoft Word 6.0

    When you print to the Zetafax printer from an application
    Zetafax waits until printing has finished before displaying
    the addressing dialog box, in case the file being printed
    contains any automatic addressing commands.

    With most applications this means that the addressing dialog
    is displayed immediately the application's "Printing page nnn"
    message box is removed.  However Word 6.0 (and some other
    applications) performs printing in the background, giving
    just a small visual indication on the status bar to say that it
    is in progress.

    With Word 6.0, background printing to the Zetafax printer is
    now disabled.  If you install Word after installing Zetafax,
    you should run the Zetafax Workstation Setup program and
    choose the "update programs" option to make this change.


5.  Using embedded addressing commands with WordPerfect 5.1

    Faxes may be addressed automatically by including special
    commands in the text of the fax (eg "%%[FAX:1234]"), using one
    of the Zetafax fonts.  However, this is not currently supported 
    under WordPerfect 5.1 (as it prints each character of the command
    individually).


6.  Running server over Windows NT 3.5 Netware client

    There is a compatibility problem between the Windows NT Netware
    client software and certain versions of Novell, causing an error
    when reading data which has just been written.  The Zetafax
    server programs check for this problem while running, and if
    detected an error message is displayed and the server will
    be shutdown.  If this occurs it may be corrected as follows.

    If you are running the server on a Windows NT PC, using a Novell
    server for the shared files, you should install the ServerArea files
    (normally in zfax\SERVER) on the server PCs local disk instead of
    on the fileserver.  If you have already installed Zetafax you can
    change this by copying the SERVER directory to the local disk
    (including any empty subdirectories), then editing the [SERVER]
    section in the ZETAFAX.INI file to change the ServerArea: line.

    This is due to faults in the standard version of the Netware client
    software for Windows NT when used with older versions of Novell
    (3.11), and therefore may not be necessary with later versions of
    the Netware client.


7.  Using FaxMerge and addressing commands with Microsoft Word 97

    In Microsoft Word 97 the default method of printing text has changed,
    to prevent text sizes changing when switching between printers.
    Instead of sending complete strings of text to the printer, it
    sends individual characters, with minor positioning changes between
    each character.

    To use embedded addressing and FaxMerge commands with Word 97, with
    both the Zetafax printer and the Epson LQ-1000, it is necessary to 
    revert to the previous behaviour.  This can be done by using the 
    Tools | Options menu choice, and selecting (checking) the option
    "Use printer metrics to lay out document".  This affects the
    current document only.

    Note that this option must also be changed to create new
    coversheet foreground files using Word 97.


8.  Layout problems with tables using Microsoft Word 97

    Microsoft Word 97 gives problems when used with printers which do
    not have the same resolution vertically and horizontally (ie
    which do not have "square" pixels) - this includes fax printers,
    which are 204 x 196 dpi.  The symptom is that the table text is
    out of step with the lines of the table.

    A service pack for Word 97 has now been released which corrects
    the problem, and is available from the Microsoft Web site.  For
    sites who have not yet installed this update, the new Zetafax Printer 
    for Windows NT 4.0 and NT 3.51 include a resolution of 200 x 200 dpi
    - selecting this will also correct the problem.

