Page Sender Help
What is Page Sender?
What's new?
Setup Page Sender
Send via E-mail
Basic Example
Advanced Features
Send via Fax
Basic Example
Advanced Features
Page Sender Fax Center
Custom Cover Pages
Dialing Preferences
Receiving Faxes
Live Addressing
AppleScript & Page Sender
Purchase Page Sender
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Page Sender?
Fax or E-mail anything you can print, directly from
the print dialog. Page Sender can also receive faxes
using your fax modem and automate sending &
receiving faxes.
Page Sender Features
Send faxes and (PDF) E-mails directly from the print dialog
Receive faxes using your fax modem
Print, E-mail, and even AppleScript received faxes
Use with any popular address book or E-mail client
Live addressing with Address Book (Mac OS X 10.2 and later), Entourage, Now Contact (4.2.5 and
later), Outlook Express, and Palm Desktop (4.1 and later)
Attach additional PDF documents when faxing
Use any font on your system (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
Send faxes easily via eFax, jConnect, EasyLink, or MaxEmail services
Automate sending of faxes and (PDF) E-mails via AppleScript
Available in English, Japanese, German, Italian, and French
System Requirements
Mac OS X version 10.1.3 or later
Send via these E-mail applications:
Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mail, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, PowerMail
Drag & drop support for these address books:
Address Book, Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Outlook Express, Palm
Desktop, PowerMail (and vCard files)
Fax support for these services:
Fax modem, eFax.com, jConnect (j2.com), EasyLink, MaxEmail
What's new in Page Sender?
We've been hard at work since Page Sender 1.0 listening to your feedback and continually making Page
Sender a better product. We hope you enjoy the results!
Page Sender 3.2 (17-Feb-2004)
Location-specific preferences (Location submenu under Page Sender Fax Center
menu)
Live addressing support for Company name
Drag & drop support for address list text files (comma or tab delimited)
Set preferred applications to view sent & received faxes
Print Confirmation added to File menu (print send confirmations at a later time)
EasyLink UK now supported
Duplicate extensions are suppressed when E-mailing (no more .fp5.pdf files)
Attachments are supported in AppleScript envelope presets
History reports page count more accurately for failures
No longer E-mails blank pages for hangups
Numerous other minor improvements
Page Sender 3.1.2 (10-Dec-2003)
Fixes display of progress bar and unread fax indicator on Dock icon in Panther
Other minor bug fixes
Page Sender 3.1.1 (7-Oct-2003)
Added toggle for "Use more restrictive modem in use checking" to Modem
preferences
Manual Send button is re-enabled after each manual send
No longer use default cover page in place of custom cover pages
Fixed problem displaying preferences when certain 3rd party wireless cards are
installed
Other minor bug fixes
Page Sender 3.1 (2-Sep-2003)
Scheduled & deferred faxing
Manual send
Multiple local area codes & ten digit dialing support
Live addressing support for Palm Desktop 4.1 and later
Share your modem gracefully between Page Sender and AOL or Internet Connect
Choose an alternate fax service directly from the Print dialog
Updated AppleScript support (attachments, dithering, smart dialing, and scheduling)
Several other bug fixes and improvements
Page Sender 3.0.1 (8-Apr-2003)
Fixed "disappearing folders" bug (and restores lost folders)
When printing sent faxes, prints each page (instead of first page repeatedly)
Preferences window remembers position and last preference pane
When printing partial-page faxes, doesn't stretch them
No longer shows double entries in History
Canceling eSellerate purchase no longer shows error dialog
Several other bug fixes
Page Sender 3.0 (11-Mar-2003)
Folders (in, out, sent, trash, user-defined archive folders)
Printable fax history
French localization
Sent fax actions (in the Send pane of Page Sender Fax Center preferences)
Dial x for extension (e.g. x1234) disables Smart Dialing
Dates & times respect settings in System Preferences
Fixed problems sending to >20 recipients on single machine
Fixed problems receiving from Brother-branded fax machines
Fixed comma-escaping in drag & drop vCards
Page Sender 2.3.1 (14-Jan-2003)
Sending from AppleScripts and FileMaker Pro no longer includes watermark for
registered users
Prefilling the envelope via AppleScript is fixed
Reports station name to sending fax device when receiving
Updates unread count properly when "Open in PDF viewer" is checked
Fixes problem recognizing some Kagi-generated serial numbers
Fixes update problem with scroll bars when launching Page Sender Fax Center
Page Sender 2.3 (30-Dec-2002)
Italian localization
Progress bar
Abort button
Unread fax indicator
Dock icon indicates unread fax count & sending progress
Per-recipient cover pages
Retry count and interval (in Dialing preferences)
Use with Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2+) Printer Sharing
Send & receive large format (Tabloid, A3) faxes
Fixed problem printing with Adobe InDesign
Fixded wake-from-sleep crash on newer iMacs and PowerMacs
Page Sender 2.2 (29-Oct-2002)
German localization
Get Info (editable for sent items) in Page Sender Fax Center
Landscape orientation support
Hot key support for manual answer (in Receive preferences)
Live addressing for Now Contact (v4.2.5 and later)
Live addressing is now optional (in E-mail and Fax preferences)
"Ignore dial tone" option (in Modem preferences)
Select E-mail account for fax-to-Email services
Fixed status bug where "receiving" was reported when sending
Fixed conflict with Unsanity's Application Enhancer (FruitMenu, ClearDock, etc.) and
with St. Clair Software's Default Folder X
Page Sender 2.1 (17-Sep-2002)
Dithering (grayscale) support; fax pictures with Page Sender!
