This page provides information about new software for your TelePort modem.
The following topics are discussed:
- Compatible modems
- What's new in the GlobalFax software
- Installing the software on your Macintosh computer
- Downloading the GlobalFax software
I. Compatible Modems
GlobalFax 2.6.8 Software will work with the following Global Village modems:
- TelePort USB
- TelePort 56K V.90 Internal for Blue & White G3
- TelePort 56K V.90
- TelePort 56K K56flex
- TelePort 56K K56flex upgraded to V.90
- TelePort 56K x2
- TelePort 56K x2 upgraded to V.90
- TelePort 33.6 Internet Edition
- TelePort Platinum
- TelePort Platinum upgraded to 33.6
GlobalFax 2.6.8 cannot be used with Global Village modems not listed above. If you have a non-English (French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish) version of GlobalFax, you should not use this updater as you will lose your translated software. GlobalFax 2.6.8 also cannot be used with Teleport 56 whose serial numbers begin with SB or SF (UK, Sweden, France), Teleport Platinum Internal Comm Slot, or Teleport 33.6 Speakerphone. Click here to determine the Year 2000 status of these products and, if necessary, to download the appropriate update required for Year 2000 Compliance.
II. What's New in the GlobalFax Software
- GlobalFax User's Guide: If you are a user of GlobalFax version 2.5.x, GlobalFax 2.6.8 contains a number of new features and new interfaces. A new GlobalFax 2.6 User's Guide in PDF format has been placed in the Global Village Software folder at the root level of your hard drive. Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.1 or greater is required to view this document. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, it may be downloaded from Adobe's website at http://www.adobe.com.
- TelePort control panel: The TelePort control panel has been renamed GlobalFax Controls.
- The "Send At" dialog in GlobalFax 2.6.8 now displays ten years from the current date. However, functionality in older software is not affected if you do not require this feature.
- 10- and 11-digit dialing: GlobalFax software has been upgraded to allow for 10- and 11-digit dialing as this is, or will soon become a requirement in some US area codes.
- Improved imaging: Fix for poor or "jaggie" fax imaging of fonts and imported images in PostScript applications.
- New location for address books: The GlobalFax Files and GlobalFax Personal folders are now located in the Global Village folder inside the Preferences folder in the System folder.
- Locations flexibility: GlobalFax now supports separate fax headers when a different location is specified (Office, Home, Other). To set up this feature, use Setup Helper (see Read Me).
- Custom Cover Sheets and ClarisWorks: Fix for disappearing or blank custom cover sheets created in ClarisWorks.
- Fax Center and display Show Century: Fix for Fax Center log cosmetic problem when Show Century is enabled in the Date & Time control panel.
- "Stretched" forwarded faxes: Fix for "stretching" of some faxes received in Standard resolution from dedicated fax machines.
III. Installing the Software
After you download and extract the Installer, do not move or rename any files or folders from the installer archive. This will prevent the Installer from running. Please read the file named Read Me - GlobalFax 2.6.8 for last-second tips and instructions for installing the software relative to the version of GlobalFax you currently have.
IV. Downloading the Software
The Installer is one self-extracting archive.
Download GlobalFax 2.6.8 for TelePort Modems
