How to setup the fax function for a AOI device

Question

I read in several post on this forum that people get full print/scan/FAX functionality for the supported printers.
In my case, I have a HP Photosmart C7280, which is full supported using the C7200 series drivers, including a FAX driver.
Now, I add a printer in the 'Print & Fax' panel, and right away my printer shows up for bonjour. It finds automatically the correct driver, and works like a charm for printing and scanning, but... No Faxing whatsoever. Also no 'second' printer shows up, with 'kind' HP Fax, as several posts sugguest. Not after a few seconds, not after minutes. Using the 'Fax Devices' tab also doesn't show me any HP Fax device.
So basically my question is: How do I setup the fax functionality in SL with my printer?
Yes, it is connected over network, and the fax functions did work perfect over network with the 10.5 drivers from HP. Am I running into SL limitations? Does SL fax-drivers still support the (not optional, but default builtin) network functions of the C7280? Or... Am I just a noob that just can't find out how the setup a Fax device the obvious way
Thanks
- C

Answer 1

Hello mscheidell,
Yes, I was aware of the 'two' 7200 series drivers, but thank you for checking with me.
Okay, now how did you 'add' your fax device for your printer? Did it show up a second version of your printer in the 'Add printer' box, with type FAX? Or did you just add the same 'found' printer again, but the second time with the FAX printer drivers (manual selected)?
Right now, I only get one entry when I try to add my printer into SL: It find the Photosmart C7200 series with 'kind' Bonjour. That's the only thing that will show up in my 'found' printers, even after waiting a few minutes. People in these discussions are telling me there should show up a second 'found' printer with 'Kind' HP-Fax, but that just won't happen for me.
I also tried to add the same found 'bonjour' printer again, and select manually the 'Photosmart C7200 series - fax' driver. SL tells me then there is already a print queue for that printer, but I tell SL to add this printer anyway. Then I have this C7200 series Fax device in my printing list. Using this driver seems to work fine, I can fill in fax recipients, but hitting the print button, caused the C7200 to spit out it's complete papertray, printed with bogus ascii signs only on the first lines of the page, instead of really faxing that document. So I concluded that this was not the right way to get the fax working....
Thanks for all the help again.
- C