Live addressing for Address Book (10.2) and Entourage
Attach additional (PDF) documents to faxes
E-mail and/or run an AppleScript on received faxes
Smart Dialing is now optional
Added menu option to clear Recent Faxes and Recent E-mails
Answer fax calls manually (convenient for line sharing)
Date & time tags, page count tag for custom cover pages
Fixed status bug where "receiving" was reported when sending
Fixed conflict with Unsanity's Application Enhancer (FruitMenu, ClearDock, etc.) and
with St. Clair Software's Default Folder X
Page Sender 2.0 (20-Aug-2002)
Fax modem receive
Custom cover pages
AppleScript automation
Improved Page Sender Fax Center (including new status bar)
Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar) support
Page Sender 1.2 (16-Jul-2002)
Japanese Localization
Displays selected fax service when using "Send via fax"
Updates Page Sender Fax Center preferences immediately
Renamed "Number" field to "A/C & Number" to clarify that area code is required
Numerous bug fixes & minor improvements
Page Sender 1.1 (18-Jun-2002)
Multiple fax recipient & recent faxes support
Fax modem send support (via Unix efax utility)
Two-byte (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) fax support for all fax services
Preference to copy yourself on Page Sender E-mails
MailSmith E-mail client, address book, drag & drop support
Now Contact address book, drag & drop support
Enhanced (and fixed bugs in) printing preset support
jConnect (formerly, jFax) service support
EasyLink (formerly, FaxSav) service support
Setup Page Sender
You must add Page Sender to Print Center to use Page Sender. Once you've done that, you may wish to set
these preferences:
Dialing preferences (if you're outside country code 1, or if you'd like other than 1 + ten digit dialing)
Receive preferences (if you'd like to use Page Sender to receive faxes, you need to do some minor
setup)
Custom cover pages (if you'd like to setup your own cover pages, this will tell you how)
Adding Page Sender to Print Center
1. Open Print Center (which is found in the Utilities folder inside the Applications folder).
2. Click the Add Printer... button in the Printer List window.
3. Select Page Sender from the popup menu at the top.
4. Select your E-mail client application
5. Select your Address book application
6. Select your Fax service
7. Select your Fax address book application
8. Press the Add button
Page Sender will be added to your Printer List and set to the default printer.
If you do not wish Page Sender to be your default printer, choose a different printer from the list and select
Make Default from the Printers menu.
Page Sender supports the following E-mail client applications:
Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mail, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Outlook Express, PowerMail
Page Sender supports the following Address book applications:
Address Book, Claris E-mailer, Eudora, Mailsmith, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Outlook Express, Palm
Desktop, PowerMail
Page Sender supports the following Fax services:
Fax modem, eFax.com, jConnect (j2.com), EasyLink
If your E-mail Client, Address Book application, or fax service is not supported by Page Sender, let us know
and we'll see what we can do.
Send via E-mail: Basic Example
1. In any Mac OS X application, select Print from the File menu.
Page Sender presents an envelope which lets you send anything you can print as an E-mail anyone can read.
If you don't see the envelope when printing, make sure Page Sender is selected in the Printer: menu. If your
application has its own Copies & Pages panel, you must choose the Page Sender panel from that popup
menu.
2. Click the Open Address Book button.
3. Drag an address into the white area below Name and Address.
4. Enter a subject.
5. Press the Print button.
In just a moment, a new message will appear in your E-mail application. It will be addressed to whomever
you chose in Step 1, and it will have an attached Portable Document File (PDF) of what you just printed which
can be read by virtually anyone.
6. Edit the message if you wish and send it as you normally would from your E-mail application.
Send via E-mail: Advanced Features
Check out the following advanced features designed to make Page Sender more convenient for you:
Add a recipient directly by clicking the Add button and editing the Name and Address directly in the Page
Sender address list, just as you might edit a filename in the Finder.
Sort the recipient list by clicking the Name or Address column title in the recipient list. Click again to
reverse the sort order.
Add Cc or Bcc recipients by clicking the Cc or Bcc tab.
Enter a short text message by clicking the Message tab. If you have purchased Page Sender and would
rather not include the Page Sender tag line in your E-mail, you may uncheck the Include Page Sender tag
line checkbox, though the author would really appreciate if you would continue to tell people about Page
Sender.
Add your most recent recipients quickly by choosing them from the Recent E-mails popup menu. Recent
E-mails are listed in reverse chronological order for your convenience.
Send directly from Page Sender without opening the message in your E-mail application by unchecking the
Edit outgoing message before sending checkbox.
Drag vCard files directly into Page Sender.
To carbon copy (CC) yourself on Page Sender E-mails:
1. Choose Page Sender Setup from the Send via popup
2. Select E-mail from the preferences toolbar
3. Check the Copy me on Page Sender E-mails checkbox
Send via Fax: Basic Example
Note: You must be a subscriber to eFax.com, jConnect, EasyLink, or MaxEmail to send via those services. Page
Sender also supports sending via fax modem.
1. In any Mac OS X application, select Print from the File menu.
2. Select Send via Fax from the Send via popup menu.
Page Sender presents an envelope which lets you fax anything you can print. If you don't see the envelope
when printing, make sure Page Sender is selected in the Printer: menu. If your application has its own
Copies & Pages panel, you must choose the Page Sender panel from that popup menu.
3. Click the Open Address Book button.
4. Drag an address into the white area below Number and To.
5. If you want a cover page, select it from the popup menu. If you'd prefer no cover page, choose "No Cover
Page." For more information on custom cover pages, click here.
6. Press the Print button.
If you are using a fax modem, Page Sender Fax Center will launch in the background and begin dialing.
