Mac OS® X Tiger™ Unleashed

Using the Tiger Fax Capabilities

In addition to the ability (if you have a modem) to send anything that you can print as a fax to any fax machine, Mac OS X provides some relatively sophisticated tools for using your computer as a Fax machine. You have built-in capabilities to send, receive, print, reprocess, and reroute faxes.

Sending Faxes by Printing

As covered in the section detailing the Print dialog earlier in this chapter, sending a printout as a fax requires nothing more than issuing the Print command in an application, and when presented with the standard Print dialog, clicking the cryptic PDF button in the lower-left corner of the window. Under the menu that appears, select Fax PDF, and you will be presented with an interface that lets ...