Networking Dynamics Corporation CompuFax, User Manual

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More About Sending Files
In the previous chapter, we covered some simple ways to send faxes. Since the SEND command is the most
important command in CompuFax, we devote this chapter to more of its options. (This does not complete
the list, however, since some options are related to System Management. For a complete list, see Chapter 7.)
3.1 Sending Multiple Files
You can send multiple files, all as part of the same fax. For example, if you have five files (named doc.1
through doc.5) to send in a single fax, you can give the command:
$ FAX SEN D doc.1, doc.2, doc.3, doc.4, doc.5 / N UMBER= 1-555-123-4567
These files are joined together (concatenated) to make up a single document. For example, if each of the
above five files contains ten lines of text, the final document will contain 50 lines of text on a single page. If
each of the files is supposed to start on a new page, this may be done by embedding a # # PAGE directive at
the end of each file, except the last. See Chapter 7 for more information. Instead of # # PAGE you can insert
a Control-L character into the text file, wherever a page break is to occur.
3.2 Sending Different File Types
In addition to regular text files, as we did in our earlier examples, you can also send compressed bitmap files,
called T4 files, and PostScript files. These three file types are explained below.
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