If you are using eFax.com, jConnect, or EasyLink, your E-mail application will open in the background and
your fax will be sent via E-mail. The sent message will be placed in your E-mail application's sent messages
folder.
Legal Note: eFax and jConnect services are provided by J2 Communications. EasyLink services are provided by
EasyLink. MaxEmail services are provided by IGC. Smile Software makes no warranty regarding these services. Using
Page Sender with these services is intended as a convenience and could cease to function in the future.
Send via Fax: Advanced Features
Attachments
Page Sender supports faxing additional documents along with the one you are printing. To add additional
documents to your fax, press the attachments button:
Drag PDF files from the Finder to the attachments list. Re-arrange the order of documents in the fax by
dropping one document on top of another document in the attachments list (the dropped document will
move below the document upon which it was dropped).
Options
To access additional fax options, press the options button:
Scheduled Faxing
You may schedule your fax for sending Now, At: a specific time and date, or choose Hold to defer the
sending of your fax. To send a fax kept On Hold, select the fax in Page Sender Fax Center's Out folder and
press the Resend button.
You may select the E-mail address used for fax-to-Email services such as eFax.com, jConnect, EasyLink, and
MaxEmail in the options pane.
Dithering (grayscale)
Page Sender supports dithering (sometimes known as grayscaling) faxes by default. Dithering makes faxing
graphics and photos look good.
Explanation: Faxes have only one color per pixel (black or white). Most documents created on a computer have at least 256 colors or shades of
gray per pixel, sometimes millions. Dithering is the process where an image with a larger palette of colors is reduced to black and white by
distributing the error involved in the conversion among neighboring pixels.
Dithering is turned on when the button looks like this:
Dithering can make sharp edges look jagged, so Page Sender allows you to turn off dithering by pressing the
button so that it looks like this:
If you are faxing only text and wish it to be as sharp as possible, ensure that dithering is off. If you are faxing
documents with graphics or photos, ensure that dithering is on.
Add Addresses from Text Files
Page Sender supports adding addresses from a text file. Drag & drop your text file into the address list in the
Print dialog, and your addresses will be added. Each line should be either 3 or 4 columns and each entry on
the line should be separated by commas or spaces. The columns are: name, company, number, and
optionally country code. Styles can be mixed within a single file. Here are examples of valid lines:
Greg Scown,Smile Software,+1-408-884-2320
Philip Goward,SmileOnMyMac,408-884-2320,1
Greg Scown
Smile Software +1-408-884-2320
Philip Goward
SmileOnMyMac
408-884-2320
1
Page Sender Fax Center
Page Sender Fax Center allows you to monitor faxes you've sent via fax modem and to
set Page Sender preferences.
Fax Center
The Fax Center window presents a list of faxes and their status. If there is a number next to the status field,
it indicates the attempt number in progress (for example, Sending (2) indicates that the second attempt to
send that fax is in progress).
Select a fax and press Delete in the toolbar to remove it from the list.
Select a fax in progress and press Delete in the toolbar to abort sending that fax.
Select a fax and press Resend in the toolbar to resend that fax.
Select a fax and press View in the toolbar to view that fax with the default application for its type.
Select a fax and press Get Info in the toolbar to see information about that fax. Get Info for outgoing faxes
may be used to:
Set the number of tries and interval between tries for a specific outgoing fax
Set the time after which the fax is scheduled to be sent
Edit mistakes in outgoing fax numbers (then use the Resend button)
See the Dial String exactly as it will be sent to your modem
Drag and drop a fax to make a copy of that fax in the drag destination, or drag to an application (in the Dock)
to use that application to open the fax.
Manual Answer
If you receive a phone call on a line shared with your computer and determine that call is an incoming fax,
press the Manual Answer button to begin receiving the incoming fax immediately. Hang up the phone when
you see Answering call in the status bar.
Manual Send
If you would like to dial the phone yourself and then initiate the fax, press the Manual Send button. You will
be presented with a sheet which asks you to dial the number then press Send Now when you hear the fax
tone. The sheet will disappear when it's okay for you to hang up.
Log
The Log window shows detailed feedback from efax, the Unix utility used to send faxes. If your fax is not
being sent, you should take a look to see if there are any error messages in the log.
History
The History window shows historical information on fax activity. You may limit the history by date, and you
may print the history for your records. Because the history is intended for record-keeping purposes, it may
not be edited.
Preferences
Page
The Fax Number and Station Name appear at the top of any faxes you send. Generally, the fax number is of
the format: +1 408 884 2320 where 1 is the country code and 408 is the area/city code. Generally the
station name is all caps; for example: SMILE SOFTWARE.
Modem
Select the Modem Type you are using and specify your preferred Speaker Behavior and Speaker Volume.
Expert users may wish to set the Initialization String being careful to precede separate entries with "-i". If
your modem is made by one of the manufacturers in the list, you may get better performance by choosing it
from the Flow Control popup.
Dialing
Click here for more information on how to set the dialing preferences.
Receive
Click here for more information on how to set the receive preferences.
Fax
Select your Fax service and Fax address book of choice.
E-mail
Select your E-mail client and Address book of choice.
If you wish to be carbon copied (CC) on outgoing Page Sender E-mails, check Copy me on Page Sender Emails. Note that outgoing Page Sender E-mails are always saved in your E-mail client's "sent mail" folder.
Custom Cover Pages
Near the bottom of the fax envelope, there is a popup menu allowing you to select, create and add your own
custom cover pages.
Select a cover page
Choose No Cover Page to send your fax without a cover page. Choose Default Cover Page to send your fax
with Page Sender's default cover page. Or, choose any of your custom cover pages which appear in the menu
to use those. For example, you might choose My Custom Cover to use that as your cover page.
