Windows 10: Windows Fax & Scan converting faxes received as .tif to .pdf

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  1. JOHN C.BAIRD
    John C.Baird Win User

    Windows Fax & Scan converting faxes received as .tif to .pdf


    Does anyone know how to stop Windows Fax & Scan from converting received faxes to .pdf files? I can watch the file show up as a .tif file then in a few seconds the file is converted to a .pdf. Windows Fax & Scan is running on a server and saves a copy of incoming faxes to a folder on the server which is shared on the network. When Fax and Scan saves the copy to the folder the file is being converted to a .pdf and I need it to stay as a .tif. Does anyone have any suggestions of what setting to check or how to prevent the .tif from being converted to a .pdf? Thanks in advance!

    :)
     
    John C.Baird, May 31, 2022
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  2. YOD
    Yod Win User

    Windows 10 will not send fax - wants a tif file!?

    I scanned a few documents as jpegs. I want to use Windows 10 fax and scan, and now get this message

    Windows can't fax or preview the attached file type. Try installing a program that allows you to print .tif files, save the attached file as a .tif file, and then try again.

    What?!

    I can convert them to tif files - which is very tedious, and then they're TOO BIG to fax

    And then when it fails, I have to do the WHOLE thing over again

    Why can't I fax a jpeg? I used to be able to do this.

    I also need to fax multiple page pdfs. Will WFS be able to do this?

    I REALLY need to get this working asap.
     
    Yod, May 31, 2022
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  3. FRUSTRATEDATFAX
    frustratedatfax Win User
    Windows Fax and Scan no longer attaches PDF files from our scanner -


    Upograded from Windows 7 to Windows 10 over weekend. Windows fax and scan (with external modem) used to attach any document PDF, word, etc and fax to the fax number. This worked in Windows 7 without any changes. It attached any file, PDF, Word, EXCEL and faxed it.


    Windows Fax & Scan converting faxes received as .tif to .pdf [​IMG]

    Error messages is Windows can't fax or preview the attached file type. try installing a program that allows you to print .tif files and save the attached file as a .TIF, then try again.

    Now get Windows fax and scan cant fax or preview attached file type. PDF file. The scan function does have our scanner xerox documate 262i (TWAIN Compliant) but we never used the scan function of windows fax and scan before. We scanned documents with out scanner, then attached the PDF file to our fax and it converted it and faxed it.

    The SCAN Function of Windows Fax and SCAN does not work, don't know if it worked before.

    Desperate to fax PDF files from our scanner folder again! Please help
     
    frustratedatfax, May 31, 2022
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  4. DONALD2127
    Donald2127 Win User

    Windows Fax & Scan converting faxes received as .tif to .pdf

    Faxing PDF files with windows 10 fax and scan

    I have made no system changes except the installation of standard Windows updates

    When trying to fax a 185KB PDF text file I get the following error message

    Windows can’t fax or preview the attached file type. Try installing a program that allows you to print .tif files,

    save the attached file as a .tif and then try again.

    This only occurs with pdf files

    Microsoft tells me my system is up to date .... as far as I can tell, there are no drivers specific to scan and fax
     
    Donald2127, May 31, 2022
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