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i read a thread one time that told me
i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create .tifs.
it does and works great i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page prints, the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then lets me type in a filename. but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up, doesnt have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it has a whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file' between pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax dialogue. is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over anything i recognized that would help. failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a program to make a textfile into a .tif? thanks. jim microsoft.public.outlook.fax |
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Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer for TIF files.
You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer Folder Options. File Types. For most users the command line should read: "rundll32.exe drive:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fu llscreen %1" -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create .tifs. it does and works great i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page prints, the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then lets me type in a filename. but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up, doesnt have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it has a whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file' between pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax dialogue. is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over anything i recognized that would help. failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a program to make a textfile into a .tif? thanks. jim microsoft.public.outlook.fax |
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hi russ,
my default .tif view is to an 'Microsoft Office Document Imaging File', uses a program called mspview. i can change to the program suggestion you made, and i'm sure it would use that viewer. are you sure changing viewers would affect the fax printer driver, print to file option? or give me the ability to create a .tif of a document i am trying to print, whether from excel, or a word processor or whatever? thanks. jim not sure i am understanding you correctly "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer for TIF files. You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer Folder Options. File Types. For most users the command line should read: "rundll32.exe drive:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fu llscreen %1" -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create .tifs. it does and works great i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page prints, the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then lets me type in a filename. but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up, doesnt have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it has a whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file' between pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax dialogue. is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over anything i recognized that would help. failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a program to make a textfile into a .tif? thanks. jim microsoft.public.outlook.fax |
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You did not provide complete information.
What version of Office is installed? Just what is it you are trying to do? I've never seen anyone use the Windows XP Fax Service just to generate a TIF file. That's not what it's for. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... hi russ, my default .tif view is to an 'Microsoft Office Document Imaging File', uses a program called mspview. i can change to the program suggestion you made, and i'm sure it would use that viewer. are you sure changing viewers would affect the fax printer driver, print to file option? or give me the ability to create a .tif of a document i am trying to print, whether from excel, or a word processor or whatever? thanks. jim not sure i am understanding you correctly "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer for TIF files. You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer Folder Options. File Types. For most users the command line should read: "rundll32.exe drive:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fu llscreen %1" -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create .tifs. it does and works great i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page prints, the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then lets me type in a filename. but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up, doesnt have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it has a whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file' between pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax dialogue. is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over anything i recognized that would help. failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a program to make a textfile into a .tif? thanks. jim microsoft.public.outlook.fax |
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hi russ,
i thought the Fax Service was part of XP, using XP Pro at the office, Home at home? no? i added thru the control panel|add/remove progs|add/remove windows components. [pardon my attachments, i hope they help explain. i added a couple of small screenshots so you can see the dialogue i am talking of, it seems either it is molded a little by each app or they have their own version of the dialogue they present to the screen, as there can be slight differences and i would therefore suppose some items can be changed] Just what is it you are trying to do? create a .tif file. I've never seen anyone use the Windows XP Fax Service just to generate a TIF file. That's not what it's for. i've seen people open walnuts with a hammer, rather than a nutcracker, c'est la vie. but it does create a .tif when you 'print to file'. and i am trying to get a .tif file. so the question remains, on a single page file the 'print to file' checkbox comes up when a choose the printer. and, since my 1st post, i have found some software even with a multi-page post, allows that choice when you first hit the print dialogue, but before you choose the printer you want to go to. however, when i was using turbotax once i choose the 'print to file' dialogue doesnt come up. so i winds up going into the 'fax wizard' rather than asking me for an output file. the 'print to file' checkbox on the printing dialogue is defaulting to unchecked/blank/no. is it possible via the registry perhaps, to have the default be checked/true? thanks. jim "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... You did not provide complete information. What version of Office is installed? Just what is it you are trying to do? I've never seen anyone use the Windows XP Fax Service just to generate a TIF file. That's not what it's for. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... hi russ, my default .tif view is to an 'Microsoft Office Document Imaging File', uses a program called mspview. i can change to the program suggestion you made, and i'm sure it would use that viewer. are you sure changing viewers would affect the fax printer driver, print to file option? or give me the ability to create a .tif of a document i am trying to print, whether from excel, or a word processor or whatever? thanks. jim not sure i am understanding you correctly "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer for TIF files. You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer Folder Options. File Types. For most users the command line should read: "rundll32.exe drive:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fu llscreen %1" -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create .tifs. it does and works great i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page prints, the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then lets me type in a filename. but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up, doesnt have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it has a whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file' between pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax dialogue. is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over anything i recognized that would help. failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a program to make a textfile into a .tif? thanks. jim microsoft.public.outlook.fax |
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Look at my post again.