Create a custom cover page
To create your own custom cover page, choose New Cover Page… Name your new cover page and specify
where it will be stored. Your new copy of the default cover page will open in TextEdit. Edit your new cover
page to suit your tastes.
If any of these tags appear in your cover page, they will be replaced as follows:
<PAGESENDERSENDER>
Will be replaced by your long user name. (The Name field as it appears in the Users panel
of the System Preferences.)
<PAGESENDERRECIPIENT>
Current recipient of the form First Last (Company) or First Last if no company is specified.
<PAGESENDERRECIPIENTS>
List of all recipients of the form: First Name (Company), Second Name (Company). Note:
Pay careful attention to how you indent this field. We recommend you turn on the ruler ("Show
Ruler" in the "Text" submenu of the "Format" menu in TextEdit) and ensure this field is indented
properly.
<PAGESENDERREGARDING>
Contents of the Re: field for this fax
<PAGESENDERMESSAGE>
Contents of the Message: field for this fax
<PAGESENDERISODATETIME>
ISO-format date (e.g. 2002-08-30 12:28:26 +0800)
<PAGESENDERDATE>
Long Date, format per System Preferences / International / Date (e.g. Friday, August 30,
2002)
<PAGESENDERSHORTDATE>
Short Date, format per System Preferences / International / Date (e.g. 08/30/02)
<PAGESENDERTIME>
Time, format per System Preferences / International / Time (e.g. 12:28 PM)
<PAGESENDER-
Long Date & Time, format affected by System Preferences / International / Date & Time
DATETIME>
(e.g. Friday, August 30, 2002 12:28:26 Asia/Shanghai)
<PAGESENDERShort Date & Time, format affected by System Preferences / International / Date & Time
SHORTDATETIME> (e.g. 30 Aug 2002 12:28 PM)
<PAGESENDERTOTALPAGES>
Total number of pages in fax, including cover
<PAGESENDERNAME>
Current recipient's name only
<PAGESENDERCOMPANY>
Current recipient's company only
<PAGESENDERFAXNUMBER>
Current recipient's fax number
Add your own cover page
To add a cover page created in another application, choose Add Cover Page… You may choose any RTF or
RTFD document, including those created by TextEdit, AppleWorks and Microsoft Word. Note: When saving
cover pages in AppleWorks, you must add your own ".rtf" extension for those documents to appear.
The same list of tags above will be replaced if they appear in your added cover page.
Edit a cover page
To open an existing cover page for editing in the application with which it was created, select the name of the
cover page from the Edit submenu.
Remove a cover page
To remove an existing cover page from the list, select the name of the cover page from the Remove
submenu. The file will not be deleted, and you may restore the removed cover page to the list by using Add
Cover Page…
Cover page notes
Only the first page of your custom cover page will be processed as the cover page, even if you choose a
document which has more than one page. Page Sender does not support multi-page covers at this
time.
Dialing Preferences
Page Sender can use Smart Dialing to be clever about how it dials the phone, relieving you of much of the
burden. Page Sender comes configured for 1 + ten digit dialing in North America. Please read on for
additional dialing configurations.
General Dialing Notes
Special characters useful in the Dialing Prefix or Dialing Suffix:
^ - (caret) instructs modem to use calling tones, allowing fax/(answer)phone devices to identify
your call as a fax
, - (comma) pause for two seconds
@ - (at symbol) wait for silence
& - (ampersand) wait for credit card tone
P - use pulse / rotary dialing
T - use tone dialing
W - wait for (another) dial tone
To dial 9 for an outside line, change the Dialing Prefix to "T^9,"
To disable call waiting, change the Dialing Prefix to "T^*70,"
When using Smart Dialing, you must enter the area code – Page Sender cannot recognize local numbers
Smart Dialing is on by default. If you would prefer to enter everything which needs to be dialed manually, you
may turn off Smart Dialing by unchecking the Use Smart Dialing checkbox in the Dialing Preferences.
Smart Dialing Preferences for North America
Option 1: 1 + ten digit dialing
This is Page Sender's default setting. Within country code 1, Page Sender will always dial 1 + ten digits. For
example, if you enter 408-884-2320 in the A/C & Number column of the fax envelope, Page Sender will dial
1-408-884-2320. If you enter 707-202-7891, Page Sender will dial 1-707-202-7891.
Country Code
1
Local Area Code(s)
(blank)
International Dialing Prefix
011
Domestic Long Distance Prefix 1
Option 2: 7 digit local dialing, 1 + ten digit long distance dialing
This option requires you to set your area code. Within your area code, Page Sender will dial 7 digits. Outside
your area code, Page Sender will dial the Domestic Long Distance Prefix plus the area code and number. For
example, if your area code is set to 408 and you enter 1-408-884-2320, Page Sender will dial 884-2320. If
you enter 707-202-7891, Page Sender will dial 1-707-202-7891.
Sometimes, it is necessary to dial 1 or 1 plus the area code when dialing within your own area code
(sometimes known as "local long distance"). Simply add a 1 or 1 plus your area code in A/C & Number and
Page Sender will dial correctly. For example, if you enter 1-884-2320, Page Sender will dial 1-884-2320. If
you enter 1-408-884-2320, Page Sender will dial 1-408-884-2320.
