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Esker Fax 5.0 — Technical Specifications

Supported formats
Minimum requirements
ƒ Text
Computer hardware ƒ XML
ƒ Pentium® III 2 GHz CPU (3.2 GHz hyper-threaded, multi-core or ƒ PCL, PostScript (excluding bitmap fonts)
multi-processor recommended to use the Image Recognition module) ƒ PDF (excluding bitmap fonts)
ƒ 3 GB RAM (or 4 GB if using Image Recognition) ƒ Images (TIFF, JPEG, BMP, etc.)
ƒ 700 MB hard disk space for program installation + 2 GB for database, ƒ Windows applications (Word, Excel, etc.)
depending on expected volumes (20 GB recommended) ƒ AFP
ƒ NTFS file system ƒ RTF
ƒ Network interface card ƒ EBCDIC text
ƒ Video card with 8 MB RAM for optimal performance
Client applications
Fax hardware ƒ LanFax Manager — desktop client for Windows Vista, XP, 2000
ƒ Dialogic® Brooktrout® TruFax® TR1034 fax board, or ƒ LanFax Outlook client
ƒ Dialogic® Brooktrout® SR 140 Fax Software ƒ Document Manager — web-based .NET user interface (uses Microsoft
ƒ Dialogic® Diva Server™ fax board (analog only in the United States) or .NET Framework v3.5)
ƒ TAPI Modem class 1, 2, 2.0, or 2.1 Telephony communications
Operating system* ƒ Analog Loop Start
ƒ Windows Server 2003 R2 or Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit ƒ Analog DID/DTMF
Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, or Datacenter Edition)*, or ƒ Digital T1 (up to two T1 lines per server)
ƒ Windows Server 2008 (32-bit or 64-bit Standard Edition, Enterprise ƒ ISDN BRI
Edition, or Datacenter Edition)* ƒ ISDN PRI (E1/T1)
*With the latest Windows updates
Enterprise fax capabilities
Companion software ƒ Esker DeliveryWare Rules automate delivery of production-oriented
ƒ Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0, or 7.0 ƒ Documents from enterprise applications
ƒ Microsoft Internet Information Service (IIS) 5.0 or higher (required if ƒ Connector for SAP integrates fax with SAP R/3 4.6v, 4.7c or ECC5 or
using Microsoft Exchange Connector, Document Manager, LanFax ECC6, SAP Content Server v4.6, mySAP Solutions and SAP WAS 6.20, SAP
clients, Lotus Notes Connector, Remote Esker Server, Load Balancing NetWeaver
or Least Cost Routing or to benefit from the web dashboards in Esker ƒ TCP/IP Connector fax enables any IP-based host application via FTP,
Administrator.) LPR/LPD, and SMTP
ƒ Microsoft Windows Script 5.6 to use Document Manager and the web ƒ SNA Connector fax-enables any SNA mainframe or AS/400 (iSeries) -RJE,
3270 or APPC
dashboards in Esker Administrator (standard with Windows Server 2003
ƒ Advanced inbound routing
and Windows Server 2008)
ƒ Least cost routing
ƒ MDAC to use Document Manager and the web dashboards in Esker
ƒ Load balancing
Administrator (MDAC 2.8 is standard with Windows Server 2003)
ƒ Forms merge (electronic forms overlay)
ƒ MSXML 4.0 to use Document Manager and the web dashboards in
Esker Administrator (standard with Windows Server 2003) Directory support
ƒ Microsoft Host Integration Server (required if using Esker SNA Connector) ƒ Novell DNS
Esker on Demand — outsourced fax ƒ Microsoft Active Directory
ƒ Microsoft Exchange Directory (pre-ADS)
ƒ Internet connection: https (required if using Fax on Demand
ƒ Netscape Directory
Connectors)
ƒ Lotus Notes Directory
Options and capabilities ƒ Any LDAP directory
ƒ Any ODBC database
Options
ƒ Esker DeliveryWare Rules Designer
Performance management
ƒ Connector for SAP ƒ Microsoft clustering support
ƒ TCP/IP Connector (FTP and LPR/LPD) ƒ Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in interface
ƒ SNA Connector (3270 or APPC) ƒ Remote Queue Manager
ƒ Image Recognition Module (OCR, ICR, OMR, Barcodes) ƒ Logging to Windows 2003/2008 event log
ƒ Lotus Notes Connector ƒ Print-to-fax from applications
ƒ Scheduled sending
Delivery methods
ƒ Performance monitoring
ƒ Email/messaging ƒ Disk space monitoring
- Microsoft Exchange, 2000, 2003, 2007 ƒ SNMP
- Internet Mail (SMTP, POP) ƒ Notification
- Novell GroupWise - Email notification of failed transmission and job status
ƒ Fax - Log upload (SNA, TCP/IP, and LanCopy)
ƒ Fax on Demand (outsourced fax)

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