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How to email multiple pages in a fax image?
My client receives faxes on their server and stores it as a tiff. The secretary then wants to be able to email those images to their respective destination.
Well if you view the tiff there are multiple pages. However when she emails them, only the first page gets sent.
How can she emails ALL the pages?
Thanks!
Well if you view the tiff there are multiple pages. However when she emails them, only the first page gets sent.
How can she emails ALL the pages?
Thanks!
I assume the faxes are being sent to an office server and then must be forwarded to a recipient inside the office. A better method would be to email the link. That way Exchange does not have to store tif files which can be quite large.
Problem easiest to convert to pdfs and then email
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They are being emailed to both people inside and outside the office.
They recently replaced their sbs 2003 server with a sbs 2008 server. So I think this is something that they were doing previously. And the secretary didn't mention to me anything aboug having to convert the files to pdf.
You see when they view the fax store folder, they have an email button. They want to be abel to click the tiff they want to send...then click the email and be done. And I don't blame them.
They recently replaced their sbs 2003 server with a sbs 2008 server. So I think this is something that they were doing previously. And the secretary didn't mention to me anything aboug having to convert the files to pdf.
You see when they view the fax store folder, they have an email button. They want to be abel to click the tiff they want to send...then click the email and be done. And I don't blame them.
If she creates an email and then attaches them using the control key and mouse to select the files she wants they will all go as individual attachments.
HTH,
Ken
HTH,
Ken
If she is attaching the TIFF file, it should include all the pages. What are the recipients using to view the file?
ASKER
Dave, that's what I was thinking... I'll double check with this and get back to you.
Converting the TIFF to PDF would make it much easier for the recipients to view. There are many packages out there that will automate the conversion for you, for example:
http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-Image-To-PDF%5CConvert-Tiff-To-PDF.htm
http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-Image-To-PDF%5CConvert-Tiff-To-PDF.htm
ASKER
They don't want to convert the files.
Dave, she is attaching the tiff file. But when it sends the email, the receiver get the file...BUT only the first page. They tried using multiple programs to open the tiff. They used Micrsoft office Picture manager and also Windows Photo Viewer. None of which worked. :(
So fax comes in, saved as a tiff. User A view the file, there are 3 pages. Send the tiff as an attachment. User B saves the attachment. Opens the tiff, only the first page is there.
What's going on?
Dave, she is attaching the tiff file. But when it sends the email, the receiver get the file...BUT only the first page. They tried using multiple programs to open the tiff. They used Micrsoft office Picture manager and also Windows Photo Viewer. None of which worked. :(
So fax comes in, saved as a tiff. User A view the file, there are 3 pages. Send the tiff as an attachment. User B saves the attachment. Opens the tiff, only the first page is there.
What's going on?
"User A view the file, there are 3 pages. Send the tiff as an attachment. User B saves the attachment. Opens the tiff, only the first page is there."
But the 'multi-page tif' is a single file. You can't attach part of a file as far as I know. Something is not what it appears to be. How are You viewing one of their files? What happens if she emails one to you?
But the 'multi-page tif' is a single file. You can't attach part of a file as far as I know. Something is not what it appears to be. How are You viewing one of their files? What happens if she emails one to you?
By the way, I have not been able to find a mult-page tif file to look at. And I don't know how to generate one at the moment.
Is the file that user B gets from email the same size as the tiff file that User A sent in the first place?
Are all the users receiving the file having this issue?
Are the files being sent with Outlook through the Exchange server?
One option would be to try sending and receiving the attachments with Outlook Web Access and see if this is still an issue
Are all the users receiving the file having this issue?
Are the files being sent with Outlook through the Exchange server?
One option would be to try sending and receiving the attachments with Outlook Web Access and see if this is still an issue
I finally found a mult-page tif file and emailed it to myself thru Outlook Express and it worked fine in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. You do have to go to the toolbar at the bottom to change pages.
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The 'multi-page' tif is a single file....that's what's sooo confusing!
It doesn't appear to be user error. :(
I'm using Windows Photo Viewer to view the pages before it's sent...and it's fine. Then use it after from the receiving email account...and there's only one page. There's no arrows at the bottom to go to the next page anymore.
It doesn't appear to be user error. :(
I'm using Windows Photo Viewer to view the pages before it's sent...and it's fine. Then use it after from the receiving email account...and there's only one page. There's no arrows at the bottom to go to the next page anymore.
What is the OS you are trying to read it on? XP had a fax viewer, but Vista/Win 7 do not. See this article:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/doronh/archive/2007/06/11/ot-viewing-a-multi-page-tif-in-vista.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/doronh/archive/2007/06/11/ot-viewing-a-multi-page-tif-in-vista.aspx
ASKER
These are all Windows 7. They have a Windows Photo Viewer
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For what it's worth, I normally use Irfanview for viewing most image files including TIFs. It opened the multi-page TIF I found without problems on Windows XP.
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