Country Code
1
Local Area Code(s)
408 (substitute your own area code)
International Dialing Prefix
011
Domestic Long Distance Prefix 1
Option 3: local ten digit dialing (possibly with multiple local area codes)
Some areas (for example, much of Canada and Denver, CO) require you to dial ten digits locally and 1 + ten
digits for calls outside your local area code(s). This option requires that you set list your Local Area Code(s)
separated by spaces and check the box labeled Dial area code for local calls. With the settings below, if you
enter 303-555-1212, Page Sender will dial 303-555-1212. If you enter 408-884-2320, Page Sender will dial
1-408-884-2320.
Country Code
1
Local Area Code(s)
303 720 (and check Dial area code for local calls)
International Dialing Prefix
011
Domestic Long Distance Prefix 1
Option 4: always ten digit dialing
Some areas (for example, Dallas / Fort Worth, TX) require you to dial ten digits regardless of where you are
calling. This option requires that you set both the Local Area Code(s) and Domestic Long Distance Prefix to
blank. Now, if you enter 408-884-2320, Page Sender will dial 408-884-2320. If you enter 707-202-7891,
Page Sender will dial 707-202-7891.
Country Code
1
Local Area Code(s)
(blank)
International Dialing Prefix
011
Domestic Long Distance Prefix (blank)
Smart Dialing Preferences Outside North America
While the same basic principles apply to dialing outside North America as within, it's worth noting that what
are called "area codes" in North America are typically called "city codes" elsewhere and that it is very important
to set your country code if you are outside North America. Here are some example international settings.
Hamburg, Germany
Country Code
49
Local Area Code(s)
40
International Dialing Prefix
00
Domestic Long Distance Prefix 0
With these settings, if you enter 40-411-71-222, Page Sender will dial 411-71-222. If you enter 30-20234269 to fax the Hilton Berlin, Page Sender will dial 0-30-2023-4269. If you enter Ctry of 1 and A/C &
Number of 408-884-2320 to fax Smile Software, Page Sender will dial 00-1-408-884-2320.
Hong Kong
Country Code
852
Local Area Code(s)
(blank)
International Dialing Prefix
001
Domestic Long Distance Prefix (blank)
Hong Kong has no area or city codes. With these settings, if you enter 2845-1598, Page Sender will dial
2845-1598. If you enter Ctry of 1 and A/C & Number of 408-884-2320 to fax Smile Software, Page Sender
will dial 001-1-408-884-2320.
Tokyo, Japan
Country Code
81
Local Area Code(s)
3
International Dialing Prefix
011
Domestic Long Distance Prefix 0
With these settings, if you enter 3-5776-3910 to fax Bridge1 Software, Page Sender will dial 5776-3910. If
you enter 6-6614-7800 to fax the Hyatt Regency Osaka, Page Sender will dial 0-6-6614-7800. If you enter
Ctry of 1 and A/C & Number of 408-884-2320 to fax Smile Software, Page Sender will dial 011-1-408884-2320.
Some area codes in Japan require that you dial 0 first for some numbers even when dialing within your local
area code. For example, let's say your area code is set to 48 and you wish to dial 460-1111. Simply enter
048-460-1111 as the A/C & Number, and Page Sender will dial 048-460-1111.
Receive Preferences
When Page Sender Fax Center is running, it can answer the phone to receive faxes. Select Preferences… from
the Page Sender Fax Center menu and press the Receive button to set up the receive preferences.
Note: Close the Preferences window or switch to the Fax Center window for your changes to take effect. It may take a
few seconds for the status bar to indicate Page Sender is "Waiting to receive" after you've turned receiving on.
Receive faxes after X ring(s)
Check this box to activate receiving faxes. Enter the number of rings to wait before the fax modem answers.
If you enter a value outside the range 1-9, the number will be adjusted to fit in that range.
Launch Page Sender Fax Center at login
Page Sender Fax Center must be running in order to receive faxes. If you would prefer Page Sender Fax
Center to automatically launch when you log in, ensure this box is checked after you have checked the
"Receive faxes" box described above.
When a fax is received:
The checked actions are performed after a fax is received by Page Sender Fax Center.
Notify me
If this is checked, the Page Sender Fax Center icon in the Dock will "bounce" when a fax is received. To stop
the "bounce", activate Page Sender Fax Center.
Open in PDF viewer
If this is checked, received faxes will be opened in your default PDF viewer. This will occur in the background
so as not to disrupt your current work.
Print to:
If this is checked, received faxes will be printed to the printer selected in the popup. This allows Page Sender
to behave like a regular fax machine, printing faxes immediately as they arrive. Note: We do not recommend
choosing Page Sender as the printer. Please choose a physical printer or do not choose this option.
Send E-mail to:
If this is checked, an E-mail will be sent to the specified address(es) with a subject of [Page Sender] N page
fax from: SENDER, where N is the number of pages and SENDER is the station number of the sending fax
device. Enter addresses in the form of Full Name <[email protected]> or simply [email protected]
separated by commas.
Enclose fax file with E-mail
If this is checked, Page Sender will enclose the received fax file (in PDF format) in the E-mail notification. This
allows the receiving computer to forward all incoming faxes to E-mail.
Run AppleScript:
In case we don't support your favorite received fax option, you're welcome to create your own using
AppleScript. Check this box then press the Edit… button to view our sample script. Edit that script to suit
your needs then save it.
Note: The received fax AppleScript is located at: /Library/Printers/PageSender/Scripts/Received Fax.scpt. It must
be saved as a data fork script (lowercase compiled script in Script Editor's Save as... Format popup).
Save faxes to:
Choose the folder to which incoming faxes are saved. Faxes saved to this folder will not be deleted by Page
Sender, even when deleted from the Fax Center list.
Use Hot Key to answer faxes manually:
To establish a system-wide Hot Key to answer faxes manually without switching to Page Sender Fax Center,
select this checkbox. To change the key combination for the Hot Key, press the button and select a new key
combination.
