All Mac/Pan Office

[Bruce De Benedictis]

The built-in OS X fax software may be sufficient for Mark. Those are the
sorts of criteria that he needs to consider as he designs this office. It
sounds like he needs to have incoming faxes go to specific machines. That
may require modems for each phone line. Alternatively, he could use a fax
service.

What may be more important than a network modem would be a network scanner
to convert paper to images and sends it to different machines. I just got an
all-in-one (Canon Pixma MX850, I am sure there are others) which does that.
However, whether that is the best solution, or individual machines for each
user, or something else will depend on how the office will operate, the size
of the office, the budget, and other factors like that. It is just one of
the many things that he needs to consider in the design of this office.
However, the capability is there.

Bruce De Benedictis

> Bruce:
> Just a thought, Take a look at this.
> For faxes on my small business I use the  FAXstf PRO for Macintosh
> by    www.smithmicro.com
> A nice program that captures the fax on the incoming phone line
> stores the fax there and then sends the fax as an E-mail back out to
> designated E-mails
> The program also does faxing from with in any program/desktop and
> does network faxing from a single modem from multiple intranet/
> network macs as some new macs don't come with modems any more!
> John
> 
> On May 16, 2008, at 9:02 AM, Bruce De Benedictis wrote:
> 
>> I admit I have not done this, but I can imagine that it is much like
>> building a new database: You need to imagine how you will do
>> things, and
>> then work on putting it all together so that it will suit your
>> needs. You
>> will need to look at the duty cycle for the equipment you need, and
>> decide
>> when you need it for the office, and when you need it for the
>> individual.
>> You will have to imagine how you will use telecommunication
>> service, and
>> then talk to your providers about how they can best serve you.
>> 
>> Bruce De Benedictis
>> 
>>> I'm about to set up a new office for my company. In the process we
>>> will be introducing Macs to a previously all-PC environment... my
>>> office of 3 people will be all-Mac, and we will have one more at the
>>> HQ, a Panorama Enterprise deployment that will be sharing a db over
>>> the net. I'm starting at ground zero... telephone, fax, copier,
>>> internet, etc.  Lots of water has gone over the dam since I did this
>>> last, nearly 10 years ago. I'd really like to be smart about it, in
>>> terms of integrating these items with each other, as well as
>>> Panorama.
>>> For example, what's the best way to have faxes go directly to disk...
>>> where each person has a fax/phone number, etc.? Do I need a phone
>>> system? Is there software/hardware I can get to do the job over the
>>> internet? I have access to Comcast, AT&T, and other internet/phone
>>> providers. Anything special, or particularly slick, available from
>>> those guys?
>>> 
>>> The task at hand is to monitor and guide the assembly of a large
>>> documentation package, for commercial loans, as requirements are
>>> determined, requested and ultimately received.  Many of the pieces
>>> will be of electronic format, but many will not, and will therefore
>>> need to be converted. (A fax to myself might work there!) Panorama
>>> will keep track of all that through a shared database over the net.
>>> Later, a pasword protected snapshot page will be published on the
>>> web,
>>> for interested parties to check status, etc. Hopefully, Panorama can
>>> also help with emails, document views, etc., and maybe more. Has
>>> anyone done this, or looked into it recently? If so, perhaps you can
>>> save me from a dozen or so sales guys, and vice-versa, and perhaps
>>> some Pan tips and/or pitfalls, as well.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> M
>>> 
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