I asked you what version of Office is installed because that will determine the file association for TIF files. After that I can test your scenario. As I said, I've never seen anyone use the Fax Service just to generate local TIF files. I'm not sure that's one of its supported functions. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... hi russ, i thought the Fax Service was part of XP, using XP Pro at the office, Home at home? no? i added thru the control panel|add/remove progs|add/remove windows components. [pardon my attachments, i hope they help explain. i added a couple of small screenshots so you can see the dialogue i am talking of, it seems either it is molded a little by each app or they have their own version of the dialogue they present to the screen, as there can be slight differences and i would therefore suppose some items can be changed] Just what is it you are trying to do? create a .tif file. I've never seen anyone use the Windows XP Fax Service just to generate a TIF file. That's not what it's for. i've seen people open walnuts with a hammer, rather than a nutcracker, c'est la vie. but it does create a .tif when you 'print to file'. and i am trying to get a .tif file. so the question remains, on a single page file the 'print to file' checkbox comes up when a choose the printer. and, since my 1st post, i have found some software even with a multi-page post, allows that choice when you first hit the print dialogue, but before you choose the printer you want to go to. however, when i was using turbotax once i choose the 'print to file' dialogue doesnt come up. so i winds up going into the 'fax wizard' rather than asking me for an output file. the 'print to file' checkbox on the printing dialogue is defaulting to unchecked/blank/no. is it possible via the registry perhaps, to have the default be checked/true? thanks. jim "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... You did not provide complete information. What version of Office is installed? Just what is it you are trying to do? I've never seen anyone use the Windows XP Fax Service just to generate a TIF file. That's not what it's for. -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... hi russ, my default .tif view is to an 'Microsoft Office Document Imaging File', uses a program called mspview. i can change to the program suggestion you made, and i'm sure it would use that viewer. are you sure changing viewers would affect the fax printer driver, print to file option? or give me the ability to create a .tif of a document i am trying to print, whether from excel, or a word processor or whatever? thanks. jim not sure i am understanding you correctly "Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message ... Windows Imaging and Fax viewer must be your default viewer for TIF files. You can easily restore that setting in Windows Explorer Folder Options. File Types. For most users the command line should read: "rundll32.exe drive:\WINDOWS\system32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fu llscreen %1" -- Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] "jim sturtz" wrote in message ... i could use FAX, in winXP, as a printer to 'print to file' and create .tifs. it does and works great i have recently run into a problem tho. that works for single page prints, the print dialogue comes up and has a checkbox to 'print to file' then lets me type in a filename. but when i use some software the print dialogue when it comes up, doesnt have the 'print to file' checkbox or in the case of TurboTax when it has a whole bunch of pages to print, you never see the 'print to file' between pages, it just goes straight to the fax wizard. i found a work-around somewhat by using the wizard and then doing a 'preview' it brings up my paint program and that lets me use the single-page print to fax dialogue. is there a registry entry to make the default 'print to file' box be checked? i looked around the registry some but didnt stumble over anything i recognized that would help. failing a msfax based solution, anyone have any other ideas on a program to make a textfile into a .tif? thanks. jim microsoft.public.outlook.fax |
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