Live Addressing
Page Sender includes support for live address look up and completion. The following address book
applications support live addressing:
Address Book (Mac OS X)
Microsoft Entourage
Now Contact (v4.2.5 and later)
Outlook Express (Classic)
Using Live Addressing
To use live addressing, you must use a supported address book (see above) and the Use live addressing
(when supported) checkbox must be checked in your E-mail and/or Fax preferences.
Type a partial name (first or last - e.g. “Greg”) in the Name column of the E-mail or Fax envelope and Page
Sender will present you with a list of possibilities. Select one of the possibilities and it will be placed in the
recipient list. Continue typing to narrow your selection and pause when you'd like a new list of possibilities.
How Live Addressing Works
Page Sender uses AppleScript to query your address book. In order to do this, your address book must be
running. Therefore, if you have live addressing enabled, your address book application will be launched when
you bring up Page Sender in the Print dialog. Using AppleScript allows us to offer live addressing for several
different address book applications and will allow us to add additional address book applications in the
future.
Disabling Live Addressing
If you would rather not use live addressing or would prefer that Page Sender not launch your address book:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Launch Page Sender Fax Center (in Applications)
Select Preferences… in the Page Sender Fax Center menu
Press the E-mail and/or Fax button in the Preferences toolbar
Uncheck the Use live addressing (when supported) checkbox
AppleScript & Page Sender
Page Sender includes support for automation via AppleScript as well as several reference examples.
Introduction to Scripting Page Sender
Page Sender is a printer driver. Scripting is done by establishing preset values (for example, a fax recipient's
phone number) to be used by the Page Sender printer driver for a particular application then forcing that
application to print.
Some applications, such as TextEdit and OmniGraffle (and probably most other Cocoa applications), support
printing without user interaction using the AppleScript "print" command. Three of the example scripts
included with Page Sender demonstrate this technique using TextEdit.
Other applications, such as FileMaker Pro and Microsoft Word, have their own internal scripting language
which supports printing without user interaction. There's a FileMaker Pro example included with Page Sender.
For Microsoft Word, one strategy is to record a macro in the global template named say "PrintDocument"
where all you do is print the current document then stop the recording. Now in AppleScript, you can get
Microsoft Word to print without using interaction by using: do script "PrintDocument()". There are probably
even better ways to do this using Visual Basic. Feel free to send feedback.
Example Scripts
Three example scripts and one FileMaker Pro database are included with Page Sender. They are found in:
/Library/Printers/Page Sender/AppleScript Examples.
E-mail from Script Example - Demonstrates using Page Sender to automate E-mailing PDFs of whatever you
can print. Note that you can set the subject and content using the email info class, and you can even set the
recipient type of the email recipient if you'd like to add CC or BCC recipients.
Fax from Script Example - Demonstrates using Page Sender to automate faxing whatever you can print. Note
that you can set multiple cover pages, and you can add additional replacements to your custom cover pages.
Prefill Envelope Example - Demonstrates using Page Sender to pre-fill the print dialog. Perhaps you wish to
pre-fill the print dialog as a convenience yet allow the user to change things before sending. This shows you
how.
FileMaker Pro Example - We're just casual FileMaker Pro users here at Smile Software, but we thought it
would be useful to put together a basic scripting demo. The purpose of the example is to give an idea of how
one might use Page Sender to automate the E-mailing or faxing of invoices from a database. There are two
layouts - Data Entry and Invoice, and there are two scripts - Fax Invoices and Email Invoices. The basic
idea of the script is to find each data entry record individually, write a customized AppleScript to the global
Script field, execute the script, print the invoice (thereby E-mailing or faxing it via Page Sender), wait a
moment for the print job to flow through the queue and repeat. This example was produced and tested in
FileMaker Pro 5.5 and may not work with earlier versions of FileMaker Pro. Scripting experts - please feel free to
send feedback.
Scripting Caveats
Here are some things to watch out for when scripting Page Sender:
The application name property of the preset must be set to whatever that application uses as the title
of its applications menu. For example, the application name of Microsoft Word is "Word".
Only one preset per application may be in effect at one time; if you save another preset for the same
application, it will overwrite the previous one.
One preset may contain only one address type - email or fax, not both, though it may contain many
addresses of that type.
Presets are ephemeral - they "live" only for one print job, whether that job is automated via AppleScript
or run by the user. You will have to write a new preset for each print job.
Presets are stored in ˜/Library/Page Sender/Presets. Do not try to write your own preset files, as we
may change the file format in the future. You may, however, remove a preset file (as you might wish to
do if the user aborts your script).
How do I learn AppleScript
Alas, that is beyond the scope of Page Sender's online help. You can find a great many resources by starting
at Apple's AppleScript Home Page. Happy scripting!
Purchasing Page Sender
Purchase directly from the Print dialog
1. In any Mac OS X application, select Print from the File menu. Make sure "Page Sender" is selected in the
Printer: menu.
2. In the Send via popup menu, select Purchase / Register.
3. Press the Purchase button to launch the eSellerate Software Delivery Wizard.
4. Follow the steps in the eSellerate Software Delivery Wizard. It will automatically store your serial number
once your purchase is complete.
Thank you for purchasing Page Sender!
Purchase from the Page Sender Installer
1. Locate or download the Page Sender Installer
2. Run the Page Sender Installer and press the Purchase button when presented.
3. Follow the steps in the eSellerate Software Delivery Wizard. It will automatically store your serial number
once your purchase is complete.
Thank you for purchasing Page Sender!
