NDC comm CompuFax user manual Converting Fax Files, Convert Com m, Qualifiers

5.5 Converting Fax Files

With the overlay facilities in CompuFax it becomes desirable to have some means of modifying bitmapped images, in order to produce overlays, coversheets and logo files. With the Receive option in CompuFax, the procedure becomes fairly simple:

1.Set up CompuFax to receive faxes and print them, but not to delete them:

$ FAX SET PRIN TER / RECEIVE / N ODELETE / N OTIFY

2.Using a regular fax machine, transmit the document you want to receive by dialing the CompuFax modem number selected for receiving faxes. Preferably, send it at high resolution.

3.When the received fax starts printing, you can find the file in the FAX$REC_DIR directory. There should be two files in there with matching names, one with a .T4 file type and the other with a .PCL file type. (The

.PCL file is automatically deleted when printing is complete.)

4.Copy the T4 file to the desired directory, preferably using a shorter name. For example:

$ COPY FAX$REC_DIR:FAX_0A9E307A_1_8182485253.T4 []N EWLOGO.T4

5. Use the CONVERT command, detailed below, to modify the received image. For example:

$ FAX CON VERT N EWLOGO.T4 N EWLOG2.T4 / UN IT= IN CHES / TOP= -0.25

/PAGE= 2.4 / PRIN T

6.Repeat this procedure, adjusting the values as needed, until the printed image is as desired and use the latest copy of the output file produced.

5.5.1 The CONVERT Com m and

The CONVERT command converts files from one file format to another or changes the positioning of the image in a T4 file. The format of this command is:

$ FAX CON VERT input-filespec [/ FORMAT= input-format] - [output-filespec [/ FORMAT= output-format]] [/ qualifiers...]

Valid input file formats are text, PostScript, and T4; valid output file formats are T4 and PCL. If the output file is not specified, it defaults to the name of the input file, but with a .T4 file type. The current user directory is assumed for both files, unless otherwise specified. If the input file is not followed by a / FORMAT qualifier and does not have a .T4 or .PS file type, it is assumed to be text. If the output file is not followed by a

/FORMAT qualifier and does not have a .PCL file type, the T4 format is assigned and the file name will receive a .T4 file type.

5.5.1.1 Qualifiers

The / FORMAT qualifier may be used to override the default file type for input-filespec and output-filespec. This qualifier is positional and must follow directly behind the file name to which it applies. The / FORMAT qualifier may have one of the following values:

POSTSCRIPT or PS

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