Purchase on the Web
1. Visit our online store.
2. Click the Buy button for the Page Sender entry.
3. Click the Checkout button.
4. Follow the checkout process.
5. When you receive your receipt from eSellerate, it will have a serial number (beginning with PGSENDR).
Copy that number to your clipboard.
6. In any Mac OS X application, select Print from the File menu. Make sure "Page Sender" is selected in the
Printer: menu.
7. In the Send via menu, select Purchase / Register.
8. Press the Enter Serial Number... button and enter the name you used when purchasing and paste the
serial number from the clipboard.
Thank you for purchasing Page Sender!
Frequently Asked Questions
Updated March 11, 2003
Faxing, Installation, General, Address Books, E-mail Clients, Applications, Advanced Topics
Faxing
Q: Do I have a fax modem, or do I need to buy one?
A: All Apple Internal Modems are fax modems. If your Mac came with an internal
modem, you've got a fax modem.
Q: How do I use Page Sender with my broadband (cable) / DSL Internet
connection?
A: Faxing ultimately requires a voice phone line. Page Sender can use your Apple
Internal Modem (or an external modem) to connect to a voice phone line
directly. Page Sender can also serve as a client for several fax-via-Email
services (efax.com, jConnect, MaxEmail, EasyLink) which maintain the phone
line and modem for you (and charge you a fee for that service). Since faxing
occurs over a voice phone line, it has nothing to do with DSL or cable
modems. You can fax using a voice line which is also running DSL, just as you
can make voice phone calls with the same line (be sure to install your DSL
filters). One advantage to the fax-via-Email services is that you can avoid
tying up your voice line if you have a DSL or Cable modem as your Internet
connection because your E-mail will be sent via your DSL or Cable modem,
but again you pay for the privilege.
Q: How do I share my fax line with a telephone or answering machine?
A: Differentiating incoming calls is a hardware function. Some fax machines can
differentiate voice and fax calls. They do this by answering all calls
immediately. They then provide their own electronic ring sound (and continue
to ring the attached telephone) to reassure voice callers while "listening" for
fax calling tones. If they detect a fax calling tone, they answer. Otherwise
they continues to ring. For good measure, they pick up with a fax answer
tone after many rings in case the incoming fax machine isn't sending calling
tones. Some modems also do this. To the best of our knowledge, Apple
Internal Modems do not.
Boxes which provide just the fax detection function then "ring through" to
either the fax machine or phone depending on the type of call are available at
places such as Radio Shack in the US and may be available in your area.
Combine this hardware solution with your computer (running Page Sender)
hooked up to the "fax" output of the box and your answering machine
hooked up to the "voice" output of the box.
Q: Why does Page Sender always dial a 1 before the fax number?
A: Page Sender comes configured for 1 + ten digit dialing, and expects you to
include the area code in the A/C & Number column of the fax envelope.
Several other dialing configurations are supported - see the dialing
preferences help. To take full advantage of Smart Dialing, you should enter
phone numbers in your address book in the format +[country code]-[area
code]-[number] (for example: +1-408-884-2320). The country code for the
US is 1.
Q: How do I send a quick fax (cover page only)?
A: Select Print from the File menu of any Mac OS X application. Select Page
Sender from the Printers list. Set the Pages from: 0 to: 0 and fill in the
address list and cover page information. When you press Print, you'll see
feedback that your entire document is printing, but Page Sender will only
send the cover page.
Q: How do I set up (or change) my fax service?
A: To set up your fax service, choose Page Sender Setup from the Send via
popup. This will launch Page Sender Fax Center and take you directly to the
fax preferences. Page Sender supports sending faxes via fax modem,
eFax.com, jConnect (formerly jFax), and EasyLink (formerly faxSav).
Q: How do I get Page Sender to generate "calling tones" for combination
A:
fax/answering devices?
Please do the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Launch Page Sender Fax Center (in Applications)
Select Preferences from the Page Sender Fax Center menu
Press the Dialing button in the toolbar of the Preferences window
Change your Dialing Prefix to T^
Notes:
The second character in step 4 is a caret, formed by pressing shift-6
on a US keyboard
The caret instructs your modem to send "calling tones" when making a
fax call
Newer Apple Internal Modems do not play the "calling tones" through
the computer speaker, but all Apple Internal Modems generate the
"calling tones" on the line
Q: How can I watch the progress of my fax?
A: If you're faxing via modem, an application called Page Sender Fax Center is
opened (in the background) and shows information about your fax. Click on
the Page Sender airplane icon in the dock to see. If you're faxing using
eFax.com, jConnect, or EasyLink, these faxes are sent via your E-mail client
and the services will E-mail acknowledgements and/or errors to you.
Q: How do I set my default country code?
A: Choose Page Sender Setup from the Send via popup. This will launch Page
Sender Fax Center and take you directly to the fax preferences. Click Dialing
in the toolbar. Change the Country Code to whatever you'd like.
Q: How can I dial without a dialtone (for example, from behind a PBX)?
A: Choose Page Sender Setup from the Send via popup. This will launch Page
Sender Fax Center and take you directly to the fax preferences. Click Modem
in the toolbar. Add X3 at the end of the Modem Initialization: -iZ i&FE&D2S7=120 -i&C0X3. If you would also like your fax modem to ignore
busy signals (sometimes the PBX or voicemail dialtone sounds like busy to the
modem), use X1 in place of X3.
Q: Can I use my own cover page template for faxes sent via fax modem?
A: Sure - please take a moment to read the help on custom cover pages.
Q: Why can't I send via eFax.com, jConnect, and/or EasyLink?
A: You must be a paid subscriber of the these services to send faxes via Page
Sender. For more information about these services, please visit their
websites:
eFax.com
jConnect (formerly, jFax)
EasyLink (formerly, faxSav)
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Installation
Q: It says An unexpected error has occurred. -108 when setting up Page
Sender. What should I do?
A: Follow Apple's instructions for dealing with this problem. Users who've
followed these instructions are able to use Page Sender.
Q: I'm having trouble entering my registration information. Any suggestions?
A: Sometimes the Enter Serial Number window gets hidden behind your
application's window. Move that window out of the way then click where it
says Enter Serial Number. Enter the Name and Serial # exactly as they
appear on your receipt. (For example, if you're "Jane Doe", don't use "jane
doe".) Be sure there are no extra characters before or after your name or
serial number.
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General
Q: How do I get rid of the Please purchase dialog, tag line, and PDF watermark?
A: That's easy. When you see the Please purchase dialog, click the Purchase
button and follow the eSellerate purchase process. You may also choose
Purchase / Register from the Send via popup to get started.
Q: I lost / deleted / my dog ate my serial number. Can you send it to me?
A: You can get a copy of your receipt, complete with serial number, at any time
from eSellerate's post-purchase support site.
Q: How do I reinstall Page Sender?
A: The demo version of Page Sender is identical to the registered version. You
should not use the eSellerate reinstall process (we're working with eSellerate
to remove that text from the receipt). Simply press the Demo button when
doing your install. If you're installing on a new or different system and need
your serial number, see the previous question.
Q: How do I make my printer (rather than Page Sender) the default?
A: From the print dialog, select Edit printer list... from the Printer: menu. Select
your printer from the Printer List by clicking its name. Select Make Default
from the Printers menu. Quit Print Center. Now your printer is the default. If
you want to use Page Sender, simply choose it from the Printer: menu.
Q: Why can't I use Page Sender from Classic applications or while running Mac
OS 9?
A: Page Sender takes advantage of Mac OS X's printing system, which is not
available to Classic applications. For a PDF printing solution for Classic
applications and/or Mac OS 9 and earlier, check out PrintToPDF from James
Walker available at this web site.
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Address Books
Q: Why does my address book application launch when I print with Page Sender?
A: Page Sender uses Apple Events to support live address lookups. These
lookups require that your address book application be running.
Q: Why can't I use live addressing when printing from Entourage?
A: If Entourage is your address book, you cannot use live addressing when
printing from Entourage because the Entourage program cannot display the
print dialog and process address lookups at the same time.
Q: Why can't I drag groups from the PowerMail application?
A: Unfortunately, the PowerMail application does not include any data when you
drag a group, so there's nothing to add. Smile Software has filed a bug with
CTM Development on this issue, and they've indicated that they may fix this
in a future release.
Q: When I click the Open Address Book button using Eudora for Mac OS X,
A:
why doesn't the Eudora Address Book window appear?
There is a bug in Eudora for Mac OS X's AppleScript support. Smile Software
has advised Eudora Technical Support of this bug, and we hope they will fix it
soon. For now, leave the Eudora Address Book open when you quit Eudora.
Q: When I click the Open Address Book button using PowerMail, why doesn't
the PowerMail Address Book window appear?
A: PowerMail does not support opening its Address Book window via
AppleScript. Smile Software has advised CTM Development of this, and they've
indicated that they may add this in a future release. For now, leave the
PowerMail Address Book open when you quit PowerMail.
Q: When I click the Open Address Book button using Palm Desktop, why
doesn't the Palm Desktop Contact List window appear?
A: Palm Desktop does not support opening its Contact List window via
AppleScript. Smile Software has advised Palm of this, and we hope they will
fix it soon. For now, leave the Contact List window open when you quit Palm
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E-mail Clients
Q: In Claris E-mailer, how do I get rid of the Send Now Setup dialog when I try
A:
to send without editing first?
Open Claris Emailer. From the Setup menu, select Preferences.... Under
Category, select Outgoing messages. Under the heading When clicking the
Send Now button, uncheck the box next to Prompt for connection
information. Press OK to save your change. Now your mail will be sent
directly when you're not editing first - no more confirmation dialog.
Q: In Claris E-mailer, how do I get rid of the DropStuff nag dialogs?
A: Purchase DropStuff (or StuffIt) from Aladdin Systems. Support the
development of useful software - buy what you use.
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Using Page Sender with Applications
Q: When I try to print from Acrobat Reader, why is the output ugly (bitmapped)
and is there anything I can do?
A: This appears to be a problem with Acrobat Reader and/or the Mac OS printing
system. If you want to print PDF files, use the Preview application found in
your Applications folder.
Q: When I try to print from iPhoto, I don't see the Page Sender envelope - what
should I do?
A: To use Page Sender from iPhoto, press the Advanced Options button and
this will open the Page Sender envelope.
Q: When I try to print from Adobe InDesign, I don't see the Page Sender
envelope - what should I do?
A: To use Page Sender from Adobe InDesign, press the Printer... button (and
dismiss the warning dialog if it appears) and this will open the Page Sender
envelope.
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Advanced Topics
Q: Where are Page Sender's AppleScripts stored?
A: Page Sender's AppleScripts are stored in
/Library/Printers/PageSender/Scripts. There are two types of scripts - one
for Address Books and one for E-mail Clients. You can add support for
additional E-mail clients by writing additional scripts using the existing
scripts as a template. If you would like to contribute your scripts to Smile
Software, send them to us.
Q: Where's the efax source code?
A: The efax source code is found in /Library/Printers/PageSender/efax. efax
was written by Ed Casas.
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